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Reimagining Mozart – Dunedin and Wanaka
Robert Wiremu (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Porou) commemorates the tragedy of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 by reimagining Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, which was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1791. Wiremu has imagined that one of the passengers may have had a state-of-the-art Walkman containing a recording of the Requiem. At the moment […]
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Our Te Ao Māori Journey
CANZ seeks to protect and honour the national taonga of Te Ao Māori both when we perform with our national choirs and in our day to day operations. We aim to: – Increase our usage of Te Reo Māori in our daily operations, publications and concerts – Publish an Interculturalism Policy – Develop and enhance […]
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At the end of 2021 we launched a brand new Christmas collection of New Zealand Choral Music. In the midst of the pandemic, six New Zealand composers (five are represented here) were commissioned by Voices New Zealand and Artistic Director, Karen Grylls, to reimagine familiar Christmas tunes.
The new works set old tunes, some with the atmosphere of centuries old traditions and some with the stories and traditions from New Zealand.
You can read more of Artistic Director Karen Grylls thoughts here
