Category Archives: music reviews

KBB Music Festival 2010, thumbs up

As of last night, the 2010 KBB Music Festival is officially over. Today I’m sure many musical directors are joining me in breathing a well-earned sigh of relief. If you’re wondering what I am talking about, here’s what the festival … Continue reading

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Three pieces performed by Brazil’s Sphaera Ensemble

On July 9, the Sphaera Ensemble performed three of my pieces, The Attic, Reclusion and In Their Light, in a concert at the Sesi Theatre, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. I conducted these three and other pieces with the ensemble while I … Continue reading

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Wild Daisies premiere

Last year Kristin School commissioned a piece from me for their amazing award-winning choir, Euphony, to include in their 2010 repertoire. They premiered it at the Auckland Town Hall on Wednesday 16th June 2010. See the video below: It uses … Continue reading

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The winds recede

Sunday’s concert, “North Winds, South Winds”, was a success. Thanks very much to all those who came and supported – it was a very impressive, receptive and appreciative audience. It was a challenge putting on such a demanding programme, but … Continue reading

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Christian Kolonovits, give me some more of that!

I just saw The North Face (Nordwand) at the NZ International Film Festival. It is a new film that’s come out of Germany, Austria AND Switzerland and is fantastic … but I’m not here to talk about the plot!! The … Continue reading

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Heedless Conclusions … the week in review

Well, last Sunday my new piece “Heedless Conclusions” was premiered by The Souls, who are a chamber choir here in Auckland. It was quite a week actually. I turned up to the first rehearsal, all set to relax and listen … Continue reading

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