New Zealand Opera takes a walk on the wild side
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New Zealand Opera takes a walk on the wild side
APRIL 2002 NO. 19 Postage Paid Wellington NZ Permit No.4638 NEWS The Journal of the Centre for New Zealand Music Toi Te Puoru SOUNZ NEWS is a publication of the Centre for New Zealand Music. PO Box 10 042 Wellington New Zealand New Zealand Opera takes a walk on the wild side Wild Opera Showcase – 22 May 2002 “I waited painstakingly until I thought I was technically proficient enough to produce a work worthy of the title, "opera". So now that I've been given this opportunity, I'm honoured, thrilled, flattered, and above all excited beyond belief!” This was Gareth Farr's reaction on hearing that his proposal had been selected for Wild Opera. Wild Opera is a project managed by SOUNZ and funded by Creative New Zealand through its Future Strengths strategy. It has been set up to encourage professional productions of New Zealand opera and comes from the need to find ways to spread the financial and artistic risks of presenting new opera. The success of the project will be measured by the willingness of opera companies and funders to commission and present the works. It is hoped that at least one proposal will be commissioned, and that, through collaborations between festivals, sponsors, promoters and companies, all showcase presentations will be developed further or scheduled for future performances. Eve de Castro Robinson, who is planning an opera about artist Len Lye, points out, “Embarking on any large scale work with no promise of performance is both financially and creatively draining. One of the major benefits of this scheme is that it takes a project to the next stepping-stone.” Rachel Clement Gareth Farr David Farquhar Michael Williams Aaron Lloydd Following an extensive consultation process, requests for proposals were made at the end of last year. Thirty submissions were received and an expert panel met in January to choose works for the May showcase. Seven proposals were chosen and creative teams took part in a seminar in March to discuss effective ways of Eve de Castro Robinson presenting their works. John Rimmer Richard Greager, one of the selection panel, noted, “The range of works we received was staggering. Considering that Wild Opera is a new initiative, we were impressed by the generally high quality of the proposals which displayed a good understanding of what we hope to achieve through this project. The Panel was able not only to select proposals in different stages of development – from concept to completed work – but also works that will appeal to new and established audiences.” (Brief descriptions of the selected proposals appear on Page 2) 1. WILD OPERA SHOWCASE Eve de Castro Robinson /Roger Horrocks – Len Lye aviatrix flies off and makes the hardest choice of all. Photographer Mary Brown. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation Rachel Clement – JAM Len Lye is an extraordinary New Zealand artist with a major international reputation. Until recently, he has been little known in the country of his birth, but 2001 – his centennial year – has seen his reputation take off into the stratosphere. The public has often been fascinated by lives of 'Len Lye in Sydney' c. 1925 artists – from opera such as La Bohème to popular films such as Amadeus and An Angel at my Table. The story of Len Lye incorporates the key elements of the genre: the artist’s Photo courtesy of Christchurch Press Co.Ltd. JAM has been commissioned and developed by Canterbury Opera with a grant from Creative New Zealand. It will premiere on 16 August 2002 at the Repertory Theatre in Christchurch. Margaret Mahy, Rachel Clement and Rebecca Noonan from Composed by Rachel Canterbury Opera enjoying jam Clement, JAM is an sandwiches. imaginative opera for young voices with libretto by Margaret Mahy, based on her popular children’s book. Canterbury Opera Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Owens, explains why the Mahy story was chosen: “It contained all the classic opera ingredients: the triumph of good over evil, many interesting characters with strong personalities, great chorus opportunities, and the sparkle and magic to entertain and delight adults and children. emergence from an unexpected context; dramatic moments in his youth; his development as a fiercely unique individual; his many conflicts with the status quo; the struggle to create a new kind of art; and his unorthodox emotional life. David Farquhar – Enchanted Island Enchanted Island is inspired by The Tempest, Shakespeare’s most musical play. As Caliban says, “... the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs ...”. Its musical demands include many songs and magical effects, including storms and a celestial masque. Strangely, while many composers have written incidental music for the play, there have been few operatic adaptations. Yet the fable contains all the operatic ingredients of romance, intrigue and comedy, with lots of magic thrown in. Aaron Lloydd – The Black Mill The Black Mill is believed to be the first opera to feature a brass band rather than a traditional orchestra. The opera tells the story of a mill that might be connected with the devil, where the workers are forced to grind the bones of the dead. It is derived from the novel Krabat by Otfried Preussler and received its first performances in Fringe New Zealand 2002. Gareth Farr / Paul Horan – Three Moments of Ecstasy Michael Williams/ Alan Riach – The Prodigal Child In the 30s a famous aviatrix lands on a Pacific island: her last stop before circumnavigating the world. At the moment of achieving the ultimate, she wonders what ecstasy can equal this? With the last inhabitants of the island, she argues about what leads us to happiness. Three stories are told: a missionary reaches ecstatic union with God after losing his mind and dreaming he is St. Antony; a colonial official loses everything in the arms of a man, and his wife finds redemption in the forest; and a girl on a bridge ponders the abyss. The This chamber opera for soprano, mezzo soprano, baritone, string quartet and piano is set in New Zealand in the early 1900s and concerns a couple’s encounter with a troubled young woman who is lamenting the loss of her child. John Rimmer / Witi Ihimaera – Galileo Galileo, a chamber opera, utilises music, words and theatrical effects including computer graphics and video to tell the story of the Renaissance scientist, mathematician and astronomer who is credited as being the man with whom modern history began. The University of Auckland presented this work with assistance from Creative New Zealand early in April. 2. NZ Composer scores opportunity in Australia Chris Watson has been invited to take part in the Australian Composers Orchestral Forum (ACOF) to be held in Perth later this year. It is the first time such an opportunity has been offered to a New Zealander. His participation involves writing a ten-minute work for orchestra which will be workshopped by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Four emerging Australian composers will also take part in the project which culminates in a week-long forum including a public performance to be recorded for broadcast by the ABC. In its 23rd year, the Australian Composers Orchestral Forum (ACOF) is a joint project of Symphony Australia and the Australian Music Centre and is funded by the Australia Council. Its aim is to provide a valuable opportunity for emerging composers not only to have their work performed in public by a professional symphony orchestra but to receive assistance during the composition process from the orchestra, other composers and a specially chosen mentor. Chris will work with one of Australia’s leading composers, Gerard Brophy. This year ACOF is hosted by the West Australia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kevin Field. The workshop takes place in the middle of October. John Davies, General Manager of the Australian Music Centre commented, “The Centre's work in an international context is of growing significance and this partnership between the Centre and SOUNZ, our sister organisation in New Zealand, is an exciting opportunity for strengthening our ties across the Tasman.” Further developing these ties, the Auckland Philharmonia has offered to host an Australian composer at its November workshops. The Australian Music Centre, which coordinates the project, invited SOUNZ to select a New Zealand composer to take part in the forum. Chris was chosen after consultation with the Composers’ Association, the Composers’ Advisory Panel at Chris Watson SOUNZ and the Auckland Philharmonia. Scilla Askew, Executive Director of SOUNZ, says “The forum is an exciting opportunity for one of our young composers not only to gain exposure at an international level, but also benefit professionally from the sharing of ideas and techniques with peers and more experienced composers from another country.” turnbull all c ompo g n i l l a sers C �� Piano �� � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � � � Want to preserve � your music for posterity…? � � ���� � � ���� � � � � Alexander The Turnbull Library’s Archive of New Zealand Music 3. 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We are pleased to report that they have programmed the following works: Te Perenga by Gareth Farr with clarinettist Gretchen Dunsmore (16 February), Maui Tikitiki a Taranga by Maria Grenfell with Alexa Still as flute soloist (6 July); Hamlet Suite by Sir William Southgate (31 August); and the world premiere of Overture by Dorothy Buchanan (21 September). 4. ����������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������� �������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������� NZSO/SOUNZ Readings for Orchestra On March 21 and 22, SOUNZ, in association with the NZSO, again presented rehearsed readings of orchestral works by NZ composers. Report by Peter Mechen As a change from the amplitude of the Michael Fowler Centre auditorium, these latest NZSO/SOUNZ Rehearsed Readings were held in the relatively intimate spaces of the Brierley Theatre at Wellington Boys’ College, a venue which served aspects of the exercise well. An advantage was the immediacy of the music-making, and the sense for the listeners present of tangibly sharing with the players the same space in which the music was being made (though at least one of the composers was disconcerted by the uniformly up-front sound picture and the effect upon his scoring!). And although no such forum took place on this occasion, the venue’s modest scale might have more readily encouraged a true “workshop” scenario between musicians, composers and interested parties, something which could well be instigated at subsequent sessions. Perhaps the major drawback was the venue’s relative out-of-the-way location, making public access to the event more difficult than when held at the MFC – though one supposes that “a will would find a way” on the part of anybody wanting to get to the sessions. Four works were presented, Philip Brownlee’s Landforms, Nigel Keay’s Serenade for Strings (the first two movements), Christopher Marshall’s The Song of Gaia, and Michael Norris’ From the lonely margins of the sea. As with previous NZSO/ SOUNZ sessions, part of the fascination of encountering these pieces during the readings was the juxtaposition of markedly different and individual soundworlds. Perhaps the subtlest, and least outwardly demonstrative of the pieces was Philip Brownlee’s Landforms, a 1998 work for large ensemble, inspired by sounds and images characterising the New Zealand coastal landscape, whose timbres and textures were organised as constantly-shifting sonic conglomerations interacting with individual instrumental lines. Nigel Keay’s lyrical, but sombrely-coloured Serenade for Strings was represented by movements 1 and 2, whose sobriety had a rather “Central European” sonority, the melodic patterns gradually accumulating Conductor Hamish McKeich (right) relaxes with composers detail and darkening in overall effect as the music proceeded. Christopher Michael Norris (centre) and Philip Brownlee Marshall’s The Song of Gaia characterised the idea of the earth’s richness and diversity, the composer constructing at the outset far-flung sonic vistas upon which more immediate and volatile melodic and rhythmic elements gradually and tellingly impacted. Lastly, we heard Michael Norris’ From the lonely margins of the sea, written during 2001 for the Southern Sinfonia of Dunedin, a work which evoked and sustained an impressively desolate mood by way of paying eloquent homage to such (in the composer’s words) “exemplars of melancholy” as Sibelius’s Swan of Tuonela. Hamish McKeich led the orchestra surely and steadily through these scores, the players’ skills and commitment enabling the music to quickly coalesce, so that the final presentation of performances at the end of each day (recorded by Concert FM) represented a growing and flowering of thought, word and deed. SOUNZ director Scilla Askew in her speech of thanks to the players and conductor made reference to the fruit borne by these sessions, the chance afforded composers to hear played what in many cases had existed only on the pages of a score, and have a sound-document of their music. Reference to previous sessions indicates that the strategy is beginning Christopher Marshall discusses his score with NZSO to work, with a number of pieces presented subsequently receiving both public harpist Caroline Mills. performances and recordings. WEBSITES WORTH A VISIT www.southwest.org.nz A website supporting Concert FM’s series Douglas – browse through transcripts, put faces to voices including a comprehensive timeline of Lilburn’s compositions. www.artslaw.com.au A website offering legal advice (primarily to Australians, but also New Zealanders) about artistic issues. 5. www.thebigidea.co.nz A creative work, income and enterprise-generating tool for NZ artists which works by sharing information skills and services on-line. Arts and cultural practitioners are invited to subscribe. Flying Kiwis Reviews from New Zealand New Music (Scotland, 2001) conducted by Kenneth Young confirmed Cresswell as a master orchestral craftsman in his Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet. Cresswell's music is a little zany, and it is clear from the other music in this concert that New Zealanders never took European avant-gardeism too seriously ... A dissenting voice belongs to New Zealand composer Jack Body. His dissatisfaction with the rhetoric of the new music mainstream was clear in his Pulse. The piece opened with a snippet of Beethoven’s Eroica, then rotated through a montage of excerpts encased in brilliantly heard textures and arguments. His must be the voice of New Zealand, and of our time.” Now that the festival, New Zealand New Music in Edinburgh has passed it seems worthwhile reporting on the critical success which it attracted. While not every review was unreservedly positive, an overwhelming majority were and we are pleased to report some of them in SOUNZ News. NZ String Quartet at Glasgow University "If the standard of performances in the coming week's celebration of the music of New Zealand matches that established yesterday by the excellent NZ String Quartet in the launch concert of the Festival, then audiences are in for a rare treat.. ... A tour de force of performance: can't say better than that. Lyell Cresswell’s largescale piano quartet And Every Sparkle Shivering, in which the group was joined by virtuoso pianist Richard Beauchamp ... this stunning piece unifies its mosaic structure with two strong elements: a ravishing, murmuring love song, and wildly rhythmic dance music. [Abhisheka by John Psathas] turned a florid exotic melody inside out across the group to examine its expressive potential. Superior music from a superb outfit.” (Martin Parker, The Scotsman, 3 December 2001) "Atmosphere, on last night's evidence, really matters to New Zealand's composers. Jack Body’s ... Pulse set the scene ... a great concrete mixer of a work ... based on the principle that too much is not enough. In contrast, Ross Harris’ Music for Jonny ... was sensitively written and again vividly performed. Helen Bowater’s River of Ocean ... was a seascape stretching from NZ to Scotland, its ballast of low string tone shot through with glinting woodwind. Eve de Castro Robinson’s Other Echoes ... was a fanfare inspired by NZ birdsong with lovely, almost Brittenish roles for cor anglais, violin and other instruments. This lead to Lyell Cresswell’s Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet .. . featuring the excellent NZ String Quartet as soloists ... packing its ideas into a tight-knit structure – intricate, invigorating, a genuine tour de force. (Michael Tumelty, The Herald, 30 November 2001) Dan Poynton, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh When size really doesn’t matter “...as the relaxed anecdotal Poynton himself pointed out, this was intentionally the lighter side of NZ music ... The composers ranged across several generations from the father of NZ music, Douglas Lilburn ... to Jack Body, Gillian Whitehead and Ross Harris, and the younger generation of John Psathas and Poynton himself. The music was remarkably coherent in style ... lots of play of light and shade, a predominance of colour sensitivity, reams of gentle sonority ... It occurred to me that the notion of a short recital comprised almost exclusively of the “other face” – the lighter side – of composers is a concept that might interestingly be considered by Scotland’s own composers.” (Conrad Wilson, The Herald, 1 December 2001) (Michael Tumelty, The Herald. 5 December 2001) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with NZ String Quartet conducted by Kenneth Young Concert so good you'll believe a kiwi can fly “There's more to New Zealand than wine and rugby as the audience for this superb concert discovered. ECAT's New Zealand New Music series is delivering unmissable events for those who relish adventurous and dynamic contemporary music. What was interesting to hear was how the composers living in NZ were not so much experimenting with the avante garde, but rather finding new ways to express themselves with traditional and conventional structures. ... Eve de Castro Robinson evoked the songs of extinct and endangered NZ birds in an exquisitely beautiful fanfare, Other Echoes. Helen Bowater also looked to the natural landscape for her dramatic and robust evocation of water in River of Ocean ... [There was] sheer breadth and scale of ideas that erupted throughout Lyell Cresswell's Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet. Cresswell has developed a powerful and distinctive voice that owes little to other composers or influences. At the heart of this musical maelstrom is the phenomenal NZ String Quartet who drive this work through a range of powerful and deep emotions.” (Susan Nickalls, Evening News, 3 December 2001) "...on Friday night the BBC SSO, with the NZ String Quartet and 6. Voluntary Quota on Radio At the end of March agreement was reached on a voluntary code for NZ music content for commercial radio. A Music Reference Group, including the Radio Broadcaster’s Association, APRA and the government, have agreed that by 2006, 20% of music on commercial radio will be from NZ. This approximately doubles the current levels. Mike Chunn noted that APRA pays about $1.8m a year in royalties to NZ musicians, much of it from radio play and that this agreement will see a substantial rise in income for our music industry. However, the plan has had strong reactions from the other parties in government. Green Party Youth Affairs spokesperson Nandor Tanczos said, “Voluntary quotas for New Zealand music on commercial radio will only work if the public is told which stations are meeting their targets. Non-commercial stations like student radio and National Radio are way ahead of the game in their commitment to Kiwi music, and they deserve massive props for that.” The National Party Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said, “Marian Hobbs’ veiled threats to broadcasters, and the consequential imposition of local content quotas could threaten New Zealand’s trade... It’s my view that more music will be played as great material is produced and the work of NZ on Air continues.” ACT spokesperson MP Penny Webster reacted, “The Government is force-feeding New Zealanders local music regardless of the quality. The only likes and dislikes allowed in New Zealand are those of Ms Hobbs and her friends in the Beehive.” As Tanczos commented, NZ public radio is already fulfilling a local content quota, but Kate Mead of Concert FM says that the amount of NZ music and the number of NZ musicians featured on Concert FM rises steadily. “We’ve increased our local content over the last few years, and we won’t rest until we’re scheduling 25% local artists. We rely on NZ record companies like Trust, Atoll and Rattle to provide this material as well as our own recordings of live events. Excellent commercial recordings of NZ musicians are appearing on the market. Long may that continue because we’re a NZ music-greedy network!”. She commented, “RNZ’s charter and funding agreement with the government means that our commitment to NZ music is scrutinized. That’s the way we'd like to keep it.” May is NZ Music Month New Zealand Music Month will herald special events all over the country bringing attention to NZ music. Concert FM is planning a week (13–19 May) with many NZ music programmes including a focus on a number of composers’ favourite own compositions. Highlights will be the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra concert from Edinburgh with the NZ String Quartet conducted by Kenneth Young (13 May); concerts by 175 East (14 and 16 May); the NZSO Chamber Orchestra playing Lilburn and William’s Dart’s New Music Survey (15 May); Bernie McGann (17 May); and the Adam Chamber Music Festival concert From the Homeland (18 May). 7. concise Project funding announced by Creative NZ in November 2001, included a number of composers and groups: Brigid Bisley to compose a 15-minute chamber ensemble work; Greg Johnson to write new songs for a future album; Anthony Ritchie to compose 24 preludes for solo piano; 175 East for new works by Rachel Clement and Michael Norris; Auckland Chamber Orchestra for a 20-minute work by Lissa Meridan; Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust for a work for Scottish Voices (Sleep O Beloved) by Ross Harris; Ensemble Three for a trio for horn, cello and piano by John Wells; UK-based ensemble, Lontano, to produce a CD of works by four NZ women composers (Jenny McLeod, Gillian Whitehead, Dorothy Ker and Annea Lockwood) and the NZ Flute Society for a work for flute and tape by Chris Cree-Brown. Two record companies were also awarded grants: Atoll CDs towards a CD of music by Helen Fisher and to produce a CD of Christopher Blake’s orchestral works performed by the NZSO; and Kiwi Pacific to release a CD of orchestral works by Edwin Carr. Quotable Quote from Chris Knox on the Silver Scroll Awards 2001: “Someone else announces Gillian Whitehead as the SOUNZ Contemporary winner and we cheer (me, I cheer and stamp cos the ‘classic’ stuff sounded far raunchier and evil than most of the ‘rocknpopnrap’ stuff...”) Igelese Ete, who assembled and directed a New Zealand choir for the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, has been appointed first Creative Fellow in Pacific Music at Auckland University. As well as lecturing students in the university’s new Performing Arts degree, he will help co-ordinate the degree’s major in Pacific Island performing arts, the first undergraduate programme of its kind in New Zealand. Photo by Stuart Robson From Scratch, lead by Artist Laureate Philip Dadson, was one of three companies who represented New Zealand at the 5th International Australian Performing Arts Market held in Adelaide earlier this year. The performers’ showcase was funded by Creative New Zealand who hosted a booth and produced a publication, Going Global, promoting 28 New Zealand performing arts companies. According to the Melbourne Festival’s artistic director, Robyn Archer, international producers, festival directors and venue managers “went wild” over the New Zealand companies’ spotlight performances. Cath Robinson, Creative New Zealand’s Arts Development Manager, agreed, “There was a fantastic buzz. One international buyer said a strong passion threaded through the New Zealand work and this was reflected in all the activity at the booth.” Amongst the many composers whose works were heard at Lissa Meridan and Craig Sengelow the NZ Festival 2002, Craig Sengelow was overlooked (by us). He composed the music for Victor Rodger’s play Ranterstantrum, which was premiered and commissioned by the Festival. Dorothy Ker has been awarded a highly prestigious 3-year Creative Arts Fellowship funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board and hosted by the University of Reading where she has taught composition since 1996. The fellowship allows her to compose full-time until 2004. It follows a 20002001 Year of the Artist award from the Arts Council of England to create Music for Quiet Spaces which featured violinist Dorothy Ker Mieko Kanno. A major new ten-part Radio New Zealand series, Douglas, a celebration of the life of Douglas Lilburn, begins on Monday 3 June at 8pm on Concert FM. Interviews with twenty-five of Lilburn’s close family, friends and colleagues will be interwoven with existing archival footage – some of which hasn’t been heard for more than fifty years – in an attempt to gain a more personal understanding of New Zealand music’s elder statesman. The series has been produced by Roger Smith and Gareth Watkins. Award-winning young composer Victoria Simonsen can now add the New Zealand Young Musician of the Year to her growing list of achievements. Her performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto earned her the $10,000 first prize at the final early in April. Following the NZ tour of their show Shape of the Land, Wellington-based experimental group, Cloudboy, are undertaking a tour of Europe in September presenting short films from the New Zealand Film Archive with live music. Classical Finalists in the NZ Music Awards have been anounced. They are Trust Records for Gareth Farr’s Warriors from Pluto and Landscapes, seven works by NZ composers played by the NZSO and Rattle’s double CD of Jack Body’s musi, Pulse. John Young was awarded second prize for his work Liquid Sky (1998) in the International Electroacoustic Music Contest of São Paulo 2001. 8. Class Act Opera, with assistance from a Creative NZ grant, will tour Tale of the Birdcatcher, an opera written for young people by Peter Scholes, to South Island schools during 2002. As part the NZSO Education 2002 Programme, Dorothy Buchanan led a workshop on composing music for small ensembles. Students involved will have the opportunity to compose a piece and have it performed in August. Members of the orchestra also performed her Peace Fanfare and Waipoua by Gareth Farr. Two works by Eve de Castro Robinson are included in the 2002 Programme: Noah’s Ark and Other Echoes. Reproduced with the permission of Monkey Biz Following the NZ Festival 2002 premiere of the stage adaptation, The Underwatermelon Man will be animated for television in a half-hour production to screen on TV3 later this year. Production company, Monkey Biz has been given funding from NZ On Air and the NZ Film Commission to produce the television adaptation of this popular children’s book and CD of eccentric characters and unreasonable rhymes written by Fane Flaws, Peter Dasent and Arthur Baysting. Gamelan Padhang Moncar from Victoria University is planning a tour to Indonesia at the end of June. They will travel to the international Gamelan Festival in Yogyakarta, Java, where they will present a programme of new compositions by various of the composers in the ensemble including Leon de Lorenzo, Judith Exley, and Jack Body. Waiteata Music Press received this year’s KBB/CANZ Citation for Services to New Zealand Music when 2002 CANZ Awards were presented at a reception hosted by SOUNZ and the NZ Festival 2002 after the Velocities concert on 12 March. Waiteata Press whose current editor is Jack Body, has 170 publications by around 60 composers to its credit and has produced four CDs. Penelope Axtens won the CANZ Trust Fund Award, which is given annually to a composer of outstanding potential or achievement. Gillian Whitehead presents the CANZ Trust Fund Award to Penelope Axtens McLean’s College student Claire Cowan won first prize in the Auckland Philharmonia 2001 Young Composer Competition with her piece Drums of Mars. She was one of six secondary school finalists selected by the orchestra to participate in the final at the end of last year and her work will be performed at the Auckland Philharmonia’s three Discovery concerts in May. A recital of works by New Zealand composers will be given by the NZ Arts Club in London on 23rd April to mark Anzac Day. Helen Fisher’s Maitairangi, Lyell Cresswell’s Atta for cello, John Rimmer’s For the Kokako and Centrifugues, David Farquhar’s Remembrance of Things Past and Anna’s Song by Ross Harris will be performed by a group of NZ performers including cellist Miranda Wilson, soprano Anna Pierard and pianists Anna Bull and Margaret Lion. Chamber music is clearly a “happening thing” among secondary schools in this country with Chamber Music New Zealand’s 2002 School Music Contest attracting entries from 1,750 students comprising 470 groups nationwide. The cornerstone chamber music works are also being challenged by the likes of jazz and works by New Zealand composers, notably, Gareth Farr. Sixteen entries have been received for the Original Composition Section which will be adjudicated by Gillian Whitehead. Chaconne by Christopher Marshall has been recorded by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for inclusion on an ABC Classics CD of new music derived from dance. The Auckland Philharmonia will commission seven NZ composers to write short orchestral preludes in a series of Kiwi Snapshots. These will be played in the orchestra's 2003 concert season. An eighth work will be that of a competition winner. See ‘Competitions’ on Page 15 for details. In November last year, in commemoration of Douglas Lilburn, on Sydney’s fine music access radio, 2MBS-FM, Max Keogh presented a 90-minute programme of Lilburn’s chamber music. Six young composers aged between 8 and 18 had their works performed by the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble in the New Zealand Festival 2002. Winners of the Tower Composers Competition were: My Poem by Christine Han, Diversions by Emily Loo, Shubadu by Claire Cowan, Suite by Salina Fisher, Yesterday’s Battle by Alex Selman and The Chamber by Brad Gallen. Penelope Axtens assisted them with orchestration. Along with Dorothy Ker and Chris Watson, whose works The Structure of Memory and Dérailleurs are being performed, John Elmsly, Jack Body and Philip Brownlee will be attending the Asian Composers’ League Festival and Conference in Seoul, Korea in May. 9. 10. NEW 2001 26 October David Griffiths Psalm 212 ‘I will lift up mine eyes’ for SSAA choir and solo flute; Senior Chamber Choir; Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington 3 November 2001 David Griffiths Annunciation for a cappella SATB choir; Musica Sarca; Cathedral of St Paul, Auckland 2002 12 January Martin Lodge Summer Music for piano trio; Ogen Trio; Civic Theatre, opening concert of the Millennium Chamber Festival 2002, Rotorua PHILIP NEILL MEMORIAL PRIZE IN MUSIC 27 January John Rimmer Leafspin; Auckland Philharmonia Summer School cond. Graham Abbott; St. Cuthbert’s College Auckland The Prize is awarded annually for excellence in Original Composition and in 2002 is valued at $1500. The competition is open to all past and present students of the universities of New Zealand. 6 March Janet Holborow C.O.R.E for cello and electroacoustic soundscape; Janet Holborow (cello); Garden of Eden at Bats Theatre, NZ Fringe 2002 6 March James Gardner Mutant Cabaret; Janet Holborow (cello) Kate Lineham (voice), Rachel McLarin (saxophones), Anton Wuts (bass clarinet/ tenor saxophone); Garden of Eden at Bats Theatre, NZ Fringe 2002 The topic for 2002 is a composition for Trio of clarinet, violin and piano. The work must not be less than 8 minutes and not more than 20 minutes in duration. 22 March Lyell Cresswell The Voice Inside for violin, soprano and orchestra; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Julie Moffat (soprano), Elizabeth Layton (violin) cond. Ivan Volkov; BBC Invitation Concert, Glasgow, Scotland The prize regulations may be obtained from The Manager, Student Administration, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin. 10 April John Rimmer Galileo an opera; Witi Ihimaera (libretto), John Davies (director), ensemble and soloists from University of Auckland including David Griffiths, cond.Uwe Grodd; Maidment Theatre, Auckland. 24 April Michelle Scullion The Great Back Garden a dance work for school children; Wellington primary schools, Jenny Cossey (choreographer); Civic Square, Wellington Applications close on 1 July 2002. 1 May Patrick Shepherd Cello Concerto Edith Salzman (cello), Christchurch Youth Orchestra cond. Joanna Drimatis; Aurora Centre, Christchurch 7 May John Drummond A Beleaguered City, a chamber opera; Jeremy Commons (libretto), Jacqueline Coats (director), Michael Vinten (Musical Director); Adam Concert Room, Victoria University, Wellington 7 May Ivan Bootham The Death of Venus, a chamber opera; Ivan Bootham and Jeremy Commons (libretto), Ivan Bootham (Musical Director), Jacqueline Coats (director); Adam Concert Room, Victoria University, Wellington 19 May James Gardner More than one attempt; 175 East, Lynda Cochrane (piano); Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland 19 May Neville Hall and the snow’s lace is spread there like sea foam; 175 East; Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland 23 May Christopher Blake The Furnace at Pihanga; Auckland Philharmonia cond. Vladimir Verbitsky; Auckland Town Hall 13 June John Rimmer Europa: Concerto for Brass Band Auckland Philharmonia, Dalewool Auckland brass cond. Miguel Harth-Bedoya; Auckland Town Hall 15 June Michael Norris Symphony No. 1: the mountains ponder a silence as profound as stars; Southern Sinfonia cond. Marc Taddei; Dunedin Town Hall 16 August Rachel Clement Jam, an opera for young voices; Margaret Mahy (libretto); Canterbury Opera; Repertory Theatre, Christchurch 11 August Ross Harris Chaconne for solo viola; Gillian Ansell and Richard Mapp; Ilott Theatre, Wellington 18 August Kenneth Young Top Notch; Wellington Sinfonia; Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North 29 August Martin Lodge Aer; Auckland Philharmonia cond.Werner Andreas Albert; Auckland Town Hall 1 September Anthony Ritchie Blue Sonata Opus 90; Euan Murdoch (cello), Terence Dennis (piano); Waikanae Memorial Hall 4 September David Griffiths Bold Sir Brian Botany for SSA and piano; Senior Chamber Choir; Monster Listen In, Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington 11. Honorary Doctorates for two leading New Zealand composers In May, Lyell Cresswell will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Victoria University where he originally gained his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in composition in 1968. However his early musical training actually came from his family’s strong involvement in the Salvation Army. His father and uncles all played in bands, as did the young Cresswell for a short time. And he was introduced to the world of composition by his uncle, Ray Cresswell who wrote Salvation Army music. Cresswell acknowledges that it is thanks to the Salvation Army that he was instilled with an early love of music. On a brilliant autumn morning at the University of Waikato, artists, academics and whanau gathered to pay tribute to Hirini Melbourne. An estimated 600 attended at the whakatau, and Toi Maori elder Tepene Mamaku was the first speaker of the manuhiri. Toi Maori committee members, particularly Puatatangi, were there in good numbers. The venue was Te Whare Tapere – Academy of the Performing Arts, a new venue dedicated to encouraging and training in the arts. In February this year Hirini was Project Manager of Puatatangi’s new event ‘PAO PAO PAO’ a celebration of contemporary Maori and Pacific Island music and dance. We saw a video of ‘PAO PAO PAO’ including an interview with Hirini on the night of ‘PAO PAO PAO’ – what a party that looked on the screen. Professor Peter Walls of Victoria University’s School of Music says, “It was already clear when he was a student that Lyell was a composer of immense wit, intelligence and creativity.” He says, those who knew him then have “watched with pride” as his international reputation has developed. Saturday 22 March was the conferment of an Honorary Doctorate on our good mate and excellent opportunity to celebrate his contributions to the music and the arts. The eloquent and often humorous repartee from the colleagues, friends and whanau entertained and enthralled an adoring audience who couldn’t contain themselves when Te Whare Wananga O Waikato launched into Purea Nei. Chocky Keefe and his daughters with E Rere Te Manu had a chorus line of hundreds and it took Hirini performing with Richard Nunns and Hinewehi Mohi to top the sparkling showcase of talent. Despite living for nearly thirty years in Scotland, Lyell Cresswell has never forgotten his New Zealand roots. He has organised two highly successful festivals of New Zealand music in Edinburgh, which are an obvious manifestation of this commmitment and an example of how he is more than willing to provide a helping hand to other New Zealand composers. Professor Stuart McCutcheon, Victoria Unversity Vice-Chancellor, says, “The University is delighted to have the opportunity to acknowledge the exemplary musical achievements of Lyell Cresswell. Above and beyond his musical excellence, he has promoted New Zealand musicians on the world stage and also given ongoing service to Victoria.” During the ceremony the Victoria University Orchestra will play his work Pianto for horn and strings and also the rarely heard Processional Fanfare by Douglas Lilburn, his last piece of conventional writing for orchestra. Hirini was resplendent in a wonderful kakahu by Diggeress Te Kanawa and sat with his wife Jan, Te Aatairangi Kaahu, Dr Tamati Reedy and other dignitaries on the stage of the Concert Chamber. MC Tom Roa was a joy to watch as he ensured the event rolled along with heaps of good cheer with respectful observance of the conformities of the Academic conferment and blissful ribbing of his good friend Hirini. All the fine words were spoken and wonderful food enjoyed when the impromptu performances were started and added to the already sumptuous feast of sights and sounds. Heaps of talent that didn’t get on stage were taking their spot to pay tribute to Hirini. presents the premiere performance of Symphony No. 1: the mountains ponder a silence as profound as stars By Michael Norris (Southern Sinfonia’s 2001 Composer in Residence) I know this was the flashest conferment of a doctorate anywhere in the country and for its Maori content anywhere in the world. If Maori academics needed any incentive to seek such giddy heights of academic achievement, the party we had last Saturday would be worth it! Congratulations Hirini and lots of love from your fellow artists throughout the country and overseas. SATURDAY 15 JUNE 8 pm, Dunedin Town Hall Conducted by Marc Taddei (This report by Garry Nicholas’ and photo from He Panui No. 21 March 2002, the 12. newsletter of Toi Maori Aotearoa, are printed with their kind permission.) Christchurch composersʼ music in Russia, Germany and USA John Psathas makes it to the Commonwealth Games Guitarist Matthew Marshall and flautist Carol Hohauser will be performing New Zealand music in Berlin, Russia and New York in May 2002. They will give the world premiere of Concerto for Flute and Guitar Whakapapa by Patrick Shepherd (written especially for this occasion) with the Berlin Chamber Orchestra conducted by Roland Mell at the Berlin Schauspielhaus on 12 May. John Psathas’ Double Concerto for piano, percussion and orchestra will be premiered during the XVIIth Commonwealth Games in Manchester on 26 July. The work will be performed during the Royal Gala finale concert of the Commonwealth Games music festival – Pulse – at Bridgewater Hall by world-renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie, pianist Philip Smith and the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder. Following this they will be performing with the Kuzbass Philharmonic Orchestra in Kemerovo, Russia (Western Siberia) on 18 May. The programme will include Flute Concerto by Patrick Shepherd (written for Carol Hohauser) and Inception to Infinity for Guitar and Orchestra by Philip Norman (written for Matthew Marshall and commissioned by Massey University). Patrick Shepherd will be travelling to Berlin and Russia to hear his works and will be giving seminars about NZ music while he is there. “It is a great honour both for John Psathas and for New Zealand that this work should be selected for performance at such a prestigious event, and this performance will add to the rapidly growing profile of the composer on the international stage,” Psathas’ manager and publisher Ross Hendy said. Scilla Askew, Executive Director of the Centre for New Zealand Music said, “It is performances like these that provide firm evidence that the work of New Zealand composers is gaining international attention and success.” Matthew and Carol will then be giving flute and guitar recitals in Moscow and New York. That programme will feature a wide range of composers and styles including Satyr’s Dance for solo flute by Patrick Shepherd and Tense Melodies for flute and guitar by Philip Norman. PSYZYGYSM, John’s concerto for vibraphone and chamber orchestra which premiered at the New Zealand Festival 2002 will have its European premiere in Portugal in June, when Portuguese marimba player Pedro Carneiro, for whom it was commissioned, will give the second performance. In a further celebration of the Commonwealth Games, the BBC Singers conducted by Bob Chilcott will broadcast a concert on BBC Radio 3 in early June recorded in the Foreign Ofiice and including pieces from Childhood by Jenny McLeod. Patrick Shepherd New Board Member and Staff At the end of 2001 SOUNZ was very pleased to welcome Vicki Allpress to the Centre’s Trust Board. Vicki is known in NZ for her outstanding work as Marketing Manager of Chamber Music NZ and the Royal NZ Ballet. She currently lives in London where she has held marketing positions with English National Ballet, Tickets.com, Global Music Network and at present, classical.com. The Centre’s chair Gary Hawke said, “ Having a trustee whose work is at the cutting edge of web marketing will be extremely valuable to enhancing our services and connections internationally.” At the beginning of February we welcomed Margaret Ogilvie to the staff in the part-time position of Marketing and Promotion Coordinator. Margaret, originally from Christchurch, has extensive experience in the music world. She graduated from Canterbury University with degrees in Music (performance piano) and English and has studied electronic composition at Victoria University. She has been a secondary Music and English teacher, worked in music retailing and continues to write scripts and programmes for Concert FM. Margaret has also performed throughout NZ as a pianist for the Film Archive playing her own composed and improvised accompaniments to silent film. With such a wide variety of experience she will be a great asset to the Centre. 13. CDs, scores and books listed can NEW CDs, SCORES and BOOKS Most be bought fromthe SOUNZ website (www.sounz.org.nz) or directly from the Centre. CDs Chamber Music New Zealand School Music Contest 2001 National Final Includes Edwin Carr Four Dances from Electra, Grant McGregor Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, John JS Chen Quintet in A minor, Timothy Donnell Finger Dance; Chamber Music New Zealand. Variations Various brass band works including Saxon by John Psathas; Dalewood Auckland Brass cond. Nigel Weeks; Atoll ACD 601 Hymns for All Seasons Hymns by Jocelyn Marshall including music by Christopher Marshall and Nigel Williams; St Peter’s Cathedral Choir and the Boys Choir of Southwell School; St. Peter’s Cathedral Hamilton. Improvisations 2000 Jeff Henderson (piano, alto saxophone and tumutumu) and Agus Supriawan (suling, kacapi, khendang and voice); Space CDs SPACECD 002 La limite du bruit Electroacoustic works by John Young including Liquid Sky; Empreintes Digitales IMED 0261 New Zealand Sonic Art Vol.II Works by Lissa Meridan, John Rimmer, Daniel Beban, Kit Powell, Craig Sengelow and Chris Cree Brown; University of Waikato UWMD1201 Snapshots: The Viva Voce Album – A Cappella Choral Favourites Includes works by David Hamilton and Anthony Ritchie; Viva Voce cond. John Rosser; Atoll ACD 901 Springsound Music and dance teaching resource with music by Michelle Scullion; Melectra Music Books Edwin Carr: A Life Set to Music: The Autobiography of Edwin Carr; Blanchard Press Simon Tipping: Choir of the World: The New Zealand National Youth Choir 1979-1999; Dunmore Press Ltd Peter Harcourt: Fantasy and folly: The Lost World of New Zealand Musicals 1880-1940; Steele Roberts Lena Days (Ed.): New Zealand Music Services Directory: Edition 10; Stellar Night Productions Lyell Cresswell: Tracing the Lightning Flashes – Massey University Composer Address 2000, Massey University Music Michelle Scullion: The Art of Improvisation Vol I. Education resource comprising CD and 3 booklets co-written by Paul Sinclair.; Melectra Music Jeni Little: John Psathas – A Learning Guide to Drum Dances and Abhisheka; Education resource; Chimaera Jeni Little: Gareth Farr – A Learning Guide to Kembang Suling and Volume Pig; Education resource; Chimaera Jeni Little: Baxter – A Learning Guide to the CD; Education resource; Chimaera Foreign Bodies Music for dance by Michelle Scullion; Paul Jendan (lyrics), Jackie Clarke and Janet Roddick (vocals); Melectra Music Storm Settings of Shakespeare by Daniel Adams for rock band, Verona and string quartet; Verona, Chamberpot, Peter Sledmere (narrator); Verona Viola Aotearoa: New Zealand Compositions for Viola Works by Leonie Holmes, Douglas Lilburn, Martin Lodge, Martin Riseley, Anthony Ritchie and Anthony Watson; Timothy Deighton (viola) with Paul Whelan (baritone), Martin Riseley (violin), Dan C. Armstrong (percussion) and Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra cond. Grant Cooper; Atoll ACD 102 Leigh Landy and Tony Myatt (Eds) Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music Technology Volume 6 Number 1 Includes articles by William Dart, John Elmsly, Ian Whalley, Michael Norris and John Young; Cambridge University Press Petrina Togi and Arthur Baysting (Eds) Pasifika: Pacific Island Music Handbook; NZ Music Industry Commission Michael Norris (Ed) Canzona 2000 The Yearbook of the Composers Association of New Zealand Vol. 21 No.42; CANZ Scores Sandra Lynch: Christmas Crackers; arrangements of favourite Waiteata Collection of New Zealand Music Volume IV Composer Portrait: Ross Harris. Includes: Wild Daisies, Variation, Duo, Three Rilke Songs, Sinfonietta, Dreams Yellow Lions; Performers include NZ Chamber Orchestra cond. Kenneth Young, Thomas Hecht (piano), Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelstein (cello) and David Griffiths (baritone); Waiteata Music Press WTA 004. Wee Happy & the Lounge Bears 16 original dance pieces for children by Chris Prosser; Chris Prosser (violin), Susie Mechan (guitar); Kauri Music Limited KMCD 005 You Got Your Wish Music by Jonathan Besser; Bravura, Jackie Clarke and Don McGlashan (vocals); Atoll ACD 302 New Zealand Piano Works Works by David Farquhar and Edwin Carr; Georgina Zellan-Smith (piano); Zellan Records ZRCD 1001 14. Christmas melodies; Red Hill Publishing Sandra Lynch: Thumbs on C; 20 Elementary Piano Solos; Red Hill Publishing Sandra Lynch: Six Advanced Piano Solo Sheets – Danse Fantastique, Sunrise, Rush Hour, Le Pierrot, Something Jazzy, Showin’ Off; Red Hill Publishing Philip Norman: Witches-Clowns-Promises A cycle of five songs for voice(s) and piano; Nota Bene David Farquhar: String Quartet No.4 (1998) (score and parts); Massey University Music Philip Norman: Love Song for unaccompanied TTBB – from A Garland of Songs (in memory of A.K.Grant); Nota Bene David Hamilton: Mary’s Lullaby for SA and piano with solo violin obbligato (optional); David Hamilton Choral Music David Hamilton: Zoo Doings for TTBB (in barbershop chorus style); David Hamilton Choral Music A list of composer opportunities, which is regularly updated, appears on the SOUNZ website. More details of most of the competitions listed are available from the Centre. EAR 01 International Competition of Electroacoustic Music Composing Composition for tape music or live-mixed-electronic music, live performance Deadline: 26th October, 2002. For more info: write to EAR’01 – HEAR Studio, Magyar Radio RT (Hungarian Radio), Brody Sandor u. 5-7., H-1800 Budapest, Hungary or e-mail [email protected] NZSO and Concert FM NZ Music Prize 2003 For work for orchestra 8–12 minutes by NZ composer. Registration deadline: 1st May 2002. Score receipt: 1st August 2002. Prize: NZ$10,000 performance, broadcast and commission. For full details email: [email protected] The Second International Composers’ Competition – Budapest, 2002 Composition for string quartet. Duration 15-25 minutes. Eligibility: all nationalities and ages. Deadline: 31st July 2002. For more info visit: www.kodaly-inst.hu Masterprize Composition for symphony orchestra. Eligibility: Any nationality or age. Deadline: 30th November, 2002. For more info: tel +44 207 591 4846, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.masterprize.com Philip Neill Memorial Prize – see details on Page 11 International Lepo Sumera Competition Contest for Young Composers Composition for full orchestra not performed or awarded in any other competition. Duration: 9–13 mins. Eligibility: all nationalities, not older than 35 on closing date of competition. Deadline: 10th December, 2002. For more info: e-mail [email protected] or visit www.sumera.kul.ee The Auckland Philharmonia Kiwi Snapshots Competition Composition for orchestra inspired by some aspect of life in New Zealand to be part of a series of like commissioned works from leading NZ composers. Duration: less than 6 mins. Deadline: 1 August 2002 Prize: Performance. Further details from: [email protected] Calls for scores and recordings Alberto Ginastera Foundation 5th International Composers’ Competition 2002 Composition for orchestra or soloist and orchestra. Duration: 15–20 mins. Eligibility: 45 years or less on 31st December 2001. Deadline: 25 August, 2002. For more info: e-mail conginastera200 [email protected] or visit www.orfigc.com New Zealand Sonic Art CD Vol. III Works for found/experimental instruments (real, sampled or physical models) and soundscape/digital control/sound processing. Works with New Zealand sonic references preferred. Duration: preferably under 8 mins. Eligibility: NZ citizens and permanent residents. Deadline: 1st October, 2002. For more info: e-mail Ian Whalley at [email protected] or visit http://www.waikato.ac.nz/music/nzsonicart/ nzsonicart3.shtml Auckland Philharmonia Friends Young Composers’ Competition 2002 Entry is open to students enrolled at a New Zealand secondary school in 2002, who will not have reached their 19th birthday by December 31 2002. A work written for orchestra. Duration: 4 mins maximum Deadline: 3 September 2002 Prize: $500 for winner and performance of best 5 or 6 works. Full details: Young Composers’ Competition, Auckland Philharmonia, PO Box 56 024, Dominion Rd Auckland. Mediterranean Youth Orchestra An appeal to composers of any nationality interested in a commission on the theme of the Mediterranean Islands.Preliminary Deadline: August, 2002. Further information: [email protected] Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2003 Composition for orchestra, excluding concertos. Eligibility: Any nationality, 35 years or less at 31st December 2002 Deadline: 30th September, 2002. For more info: e-mail [email protected] or visit www.tokyooperacity-cf.or.jp Auckland Philharmonia Composers’ Reading Workshop Dates: 27–28 November 2002. Conductor Marc Taddei. Designed to assist composers who have had little opportunity of having work performed by a professional orchestra. For composers of any age, currently resident in New Zealand Deadlines: 4pm, 2nd September 2002. Parts for selected works must be supplied by 14th October 2002. Seoul Competition Composition: must not be published, commissioned or awarded and must be written after 1st April, 2001. Eligibility: Any nationality, any age. Deadline: 30th September, 2002. For more info: email [email protected] or visit www.musictoday21.com Further details from: [email protected] Donations We are pleased to acknowledge grants towards specific projects from: the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand and the Australian High Commission. We are delighted that Phonographic Performances NZ has made a commitment to a continuing grant which will help to ensure the Centre’s financial stability. Over the last six months donations have been received from a number of individuals and organisations. We extend our thanks for this invaluable support. David Give and Gift ($200-$499): John Elmsly, Wellington Chamber Music Society, Japan Federation of Composers (via John Elmsly) Win–Win ($50-$199): Hon. Margaret Austin, New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing, Institute of Registered Music Teachers, Alison Isadora, Ian Fraser, Margaret Nielsen, Michael Houstoun, Peter Walls, Hamilton, Anonymous (3) Other Donations: Mary Barber, Geoffrey Hinds, Leading Notes, Ray Twomey, Jill Palmer, Anonymous (4) If you would like to find out how to support the Centre's work and receive special benefits, then please contact us. 15. Letters and News SOUNZ News welcomes letters to the editor, news of premières of New Zealand works, news about our composers and events associated with New Zealand music. Please keep in touch with us, so that we can keep in touch with you. Email: [email protected] Fax: 64 4 801 8604 has photocopying and spiral binding facilities which are available for your use at extremely reasonable rates. 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