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Te Kōkī, New Zeal<strong>and</strong> School of Music<br />

te KōKī, neW Zeal<strong>and</strong> school <strong>oF</strong> music<br />

Email info@nzsm.ac.nz<br />

Website www.nzsm.ac.nz<br />

Enquiries about Classical Performance, Composition<br />

(Instrumental <strong>and</strong> Vocal, or Sonic Arts) <strong>and</strong> the BMus in Music<br />

Studies (including Musicology, Ethnomusicology <strong>and</strong> Jazz<br />

Studies):<br />

nZsm KelBurn camPus <strong>oF</strong>Fice<br />

Phone +64-4-463 5369<br />

Enquiries about Jazz <strong>and</strong> Music Therapy, including enquiries for<br />

Albany <strong>and</strong> Palmerston North:<br />

nZsm mt cooK <strong>oF</strong>Fice<br />

Phone +64-4-463 4760<br />

68 <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>University</strong> of Wellington<br />

Whether the rich sonorities of Baroque instruments, the<br />

compelling patterns of an improvised jazz riff, the passion <strong>and</strong><br />

power of Romantic opera, the evocative imagery of traditional<br />

Māori waiata or the innovative sound world of electronica, music<br />

reaches out <strong>and</strong> connects us to our past, to other cultures <strong>and</strong> to<br />

each other. The New Zeal<strong>and</strong> School of Music’s Bachelor of Music<br />

(BMus) programme is comprehensive <strong>and</strong> inspirational, <strong>and</strong> will<br />

help you become the musician you want to be.<br />

Te Kōkī, New Zeal<strong>and</strong> School of Music (NZSM) was formed by<br />

combining the strengths of the music programmes of Massey<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>and</strong> includes campuses in<br />

Wellington, Palmerston North <strong>and</strong> Auckl<strong>and</strong>. The specialist<br />

Music programmes (eg. Bachelor of Music) formerly offered by<br />

each university are now jointly awarded as NZSM qualifications.<br />

NZSM staff are professionally active musicians <strong>and</strong> academics<br />

who bring the benefits of national <strong>and</strong> international experience<br />

<strong>and</strong> expertise to their teaching. Artists in Residence include the<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> String Quartet <strong>and</strong> the Jack C Richards/Creative<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Composer in Residence. Artist Teachers are drawn<br />

from the New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Symphony Orchestra <strong>and</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong>’s<br />

most prominent jazz performers. Composers include<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong>’s most respected instrumental <strong>and</strong><br />

electroacoustic specialists.<br />

The NZSM in Wellington has Indonesian <strong>and</strong> Balinese gamelan,<br />

three electroacoustic music studios, well-appointed practice<br />

rooms, a keyboard laboratory, a Sonic Arts laboratory <strong>and</strong><br />

student common rooms. The Adam Concert Room seats<br />

200 <strong>and</strong> the NZSM Concert Hall seats 150. Both venues have

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