2021 Lilburn Trust NZSM Composers Competition
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Follow your dream to make music your career or study it to enrich your life. Learn at this country's leader in music education, the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī.
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- Classical Performance
- Ethnomusicology
- Instrumental/Vocal Composition
- Jazz Performance
- Music
- Musicology
- Music Studies
- Music Therapy
- Performance
- Popular Music Studies
- Sonic Arts and Music Technology
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New minors in the BMus
Minors in Composition, Music Technology, Performance or Popular Music Studies are available for most BMus students, and students in some other Bachelor degrees.
Performance course open to all University students
Feel like doing something practical and ear-opening in 2021? Choose to study either Māori music performance or Javanese gamelan, with no audition required.
2020 Opera: Behind the scenes
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the audio recording for NZSM’s 2020 opera project, filmed in our Adam Concert Room last year.
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NZSM Students successful in Wellington Vocal Competitions
NZSM voice students had a successful weekend of competitions recently
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Wellington Brass win third consecutive National title
The Wellington Brass Band, under musical director David Bremner, have won the National Brass Band Championships in Christchurch, the band's third consecutive win and seventh win in the last decade.