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Chris Gendall
Chris Gendall's works have graced the programmes of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, NZTrio, Mark Menzies and the Christchu...
Robyn Bryant
Robyn is a creative and hardworking Wellington-based composer with a friendly, diligent, and professional attitude. In 2021 she completed a Master of Fine Ar...
Chris Adams (1979–) is a New Zealand composer and is the Director of Performance Music at Auckland Grammar School. He was the Mozart Fellow (2010–2011) at th...
Colin Gibson
Colin Gibson was born in Dunedin and wrote hymn texts and hymn settings for over 20 years. His works have been published and performed in Africa, the United ...
Bronwyn Officer
Bronwyn Officer was born in 1959 in Invercargill. She gained her MusB (Hons) in composition from Otago University in 1981. From 1982 till early 1987 she work...
Julian Kirgan Báez
Julian is an emerging composer and multi-instrumentalist from Wellington who has enjoyed a diverse freelance career over the last decade as a trombonist span...
Tau'ili'ili Alpha Maiava
Composer, Moana Pacific Composer
Tau'ili'ili Alpha Maiava is a Samoan-born NZ music composer, vocalist, and a content creator with the emphasis on Tagata Moana cultural revival and preservat...
John Barnett
John Maughan Barnett was born in England in 1867. He emigrated to Australia circa 1890 where he was appointed organist, and choirmaster at Hobart Cathedral....
Noel Sanders
Noel Sanders was born in Auckland in 1948. He studied English Literature at Auckland University and linguistics at Harvard in the 1970s. He has recently reti...
Noel Meek
Noel Meek is an improvising musician and composer based in Ōtautahi, working with electronic, electroacoustic and found instruments. His work in recent years...
Suzanne Court
Suzanne Court is a New Zealand composer, performer, teacher and editor.
Donald Byars
Donald Byars was a New Zealand composer of choral music, having had works recorded for Kiwi Pacific Records by the University of Auckland Festival Choir.
Jonathan Ladd
Jonathan Ladd was educated at Rathkeale College, Victoria and Auckland Universities before moving to Sydney and studying contemporary composition with the (t...
Bill Barclay
Bill Barclay is a composer and cellist based in Lower Hutt. His compositions have included works for cello, orchestra and string quartet.
His day job is ...
Jesse Austin-Stewart
Jesse Austin-Stewart (he/him) is a Wellington-based sonic artist with a focus on spatial sound. He is currently working on his PhD at Massey University resea...
Paul Mathews
A graduate of the New Zealand School of Music Sonic Arts programme, Paul went on to also complete a degree in Computer Science with emphasis on artificial in...
Kim Dyett
Kim Dyett was born in Wellington 1-10-56. Educated at Rongotai College 1970-4. Attended Victoria University of Wellington 1975-80 graduating MMus 1980. 1981-...
Gerard Crotty
Gerard Malcolm Crotty was born Te Awamutu 6-6-58, died Auckland 26-8-88. Educated Korakonui Primary School, Sacred Heart College, Auckland (1972-5), Loretto ...
Moses Hamilton Hodges
African American baritone Hamilton Hodges was born in the United States and travelled with his wife Jean or Jennie, a fellow singer, to New Zealand in 1892 a...
Tim Bowman
Tim Bowman was born in the UK in 1958 and migrated with his family to New Zealand in early childhood. He played in a number of bands groups, including The Bl...
Benjamin Sneyd-Utting
Benjamin Sneyd-Utting is a Wellington-based composer and cellist. He began composing early, with an entry in a collection of New Zealand works—[Take Flight...
Alex Campbell-Hunt
Alex Campbell-Hunt is originally from Wellington but moved to Dunedin at age 14. He completed a MusB (Hons) at the University of Otago in 2011, as well as a ...
Jason Long
Jason Long is a composer, sound artist, researcher, and educator from Christchurch, New Zealand. He completed a PhD in sonic engineering at Victoria Universi...
James Phillpot
Born in Wales, J. (James) H. (Henry) Phillpot came to New Zealand in 1884 and held the position of organist and choir master at several churches in Auckland,...
Bernard Page was born in England. He held various church organ positions around London before coming to New Zealand with his wife and young family in 1913 as...
Pieta Hextall
Pieta Hextall is a Christchurch-based composer and musician. She has recently returned from Melbourne, where she was an active member of the music community ...
Andrew Baldwin (b.1986) is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London and the New Zealand School of Music, Wellington.
His music has been widely com...
Oliver Francis Huang-Hsu
Oliver Francis Huang-Hsu was born in Tsingtau, China, and immigrated to New Zealand at the age of fifteen. He graduated with a Masters degree in Composition ...
Ruby Solly
Composer, Māori Composer
Kai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha
Ruby Solly is a Kai Tahu musician, taonga puoro practitioner, music therapist and writer living in Wellington. She has playe...
Nikau Wi Neera
Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāpuhi, Kai Tahu
Nikau Wi Neera is an award-winning composer based in Wellington, New Zealand. His music is daring ...
Larry Pruden
Larry Pruden was born in New Plymouth on 28th July 1925. He began learning the piano at about age 8, became church organist at 13 and joined the music staff ...
James Wade (1979 - 2017) developed an interest in music comparatively late which allowed his compositions to be largely influenced by philosophical and abstr...
Felicity Williams
Felicity Mary Williams (née Walker) was born on 24 July 1954 in Christchurch. Educated at Rangi Ruru Girls High School Christchurch (1968-1972), she left hig...