The New Zealand School of Dance is offering a free dance course for young Maori and Pacific Island teenaged boys. It draws on combining, contemporary dance, street dance and Kapa Haka and gives the participants a chance to get a taste of what a career in dance could be like.

Zac Johns recently musically directed and conducted the latest season of Evita in Auckland and has assisted in Mamma Mia!, Godspell, Bugsy Malone and the New Zealand premiere of Dogfight and In The Heights. The 21 year old composer, conductor and pianist is in his final stages of a degree in contemporary composition at the University of Auckland.

Pianist Albert Tiu, described as "an artist of uncommon abilities" is in New Zealand to judge the country's leading piano competitions. He's just spent time in Kerikeri and will be in Auckland this week judging the best young New Zealand pianists. The Associate professor of Piano at Yong Siew Thon Conservatory of Music in Singapore give us an insight into striking the winning key.

In this week's episode Zoe George explores the intimate setting of house concerts. From opera among the trees, to plays in a lounge room, what is the "done" thing at one of these? Should I take my shoes off at the door? Can I sing along? Is it OK to BYO?

Kiwi expat Holly Mathieson speaks to David Morriss about her varied career - from resident conducing in Scotland, to starting Horizont Musik-Kollektiv in Berlin, and joining the performance faculty at Goldsmiths University, London. She's in Dunedin for Beethoven's Eroica.

Auckland choir Viva Voce presents British composer Joby Talbot's stunning choral depiction of the great Camino de Santiago in Spain. Path of Miracles has been described as "an evocative odyssey", "a musical miracle" and even by one critic as the finest choral work of the 21st century thus far. John Rosser of Viva Voce talks about the physical demands of singing unaccompanied for almost its full 65-minute length.

Beneath the Sarjeant Gallery lay thousands of hidden treasures, from archives, to toys and painting. Jennifer Taylor Moore from the Whanganui based gallery takes us on a treasure hunt to discover works dating back to the 16th century.

Self-confessed couch surfer French writer Nicolas Fargues has spent the last six months getting inspiration from our shores. The Randell Cottage resident explains how New Zealand is very different from anywhere else he's been, what that means for his craft, and why he wants to come back.

Light Nelson is back again to brighten up mid winter. The free city festival is made up of an outdoor gallery of light installations, clustered around the lily pond and massive trees of the city's historic Queens Gardens, and into the NMIT campus. Founder Anne Rush and music legend Paul Hargreaves from NEON who will perform a live electronic performance called NEON ROBOT using graphics and sound machines.

The Kerikeri International Piano Competition is on this week with a three person judging panel including German pianist Jan Jiracek von Arnim. This thoroughly likeable Professor who runs his own prestigious competition in Vienna says he couldn't care less about mistakes - he wants to hear pianists who let their emotions shine.