The annual Lilburn Trust NZSM Composers Competition is a highlight of the calendar, in which works composed by NZSM students are performed in a concert to an audience and jury. Substantial cash prizes, made available through the Lilburn Trust, are awarded to both selected composers and student performers.

This year’s finalists are:

Liam Furey: Shimmer

Jeremy McLean: The Winter Onslaught

Russell Henderson: ¿You Be It Could?

Nikau Wi Neera: Der Flakturm

Micah Thompson: White

Fergus Fry: Father Cold

Robyn Bryant: Amazonia

Jacob Barrett: Echoes and Cries

Nathan Carter: The World of Data

Simon Eastwood: Te Aitanga Pepeke

Sonya Ishimnikova: sounds from the outside

Dan Adams: Two Pantomimes of Crawford, On The Hill, By The Sea

Free entry.