Robbie Ellis

Ex-pat Kiwi Robbie Ellis is forging a career in music comedy in Chicago. Video, Audio

Long-distance relationships can be difficult, but theatre collaborators Penny Ashton and Robbie Ellis have made it work. Audio

New Zealand Music Month is in full swing and to celebrate it, William Dart features the music of Douglas Lilburn (courtesy of guitarist Gunter Herbig), along with Seth Haapu, Lips, Robbie Ellis and… Audio

The list of people who've combined comedy with a love of classical music is a short but distinguished one. Dudley Moore and Bill Bailey, maybe. Tom Lehrer and Tim Minchin. And to it can be added the… Audio

President Donald Trump's deployed federal law enforcement to three major US cities, as protestors continue to take to the streets. unrest continues. One of those cities is Chicago, where New Zealander… Audio

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Timothy Noon (organ), Hamish McKeich (conductor). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 22 May 2009 Audio

Auckland Youth Orchestra, Antun Poljanich (conductor). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 4 October 2008 Audio

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuart Devenie (narrator), Kenneth Young (conductor). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 11 May 2011 Audio

Robbie Ellis gives an introduction to cellist, teacher, conductor, pianist, commissioner and not to mention composer Mstislav Rostropovich. Audio

Robbie Ellis is a New Zealander living in Chicago, making his living as radio DJ, performer, music teacher, musical director and he also writes very funny songs. He fully admits that he is very hard… Audio

William Dart takes a brief look at three performers, linked by the use of satirical humour in their music: the incomparable Noël Coward, the impeccable Richard Rodney Bennett, and our own… Video, Audio

Robbie Ellis made his name in New Zealand as a serious composer, including time as the University of Otago's Mozart Fellow - but his latest work shows he's just as adept at writing comedic tongue… Audio

Anna McGregor (E flat clarinet). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 27 July 2008. Audio

Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet has been set to music by a wide range of composers. Audio

Martin Lodge talks to Robbie Ellis, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Martin reflects on his influences and style, maintaining a freelance career, his research into New Zealand music, composing… Audio

Mark-Anthony Turnage is an English composer launched his career with some big brash works at the tail end of the Thatcher years. However, unlike many enfants terribles, his music has barely mellowed… Audio

Robbie Ellis canvasses the work of Finnish composer, Magnus Lindberg. Audio