Music

In harmony

University of Otago voice senior lecturer and mezzo soprano Tessa Romano sings Circus Woman Songs, from The Trapeze Artists by Dunedin composer Anthony Ritchie, during a St Kilda Brass concert at the Trinity Catholic College auditorium yesterday.

Dads play back-up for daughters on their first EP

Winnie Conlan (left) and Olivia Morriss work at Sublime Studios. PHOTO: CRAIG CONLAN

Dads play back-up for daughters on their first EP

Harbour Street Jazz and Blues Talent show winners Winnie Conlan and Olivia Morriss have recorded their first EP with their dads playing back-up.

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Leese returns with purpose

Formerly Dunedin-based opera singer Anna Leese performs with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and...

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Leese returns with purpose

Former Dunedin-based opera singer Anna Leese is back performing with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra this month.

Split Enz to reform for Christchurch festival

Split Enz to reform for Christchurch festival

The iconic New Zealand band will perform together for the first time in almost 20 years for the Hagley Park party.

Novice musicians triumph in school band contest

Bathgate Park School band Ōreo members (from left) Anthony Coriakula, 10, Faith Merquita, 12, Joy...

Novice musicians triumph in school band contest

A band of talented pupils from Dunedin’s Bathgate Park School won the Otago Rockshop Bandquest a few months after starting to learn their instruments.

Dazzling show hits bulls-eye

Chicago, the Musical, Regent Theatre, Thursday, August 28.

Dunedin mates releasing 'bangers' on their own terms

London-based Kiwi band Mild Orange. Photo: Cam Hay

Dunedin mates releasing 'bangers' on their own terms

The members of London-based "Kiwi band for the world", Mild Orange, share a passion for travel and connection.

Auckland schools dominate Big Sing

The finale of this year's Big Sing secondary schools' competition in Dunedin has come to a close, with choirs from Auckland taking the top awards.

NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

Big Sing regional co-ordinator Rosemary Tarbotton in the Dunedin Town Hall, set to host the Big...

NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

New Zealand’s premier secondary schools’ choral competition is returning to Dunedin for the first time since 2019.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged

Pop superstar Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce are engaged to be married, the couple have announced.

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Singer beats cold to win opera competition

Jasmine Jessen beams after winning the Otago Daily Times Southern Aria competition at Knox Church...

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Singer beats cold to win opera competition

It snot fuddy when you catch a cold — especially if you are an opera singer who is about to compete in one of New Zealand’s top opera competitions.

Obituary: Teen sensation who sold millions of records

George Hamilton and Connie Francis in a scene from the 1960 beach movie, Where the Boys Are....

Obituary: Teen sensation who sold millions of records

Connie Francis, the first woman to reach No 1 in the US Billboard charts, sold tens of millions of copies of her genre-spanning songs of youthful love and heartbreak.

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Emotion in her fingers

Egyptian-Italian pianist Francesca Khalifa as photographed by Manuel Rusca for the Empowered...

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Emotion in her fingers

Egyptian-Italian pianist Francesca Khalifa is looking forward to returning to Wānaka to perform as part of a tour of New Zealand.

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Horses for Curses

A frame from the video for This City Has Let Our Children Down, an all-inclusive skewering of...

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Horses for Curses

Angry shouting seems the appropriate response to the world as it is, Tane Cotton tells Tom McKinlay. But that doesn’t mean it’s all he has.

Standard of singers ‘excellent’

Standard of singers ‘excellent’

Judging by the quality of singing already coming from the competitors in the Otago Daily Times Southern Aria Competition this year, organisers are preparing for the unusual possibility of...

All that brass

All that brass

Dunedin schoolchildren cheer on Hot Potato Band member Luke Bartley as he plays the sousaphone at Tahuna Normal Intermediate School.

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‘Founding father’ enormous in establishment of heavy metal

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath perform during their The End Tour, at Forsyth Barr Stadium, in...

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‘Founding father’ enormous in establishment of heavy metal

From urinating on a historic national monument while wearing a dress, to biting the head off a bat and snorting a line of live ants through a straw, Ozzy Osbourne was famous for his infamy.

First airing of piece on plight of S. Dunedin

Nathaniel Otley walks along a South Dunedin street. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

First airing of piece on plight of S. Dunedin

Otley & Amalia, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, King’s and Queen's Auditorium, Saturday, August 16.

New Swift album reflects 'joy' of tour

Taylor Swift performing in Vancouver on the Eras Tour last year. Photo: Getty Images

New Swift album reflects 'joy' of tour

Taylor Swift says her forthcoming album, the upbeat The Life of a Showgirl, was inspired by the joy she felt when performing around the world on her record-setting Eras Tour.

Obituary: DJ Mu, the producer and pulse beat of Fat Freddy's Drop

Fat Freddy's Drop (Chris Faiumu far right). PHOTO: SARAH HUNTER

Obituary: DJ Mu, the producer and pulse beat of Fat Freddy's Drop

Chris Faiumu was not a singer, nor did he play an instrument, However, the founder and creative force behind Fat Freddy’s Drop, one of New Zealand’s most successful bands, fundamentally shaped not only the direction of his band, but also the distinctive sound of this country’s music.

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