Useful Links in New Zealand Music

Databases and Directories Education International Magazines Maori / Pacific Organisations Performance Presenters / Promoters  Publishers Record Labels Support

Databases/Directories

• nzlive.com – national cultural events guide
• cultural funding guide – also hosted by nzlive.com

• Alexander Turnbull Library - database including the Archive of New Zealand Music
• Cadence - database of choral sets and orchestral parts at National Library
• Directory of NZ Choirs - courtesy of the Festival Singers of Wellington
• indexNZ - directory of Music groups, organisations, sites in New Zealand
• NZ Music Services Directory - directory of NZ music industry contacts
• SIBMAS International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts which has an international directory including -
• New Zealand Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
• NZ Folksong - Old work ballads, Maori waiata and recent songs about the Kiwi way of life. Lyrics, chords, tunes and background information about song content, songwriters and recordings.
  
• SOUNZ - database of over 8,000 works by more than 250 New Zealand composers
• Works Search - APRA's database for music writers
• URL Internet Consultants - directory of NZ music links
• Zeroland - directory of NZ classical, jazz and contemporary music

Education:

associations

• IRMTNZ - Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand
• MENZA - Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa (formerly NZSME)
• NZSMT - New Zealand Society for Music Therapy

  examination boards

• ABRSM - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
• AMEB - Australian Music Examinations Board
• St Cecilia - St. Cecilia Examinations New Zealand
• Trinity College London - International Examinations Board
  - Downloadable PDFs of works by NZ composers in the trinity singing syllabus
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• events/competitions/workshops

• Auckland Philharmonia - Competitions - performance and composition
• Chamber Music NZ: School Music Contest - performance and composition - information
• New Zealand National Singing School - biannual singing school - next in Jan 2007
• 2006 Smokefree Rockquest - Dates and information
• NZSO Secondary School Orchestra - Playing and Composer-in-residence
• MENZA's Secondary Project - events, contacts, links, scholarships, event evaluation
• The New Zealand Opera School - Annual school in opera singing.




music schools

• National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries - NICAI, Auckland
• University of Canterbury
• Christchurch Jazz School
• Christchurch School of Music - CSM
• University of Waikato
• Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand - MAINZ
• Nelson School of Music
• New Zealand School of Music - NZSM , Wellington
• University of Otago




resources

• Chimaera – learning guides for NZ music, CD-ROM, free online lesson
• Discover – digitised resources from the National Library supporting the Arts Curriculum
• Discover Music Learning Examples – digitised resources from the National Library
• Discover (music) – digitised resources from the National Library for Music in particular
• Hofnote (Music Teacher Support Ltd) – helping music teachers to build aural skills in their students
• Kids Music Company – CDs of original NZ songs with handbooks for teachers
• New Zealand Folk Song – home-made songs about life in New Zealand
• New Zealand High School Music Teachers on the Internet – links and information
• Noteable – music education resources
• Pandemonium Percussion – NCEA resource
• Promethean Editions – learning guides, workbook scores for NZ music (years 11-13)
• SOUNZ – New Zealand music resources (years 1-13) including Ears Wide Open: Taringa Areare and other SOUNZwrite guides
• TKI – Te Kete Ipurangi: The Online Learning Centre
• UCA – Universal Childrens Audio, tapes and CDs

International

• ACMA - Australasian Computer Music Association
• IAMIC - International Association of Music Information Centres
• IAML - International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
• IAWM - International Alliance of Women in Music
• ISCM - International Society for Contemporary Music
• Living Composers Project - information provided by composers about themselves

Magazines

• APRAP New Zealand - APRA's bi-annual publication
• Canzona - official yearbook of the Composers' Association of New Zealand
• Mechen's NZ Music Page - articles and reviews about NZ classical music and musicians
• Music in New Zealand - for composers, players, reviewers, audiences and students
• Music in the Air - bi-annual journal exploring NZ song and spirituality
• NZ Edge - NZ music news archived from world-wide media sources
• New Zealand Opera News
• NZ Musician Magazine - equipment, reviews, profiles, news, education and info
• SOUND Arts - the MENZA magazine, making Education brighter through Music
• SOUNZ News - journal of the Centre for New Zealand Music
• State of the Arts - Australasian quarterly guide to the arts
• Version Magazine - Auckland based sound artists' magazine

Maori/Pacific

• Archive of Maori and Pacific Music - the largest Pacific ethnographic sound collection
• Maorimusic.com - from haka to hip-hop: CDs, articles, resources, Maori radio and more
• NZ Folksong - Old work ballads, Maori waiata and recent songs about the Kiwi way of life. Lyrics, chords, tunes and background information about song content, songwriters and recordings.
  
• Orotokare: Art, Story, Motion - indigenous theatre and performing arts including experimental and exploratory projects
• Puatatangi - Contemporary Maori Music Committee of Toi Maori Aotearoa
• Traditional Maori instruments - pictures and sound as demonstrated by Richard Nunns
• Waiata Maori - information, sound, lyrics and video from Maori Organisations of NZ

Organisations:

music

• APRA - Australasian Performing Right Association
• The Audio Foundation - The Audio Foundation
• CANZ - Composers' Association of New Zealand
• Independent Music New Zealand - group of indie recording labels and distributors
• NZ Music Industry Commission - trust for contemporary popular music industry
• NZ On Air - funding agency supporting local content on television and radio
• PANNZ - Performing Arts Network of New Zealand
• PPNZ - Phonographic Performances (NZ) Ltd
• Radio New Zealand Concert - fine music network of Radio New Zealand
• RIANZ - Recording Industry Association of New Zealand




general

• Creative NZ - Arts Council of New Zealand
• DANZ - Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
• Lilburn Residence Trust
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage - lists music awards, scholarships and residencies
• NZ Film Archive - aims to collect, protect and project NZ's moving image heritage
• Playmarket - playwrights' agency & script advisory service
• Sound Archives - New Zealand's foremost radio archive
• Te Papa Tongarewa : Museum of New Zealand
• Toi Maori Aotearoa - Maori Arts New Zealand
• Wellington Audio Association - open to anyone interested in audio

Performance:

choirs

• Directory of NZ Choirs - courtesy of the Festival Singers of Wellington
• Auckland Catholic Music Schola
• Auckland Choral Society
• Christchurch City Choir
• City of Dunedin Choir
• The Graduate Choir
• Hamilton Civic Choir
• Musica Sacra
• Orpheus Choir of Wellington
• Southern Consort of Voices
• National Youth Choir and TOWER Voices New Zealand
• New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir
• The Tudor Consort
• V8 Vocal Ensemble
• Viva Voce




ensembles

• 175 East
• Brass Band Association of NZ
• From Scratch
• Jade String Quartet
• Nevine String Quartet
• New Zealand Piano Quartet
• New Zealand String Quartet
• New Zealand Trio
• Okta
• Saxcess
• Strike
• Stroma




orchestras

• Auckland Chamber Orchestra
• Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
• Auckland Symphony Orchestra
• Auckland Youth Orchestra
• Canterbury Philharmonia
• Christchurch Symphony
• Dunedin Youth Orchestra
• Manawatu Youth Orchestra
• Manukau City Symphony Orchestra
• NZSO - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
• NZSO National Youth Orchestra
• Southern Sinfonia
• St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra
• Waitakere City Orchestra
• Vector Wellington Orchestra
• Wellington Chamber Orchestra
• Wellington Youth Orchestra




opera

• Class Act Opera
• NBR New Zealand Opera
• Opera Factory

Presenters/Promoters

• Adam New Zealand Fesitval of Chamber Music - biennial — next January 26 — February 10, 2007
• Asia Pacific Fesitval - to be held in Wellington, 8 — 16 February, 2007
• Auckland Festival — March 9 — 25, 2007
• Chamber Music NZ - largest presenter of chamber music concerts throughout NZ
• Christchurch Arts Festival
• Christchurch Schools' Music Festival
• Happy - Wellington venue hosting a VERY wide range of musical genres
• International NZ Artists representing world class artists in their respective disciplines
• New Zealand International Arts Festival biennial - next in March/April 2008
• Otago Festival of the Arts
• Southern Lakes Festival of Colour - Lake Wanaka - next 24 — 29 April, 2007
• Taranaki Festival of the Arts - biennial next July 26 — August 12, 2007
• Tauranga Festival - biennial — next 18 — 28 October 2007
• The Temple - Auckland venue dedicated to original NZ music
• Vitamin-S — a community of musicians engaged in the dialogue of creative improvised music
• Wellington International Jazz Festival
• WOMAD - World Music Festival — next 16 -18 March, 2007 in New Plymouth

Publishers

• Amoris International - particularly music utilising oboe or other double reeds
• Bellbird Publications - the works of composer Anthony Ritchie
• DBH Music - the works of composer David Hamilton
• Alan Cruise-Johnston and Vincent James - freely downloadable - particularly choral music
• Promethean Editions
• Vaia'ata Press - the works of composer Chris Marshall
• Waiteata Music Press
• Lambton Publishing

Record Labels

• Arclife Records
• Atoll
• Club Bizarre - Club Bizarre - dark /avantgarde music recording, distribution and events label
• Continuum Compact Discs
• empreintes DIGITALes
• Fatcat & Fishface
• Fiff Dimension
• Independent Music New Zealand
• Just Jazz Records
• Kiwi Pacific Records
• Naxos
• Ode Records
• Rattle
• The Sound Room
• Trust Records
• Yellow Eye Music

Support Sites

• CANZ - Composers' Association of New Zealand
• Musicmates - electronic billboard for New Zealand musicians
• Musicweb International - originally British, now more wide-ranging with CD and concert reviews and composer profiles
• Musitech - advice, sales and on-going technical support
• Muzic.net.nz - artists, charts, gigs, releases, discussion, downloads
• nzmusic.com - discussion forums, artist services, gig guide, news for NZ musicians
• The New Zealand Opera Society - supporting Opera in New Zealand
• The Big Idea - on-line community of New Zealand's creative industries