New Zealand classical musicians, groups, singers, orchestras, events
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Magazines, blogs, journals
Music in New Zealand
A leading music magazine for composers, players, reviewers, audiences and students of contemporary music.
Independent Music New Zealand
New Zealand’s voice for independent record labels and distributors
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McArthur, Marie-Adele. Official website for Marie-Adele McArthur
The New Zealand-born, American-trained soprano.
Michael Hill World Violin Competition.
Moa, Anika. The Anika Moa homepage.
Mp3s. Amplifier. New Zealand music on MP3.
Musica Sacra
A chamber choir of around 30 voices committed to the highest standards of choral excellence. Based in Auckland.
Music Education. New Zealand Society for Music Education.
Competitions, young composers, Arts Curriculum, Fanfare magazine, contacts, history of NZSME, research, net links.
Musician search
Musicianfishing.com
Muscianfishing.com is a website which allows musicians to seek each other by placing free wanted or available ads. The site has full support for the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It is a fully automated site and has a comprehensive search facility.
SOUNZ (Centre for New Zealand Music)
Search the database for musicians and composers.
New Zealand bands, groups, musicians, artists.
Music, discussion board, music news (from Suite 101).
New Zealand International Jazz Festival
New Zealand Music.com
Music videos, MP3’s, streaming audio, latest music news, music labels, New Zealand music chat.
New Zealand Music of the 60s and 70s.
Bands, singers, songs.
New Zealand Society for Music Education
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
New Zealand’s national orchestra, founded in 1946.
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Opera
New Zealand Opera News
Productions, events and competitions.
Amateur operatic and theatre societies in New Zealand.
Christchurch City Libraries
Opera in New Zealand. What’s on, programmes.
Singers
Holtr, Jared. Jared Holt, baritone.
Lemalu, Jonathon. Jonathan Lemalu, baritone.
O’Neill, Simon. Simon O’Neill,
New Zealand tenor based in New York.
Rhodes, Teddy Tahu. TeddyTahu Rhodes (bass)
Wikipedia
Sopranos and Mezzo-Sopranos
Kiri Te Kanawa
Biography, pictures, discography, bibliography.
Kiri Te Kanawa. Wikipedia entry.
Mezzo-Sopranos
Orchestras : New Zealand orchestras
Rachmaninov – Symphony No.2 – Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra from Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra on Vimeo.
Organs
Organ: The Reiger Pipe Organ in The Christchurch Town Hall.
Events, music, sound files, organ links and more.
New Zealand Organ Manufactory, Oamaru
The New Zealand Organ Manufactory was established in 1998 to provide owners of pipe and reed organs with quality care and maintenance at an affordable cost.Director: Dr Ron Newton.
Nicholas Grigsby
Concert Organist, Harpsichordist & Broadcaster, New Zealand.
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Palmer, Juliet. Juliet Palmer,
New Zealand composer and sound artist.
Percussion
Strike
Strike is a New Zealand percussion group. Strike have both a performance and a schools education focus.
Piano, pianists
Kerikeri International Piano Competition
The Kerikeri competition began in 1987 as a national event, under the auspices of Kerikeri Arts. A Trust was established in 2007 to take on the responsibility of presenting New Zealand’s most recognised classical music competition for solo piano. The competition became the Kerikeri International Piano Competition in 2012 and has since gained international recognition for its quality and fine organization.
New Zealand pianists, Wikipedia entries.
New Zealand International Piano Festival (NZIPF) Auckland
Chen, John. John Chen,
winner of The Sydney International Piano Competition, 2004.
Houstoun, Michael. Michael Houstoun
Thomson, Rachael. Rachel Thomson
Pop, rock, punk music
Simon Grigg’s website.
A history of New Zealand bands, labels and clubs.
NZ Top 40 Singles Chart. The Official New Zealand Music Chart
Wikipedia entries on New Zealand Pop and Rock
N Z Musician
Gig guides, directories, reviews, forums.
Publishers : New Zealand music publishers
Promethean Editons
Publishers of contemporary New Zealand music, and promoters and marketers of emerging and established composers, specializing particularly in percussion, instrumental and chamber music.
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Recording studios and labels
Rattle
Contemporary music from the Pacific.
Music recording studios, recording studios, labels, manufacturers, publishers, distributors.
Eelman Records
An independent record label. While in Wellington a loose collective of bands recorded under the banner of EeLman. In a bleak post-punk world, the EeLman groups stood out for their humour and their funk.
The Sound Room music production and composition
The Sound Room Ltd (est. 2003) is based in Auckland and is run by composers/producers Tom Fox and Marshall Smith.
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). Music awards and scholarships.
Research
Music research at the University of Victoria Music School.
Reviews
Reviews
New Zealand classical music performance and recording reviews, New Zealand classical music recordings and artists, New Zealand opera recordings. Peter Menchen
Royal New Zealand Ballet Company
New Zealand foremost ballet company.
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Sanders, Gina. Gina Sanders, soprano.
Schools of music
Massey University Conservatorium of Music, Wellington
Massey University postgraduate music courses.
Mozart Young Academy
Mozart Young Academy is a Wellington based piano education programme that believes in the power of music to enhance young lives. Their music tuition provides a mix of technical learning, performance opportunities and a sense of achievement for their students.
New Zealand School of Music
In 2006, Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington combined the strengths of their Conservatorium of Music and School of Music respectively, to offer students unique opportunities for the comprehensive study of music at tertiary level.
Scholarships and prizes from The New Zealand School of Music.
School of Music, Canterbury University
University of Auckland School of Music
Strike
Strike is a New Zealand percussion group. STRIKE have both a performance and a schools education focus.
University of Otago Music Department
Victoria University School of Music
Waikato University Music Department
Services, agents, bookings.
New Zealand Music Services Directory.
Setchell, Martin. Martin Setchell
Organist, composer, writer and organ curator of The Christchurch Town Hall.
Singers, Sopranos, Mezzo-Sopranos
New Zealand female singers.
A list of entries from Wikipedia.
Simon O’Neill
New Zealand tenor based in New York.
Sopranos
Kiri Te Kanawa. Biography, pictures, discography, bibliography.
Kiri Te Kanawa. Wikipedia entry.
Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation
The Foundation’s mission is to establish, build and manage a trust fund to provide financial and career support to talented young New Zealander singers and musicians. The Foundation will raise funds by soliciting donations from individuals and companies, and by staging fund-raising events. Dame Kiri has pledged her personal commitment to the establishment and ongoing support of the Foundation.
Mezzo-Sopranos
Tenors, New Zealand tenors
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University of Auckland School of Music
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Victoria University School of Music
Violin
Kul Violin Makers
Kul violin makers and researchers.
New Zealand violinists, a list from Wikipedia
Michael Hill International Violin Competition
Wilma Smith
Wikipedia entry.
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Wikipedia entry on New Zealand music.
Woolfe, Micah. Micah Woolfe,
NZ based composer of ambient/mood music/soundscapes/lounge/new age/downtempo…Stray Theories
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Young, Kenneth. One of New Zealand’s leading conductors.
Yulia. Yulia. Yulia MacLean, a winner of several singing awards.