Students at the New Zealand School of Dance are busy preparing for the graduation, with the help of former Hamberg Ballet principal dancers turned choreographer and designer, identical twins Jiří & Otto Bubeníček. They’ve created a new work called Dance Gallantries danced to Bach solo violin sonatas and partitas.

New Zealand soprano Kathrine Wiles is part of Opera Australia’s ‘My Fair Lady’, which is currently on at the Sydney Opera House. It marks 60 years since ‘My Fair Lady’ first graced the stage so it only seemed fitting for the original Eliza Dolittle, Dame Julie Andrews, to direct the revival.

Wellington based jazz artist and teacher Bruce Brown discusses his new album Nobody’s Foolin’ Anyone. The L.A. born singer songwriter writes songs that “celebrate the joy of being part of this glorious lunacy called life”.

Artistic Director Carla van Zon discusses her final Auckland Arts Festival. The 2017 Festival will present over 45 individual events, exhibitions and performances by artists and companies from eleven different countries including Aotearoa.  Carla is especially proud of the seven world premieres of works she has commissioned from New Zealand artists.

Wellington singers Marie and Anne Russell talk about the power in singing together, whether for pleasure, performance or to promote solidarity at demonstrations, pickets and marches. Their group The Song Snatchers are running a workshop on how to write a protest song.

The NZSO's Principal Timpanist Larry Reese spoke with Clarissa Dunn about the three works he voted for in Settling the Score 2016.

Clarissa Dunn spoke with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra CEO Gretchen La Roche about her votes in Settling the Score 2016 one of which was Mendelssohn's overture 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage'.

Poet Sam Hunt shared his vote for Settling the Score with David Morriss on RNZ Concert's Classic Afternoons.

Earlier this week, Frederick Jones was named the winner of the New Zealand Aria competition in Rotorua, taking out the $20,000 Dame Malvina Major Foundation sponsored first prize. It’s the latest in the string of successes for the tenor who has exciting opportunities ahead.

What do you call a bassoon that weighs nearly six kilograms and is more than two meters long? “Bassoon-osaurus”, of course. That’s the new name affectionately given to the new baroque contrabassoon now residing at Pinchgut Opera in Sydney. Simon Rickard explains the ins and outs of handling such a large beast.