Choir marks 80th anniversary of end of WW2
The Southern Youth Choir will perform Karl Jenkins’ "mass for peace" The Armed Man, as it marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2.
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Conductor keen for finalists’ concert
Conductor keen for finalists’ concert
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra principal guest conductor James Judd is delighted to be working with the city’s top young musicians ahead of Friday’s "Rising Stars" Dunedin Concerto Competition concert.
Spellbinding performance
Spellbinding performance
New Zealand String QuartetAt Orokonui EcosanctuarySaturday, May 10. The wonder, joy and drama of music kept a capacity audience spellbound during a thrilling performance by the New Zealand...
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Spotlight on emerging stars
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Spotlight on emerging stars
Three young Dunedin musicians will this weekend compete for the title of Dunedin Concerto Competition winner at the Dunedin Town Hall.
Art seen: May 15
Art seen: May 15
By Joanna Osborne
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Choreographer has a way with ‘words’
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Choreographer has a way with ‘words’
Storytelling ballets may not have been fashionable when Cathy Marston first began choreographing them, but they are becoming so now.
It’s all just a bunch of ‘Nunsense’
It’s all just a bunch of ‘Nunsense’
A West Otago school teacher is taking her first shot at directing grown-ups in the upcoming production of black-comedy musical Nunsense.
Connection explored in collections
Connection explored in collections
An impressive showing of more than 500 portraits are now on display at a Gore art gallery, alongside a transtasman artist’s study of New Zealand’s largest glacier.
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'This is the missing bit'
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'This is the missing bit'
Best-selling Irish author Dervla McTiernan still finds it ‘‘crazy’’ that hundreds of people turn up to her book events.
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Role ‘real treasure, delight and honour’
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Role ‘real treasure, delight and honour’
He may be Australian, but violinist Peter Clark is enthusiastic about representing his homeland’s smaller rival as part of the NZ String Quartet.
Ecosanctuary concert returns
Ecosanctuary concert returns
Following a sell-out performance last year, a new-look New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) will return to perform at Orokonui Ecosanctuary Te Korowai o Mihiwaka this month.
Poetry, opera combine in musical monodrama
Poetry, opera combine in musical monodrama
A musical "monodrama" created by Dunedin composer Prof Anthony Ritchie, in collaboration with author Fiona Farrell, will be performed next week for NZ Music Month.
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Residency gives a new focus
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Residency gives a new focus
A granddaughter and daughter of late Dunedin artists Peter McIntyre sen and Peter McIntyre, Sara McIntyre, has returned to the South as the inaugural Forrester Gallery Residency recipient.
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Finding home in new location
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Finding home in new location
Moving across the country and settling into a new home is not easy.
Art seen: May 1
Art seen: May 1
By Laura Elliott
Music review
Music review
In last October’s Sable EP, Justin Vernon returned briefly to the sorrowful man-in-a-cabin vibes of Bon Iver’s breakthrough album, For Emma, Forever Ago.
Music review
Music review
While current global events would seem more likely to inspire dark or depressed music, the Tennessee-based, Bob Dylan-favoured Americana singer-songwriter Valerie June is pushing back.
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Food and painting delivers a crossover of senses
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Food and painting delivers a crossover of senses
Converting the senses of touch, smell, flavour and sound into art is what drives Alexandra-based abstract artist Nicola Bennett.
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Living a life by the books
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Living a life by the books
A deep love for books has shaped Dr Caren Florance’s life.
Art seen: April 24
Art seen: April 24
By James Dignan