Instrumentation 3*222; 3211; timp.; 3 perc.... In Māori mythology, Te Ihorangi is the god who personifies rain and is one of the off-spring of Rangi (Ranginui - the sky father) and Papa (Papatuanuku - ...

Mere Tokorahi Boynton is a singer and actor, well known for her role as Mavis in the internationally acclaimed movie Once Were Warriors. Her true passion, however, is singing. She has had formal vocal ...

Leonie Holmes is an Auckland based composer, writing for orchestra, chamber, choral, vocal and solo instrument. Recent works have been commissioned and/or performed by the New Zealand Symphony ...

Instrumentation piano, violin, cello, taong... Ahakoa he iti he pounamu - Although it is small, it is greenstone. This whakataukī refers to the gift of something small, but precious. Something given ...

Articles and interviews with composers and performers relating to music in ...

Ngapo Wehi, leader of the Wehi Whānau, was a prominent figure alongside his wife Pimia in Māori arts and music in New Zealand with special interests in education and tourism. Ngapo association with ...

Reuben Jelleyman is a composer and acoustician from Auckland, New Zealand. His works have been played by ensembles such as Ensemble InterContemporain and Multilatérale (France), Avanti! (Finland), ...

Hirini Sidney Melbourne, known for his significant work towards the revival of Māori culture, was from Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu tribes. He was a secondary school teacher and editor of several Māori ...

Trevor Coleman was born 1959 in Dunedin, New Zealand where he studied piano, trumpet and composition from an early age. He was selected for principal trumpet in the National Youth Orchestra, solo ...

Our journey into the world of Taonga Puoro (Māori musical instruments) begins with the Pūtōrino, a cocoon-shaped Taonga Puoro that is truly unique to Aotearoa. The shape of the Pūtōrino is inspired by ...

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The thirty-two works by fifteen composers in this album were chosen with the intention of presenting works of moderate difficulty and wide appeal. The indirect reference to New Zealand’s national ...