Upbeat for Monday 24 July 2017

1:45 PM.Were you told as a child that you shouldn’t or couldn’t sing? What about being told you were tone deaf? As an adult do you sing now? Telling a child they can’t sing has life-long implications. But… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The guitar’s at the centre of music performance in Aotearoa; everyone plays it from country and western through to rock stars and classical stylists. That’s been helped by the impact of the many… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Singers from the New Zealand School of Music are finding their inner animal as they bring to life Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Director Jon Hunter is turning convention on its head with… Read more Audio