Publications

About the publication

Internationally renowned composer and ethnomusicologist Jack Body turned 70 in 2014. This book was published to celebrate his birthday and unswerving commitment to New Zealand music at a time when he was also seriously ill. He died in May 2015 between the launch celebrations for the book in Wellington and Auckland.

Featuring more than 120 contributions, Jack! is a varied collection of memories, photos, paintings, art and music from friends and colleagues such as Vincent Ward, Slamet A Sjukur, Geoff Chapple, Martin Lodge, Tan Dun, Jenny McLeod, Gao Ping, Helen Bowater, Ian Wedde, Gareth Farr, Budi Putra, John Psathas and Richard Nunns.

Woven between the stories is a transcript of Jack’s comprehensive Radio NZ ‘Composer of the Week’ interview with Elizabeth Kerr.

Work

My work E Haki is published in the book.

E Haki

Get the book

Buy the book from the publisher.

Jack! — Steele Roberts

Interviews and recordings

I was interviewed about my involvement with the publication when the book was launched.

15 minutes with Dame Gillian Whitehead — Stuff

Scilla Askew and I were interviewed by RNZ Concert just before the Wellington launch.

Scilla Askew and Gillian Whitehead: Jack Body biography — interview

Watch the video of the Wellington launch on 7 May 2015.

Jack! Wellington book launch — video

About the work

Puhake ki te rangi

Get the score

Buy the score from Waiteata Music Press or SOUNZ.

Puhake ki te rangi — Waiteata Music Press

About the publication

Edited by Gillian Bibby, this collection of piano works by 30 New Zealand composers is suitable for grades 3 to 5. The publication includes 2 CDs with performances of all the works.

About the works

Included are the 5 pieces that make up my work Central landscapes.

Central landscapes

Get the publication

Buy or borrow the book and CDs from SOUNZ.

Take flight — SOUNZ

About the book and author

An accomplished composer and close friend, Noel Sanders was awarded the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University for 2003 and 2004, when, along with various compositions, this biography was written.

It comes with a CD of my works performed by leading New Zealand performers, including the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Moon, tides and shoreline — CD

Get the book and CD

Buy or borrow this publication from SOUNZ.

Moon, tides and shoreline — SOUNZ

You can read a chapter from the book on the Australian Music Centre’s website.

Extract from the new Whitehead biography — AMC

Review and interviews

Read William Dart’s review for the New Zealand Herald.

Book review: Moon, Tides and Shoreline

RNZ National and RNZ Concert interviewed Noel and me after the book was launched.

Dame Gillian Whitehead — interview

Jack Body, Dame Gillian Whitehead and Noel Sanders — interview

About the publication

Edited by Gillian Bibby, this collection of piano works by New Zealand composers is suitable for preliminary through to grade 2 pianists. The publication includes a CD with performances of all the works.

About the works

Included are the 3 works that make up Sunrise pieces.

Sunrise pieces

Get the publication

Buy or borrow the book and CD from SOUNZ.

Sunrise — SOUNZ

About this article

Andrew Caldwell wrote this major article as part of a project undertaken in collaboration with SOUNZ to disseminate New Zealand music more widely. The article was accompanied by a free double CD of New Zealand music which included my work, Hineraukatauri.

Sound Barrier — CD

The article begins with his impressions of a concert that took place during the New Zealand New Music Festival organised by Lyell Cresswell in Edinburgh in 2001 where my work Resurgences was played by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Read the article

New Zealand Geographic have published the article on their website.

The sound barrier — New Zealand Geographic

Works

Hineraukatauri

Resurgences