Upbeat for Wednesday 3 August 2016

1:50 PM.Clare Jones will spend four more months in NZ, soaking in the flora and fauna, which drives her poetry. The Fulbright scholar has been attending Victoria University and explores ecology, Darwinism and… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.18 year old Stokes Valley pianist Liam Furey has just won the senior composition section of the 2016 Chamber Music Contest with his first Piano Trio. The work was described as being a very distinctive… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Norway based percussion soloist Jennifer Torrence works at the edge where theatre and music combine. She uses her body like an actor, sometimes armed with drumsticks.  Jennifer is in Wellington to… Read more Video, Audio

1:05 PM.New Zealand artist Richard Lewer, based in Melbourne, has won the $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize for his work The Theatre of Sports (2016) which draws on his passion for art and sport. The 12… Read more Audio