News

13 Jun 2013

Triple ticket treat for a Welly weekend

A special 'Triple-Ticket' treat through Ticketek will be of interest to Wellingtonians as well as Arts-lovers outside the region looking for a 'dream' weekend in Welly.

Filed under: Alumni | Classical Performance | Events | Staff | Student
13 Jun 2013

New online course: Music in Everyday Life

The online delivery of a course exploring the diverse ways in which music reaches and affects our everyday lives will make it much easier for a wide range of interested participants to extend their knowledge and experience of music studies.

Filed under: Enrolment | Music Studies
10 Jun 2013

NZSM Professor to represent NZ in Poland

Professor Donald Maurice has been invited to represent New Zealand in a special September concert in Warsaw, Poland as part of the celebration of 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Filed under: Classical Performance | International Connections | Staff
09 Jun 2013

NZSM Sonic Artist to be TEDx speaker

NZSM Composition graduate Bridget Johnson will be one of six Wellington based speakers who will ignite conversation, encourage new thinking and expose attendees to more of what the ‘Coolest little Capital’ has to offer in a TEDxTeAro event.

Filed under: Alumni | Composition | Events
07 Jun 2013

Queen's Birthday congratulations

Elizabeth Kerr, Bud Jones, Chancellor Ian McKinnon and Prof Piri Sciascia were among the recipients of Queen's Birthday Honours in 2013.

Filed under: Alumni | Friends and Colleagues | Honours and Awards | Staff
05 Jun 2013

Portuguese percussion project

Through the wonders of the internet, three New Zealand composers were able to interactively participate in a concert of their works half a world away to the enjoyment and benefit of audiences in both New Zealand and Portugal.

Filed under: Alumni | Composition | Friends and Colleagues | Guests | International Connections | Staff
01 Jun 2013

Review: NZSM Orchestra Wagner-Verdi – Collier

...the orchestra was in top form, and coupled with some outstanding singers, they made the tribute to two of the greatest opera composers, into a marvellous concert.

Filed under: Classical Performance | Events | Reviews | Staff | Student
01 Jun 2013

Review: NZSM Orchestra Wagner-Verdi – Dominion Post

...this was a wide-ranging offering of the talent coming from our premiere music school, and it was of a quality to bode very well for the future of our music.

Filed under: Classical Performance | Events | Reviews | Staff | Student
01 Jun 2013

Review: NZSM Orchestra Wagner-Verdi – Mechen

....an impressive achievement from all concerned, but especially on the part of the student musicians - there were enough full-blooded, "heavyweight" challenges to test anybody's mettle, and the musicians' youthful energies and well-honed skills came splendidly to the fore, for our considerable enjoyment.

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27 May 2013

New Brass residency at NZSM

Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music is proud to announce the establishment of NZSMFaculty Brass, a brass quintet residency programme to support the School's Brass curriculum in their outstanding tertiary programme of study.

Filed under: Classical Performance | Friends and Colleagues | Staff