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Maamaloa Brass Band
13 Jul 2023Kalino Pongi is Music Director of the Maamaloa Brass Band, a Tongan community band based in Auckland. He talks with Bryan Crump. Read more Audio
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"It's a work that audiences can relate to"
12 Jul 2023Jonathan Griffith tells Bryan Crump why 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' is so special. The US-based conductor is in New Zealand to lead two free performances of Karl Jenkins' popular choral work. Read more Audio
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"It never feels like I'm working"
11 Jul 2023Tabla player Manjit Singh shares his love of music through his job: he runs the Rhythm School of Indian Music in Auckland and teaches a course on the Indian Classical tradition at the University’s… Read more Audio
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Dobbs Franks - Appointment
11 Jul 2023The American-born conductor, pianist, vocal coach and new New Zealand music supporter Dobbs Franks (1933-2023) has died aged 90. In this 2000 interview Christine Argyle asks him about his life's work.
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Cats prefer... RNZ Concert!
10 Jul 2023Bryan Crump finds some furry fans of RNZ Concert at Wellington's SPCA animal shelter. Read more Video, Audio
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"There is no sound like it in the entire world"
7 Jul 2023Tom Davoren, one of the Chief Adjudicators for this year's New Zealand Brass Band Championships, still gets goosebumps when the sound of a brass band is 'just right' , even after more than 20 years of… Read more Audio
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A musical tribute to Katherine Mansfield
6 Jul 2023Released earlier this year, Janet Jennings' album The Earth Child includes settings of specially chosen poems to mark the centenary of Katherine Mansfield's death. Read more Audio
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Musical medicine
5 Jul 2023The New Zealand Doctors' Orchestra is preparing for their next concert, which is in New Plymouth this year. Trumpet player Dr Tom Wilkinson is one of the organisers. Read more Audio
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"We can make a big impact simply by sharing our stories"
4 Jul 2023Juanita Hepi is Creative Director for Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's Matariki Around the World concerts. Read more Audio
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Well Done Mrs Shelley!
3 Jul 2023Polly Sussex and friends have put together a programme of music and readings to mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley publishing her novel Frankenstein under her own name. Read more Audio
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Building a new musical community
30 Jun 2023James Paul is co-founder (with Tim Booth) of Black Sand Music Retreats in Whanganui which aims to connect hobbyist musicians. Read more Audio
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Babe Martin: Knocked for Six in BHX
29 Jun 2023Tamaki Makaurau musician Zoë Larsen Cumming – who performs under the stage name Babe Martin – has just released her first single: ‘Knocked for Six in BHX’. Read more Audio
