Upbeat for Monday 30 January 2017

1:45 PM.More than 40 singers aged between 6 and 70 will take to the stage in Wellington this week for the premiere of new musical The Queen of Tarts. Written by Paul Percey and Michael Vinten, and directed by… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Celebrated Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun will make his Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra debut on Tuesday with his new work Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds which tries to explain the… Read more Audio

1:05 PM.2017 is a busy year for Australian Bass James Clayton. He’s playing the title role in New Zealand Opera’s The Mikado, and Escamillo in Carmen before jetting across the Tasman to work in Melbourne and… Read more Audio