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A Comprehensive Directory of Websites

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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.

New Zealand classical music performance and recording reviews,
New Zealand classical music recordings and artists, New Zealand opera recordings. By Peter Menchen.

New Zealand Music Week - Suite 101. An ezine. NZ music articles and news.

New Zealand Musician Magazine

Malcolm, Greg. Greg Malcolm. Music (not done properly)
Unpopular music. The site comes with samples of music exploring the sensationalism of the media, art ethics, the universal standard of taste, and the influence of the media in New Zealand society.

Manukau Youth Orchestra

McArthur, Marie-Adele. Official website for Marie-Adele McArthur
The New Zealand-born, American-trained soprano.

McLeod, Jenny. Jenny McLeod,
established New Zealand composer.  Sounz

Mews, Douglas. Douglas Mews, New Zealand composer and academic.

Michael Hill World Violin Competition.

Moa, Anika. The Anika Moa homepage.

Moana and the Tribe

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.


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Nelson School of Music

New Zealand bands, groups, musicians, artists.
Music, discussion board, music news (from Suite 101).

New Zealand Blues Society

New Zealand International Jazz Festival

New Zealand Music.com
Music videos, MP3's, streaming audio, latest music news, muisc labels, New Zealand music chat.

New Zealand Music of the 60s and 70s.
Bands, singers, songs.

New Zealand Society for Music Education

New Zealand String Quartet

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
New Zealand's national orchestra, founded in 1946.

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Opera

New Zealand Opera

New Zealand Opera Society

New Zealand Opera News
Productions, events and competitions.

Amateur operatic and theatre socities in New Zealand.
Christchurch City Libraries

Opera in New Zealand. What's on, programmes.  

Singers

Holtr, Jared. Jared Holt, baritone.

Lewis, Keith. Keith Lewis

Lemalu, Jonathon. Jonathan Lemalu, baritone.

Leese, Anna. Anna Leese

O'Neill, Simon. Simon O'Neill,
New Zealand tenor based in New York.

Rhodes, Teddy Tahu. TeddyTahu Rhodes (bass)
Wikipedia

Sopranos and Mezzo-Sopranos 

Frances Alda

Deborah Wai Kopohe

Gina Sanders

Kiri Te Kanawa
Biography, pictures, discography, bibliography.


Mezzo-Sopranos

Wendy Dawn-Thompson

Orchestras : New Zealand orchestras

Auckland Philharmonia
The orchestra has been around for more than 23 years and has now achieved regional icon status. Resident in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, the orchestra performs more than 145 concerts a year and has performed with Placido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, Nigel Kennedy and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the orchestra’s Patron.

Auckland Symphony Orchestra

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

Collegiate Orchestra
A classical orchestra based at the University of Otago, players include students, staff and alumni from the University, polytechnic and schools as well as the general Dunedin community.

The Hawke’s Bay Orchestra

Manukau Youth Orchestra

Manukau City Symphony Orchestra

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
New Zealand's national orchestra, founded in 1946.

The Northland Sinfonia
As Northland's only adult community orchestra they have been in existence for over 70 years. The orchestra feature three concerts per year including collaborations with the choral groups in Northland.

Southern Sinfonia, Dunedin.
The Southern Sinfonia is Dunedin's only professional orchestra.

Waitakere City Orchestra

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 National Piano Competition

New Zealand pianists, Wikipedia entries.

New Zealand International Piano Festival (NZIPF) Auckland


Chen, John. John Chen,
winner of The Sydney Internatiional Piano Competition, 2004.

Houstoun, Michael. Michael Houstoun

Irons, Diedre. Diedre Irons

Thomson, Rachael. Rachel Thomson

Pop, rock, punk music

Pop music (New Zealand) of the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Simon Grigg's website.
A history of New Zealand bands, labels and clubs.

N Z Musician
Gig guides, directories, reviews, forums.

Poynton, Dan. Dan Poynton,
contemporary New Zealand composer and pianist.

Psathas, John. John Psathas Official Web Site
New Zealand contemporary composer; composer of fanfares and processionals for the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Athens 2004.

John Psathas. Promethean Editions

Publishers : New Zealand music publishers

Promethean Editons
Publishers of contemporary New Zealand music, and promoters and marketers of emerging and established composers, specialising particularly in percussion, instrumental and chamber music.
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Ray Columbus and the Invaders

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
Ritchie, Anthony. Anthony Ritchie homepage.
Contemporary New Zealand composer.

Rotorua Music Federation

Royal New Zealand Ballet Company
New Zealand foremost ballet company.

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Sanders, Gina. Gina Sanders, soprano.

Scholes. Peter. Peter Scholes,
New Zealand composer and musician. Sounz

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.

Nelson School of Music

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 tertiray level.


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.


Jared Holt

Lemalu, Jonathon.Jonathan Lemalu, baritone.

Simon O'Neill, Simon. Simon O'Neill,
New Zealand tenor based in New York.

Sopranos

Frances Alda

Deborah Wai Kopohe

Gina Sanders

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

Wendy Dawn-Thompson

Tenors, New Zealand tenors

Keith Lewis

Simon O'Neill
Topp Twins

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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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Wagner Society of New Zealand

Watson, Chris. Chris Watson,
contemporary New Zealand composer. MP3 samples, biography, press reviews.

Wellington music and dance news.
Obscure. Studio 9

Whitehead, Gillian. Gillian Whitehead, established New Zealand contemporary composer.
Sounz.

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.

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