Upbeat

The story of Maui is coming alive in Canterbury primary schools in the coming weeks thanks to a new theatre collaboration. Read more Audio

Five choirs – all from the North Island - have been awarded gold at the 2019 Big Sing Finale in Dunedin over the weekend. Read more

Classical music and kapa haka combine this week in Rotorua and Hamilton. Read more Audio

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra performed Mozart's Requiem this weekend. But did they impress? Tony Ryan was there. Read more

Donations have started to flow in for Virtuoso Strings, as the organisation tries to keep its after-school programme alive which provides music lessons and kai to more than 70 students in Cannons… Read more Video

Austrian-New Zealand bass Anthony Robin Schneider gives Clarissa Dunn an insider's view on the challenges of singing the bass part in Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Read more Audio

The finale of The Big Sing competition is taking place in Dunedin this week and the judges will be listening hard. Read more Audio

Klezmer band The Kugels get ready for their New Zealand tour. Read more Audio

Martin Rummel, the University of Auckland's head of the School of Music, has resigned. Read more

Jacqueline Coats has been awarded the 2019 Pettman Dare Fellowship, travelling to the UK to work with Opera North and study at the University of Leeds. Read more Audio

The Aotea Centre is renaming its ASB theatre after our most famous opera singer and first-ever Grammy award winner, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.  Read more Audio

The Morton Trio are currently touring New Zealand. Tony Ryan went down to The Piano in Christchurch to find out what makes the group of young kiwi musicians buzz. Read more