Sopranos

1. Judy Bellingham — dramatic soprano

Mezzos

1.  
2. Carmel Carroll
3. Lindon Loader

Baritones

1. Roger Wilson — bass-baritone

Instrumentalists

1. Richard Nunns — Mäori musical instrumentalist
2. Dan Poynton — piano
3. The New Zealand Piano Quartet
4. Catherine McKay — piano
5. Alexa Still — flute
6. Michael Nicholas Williams — keyboard

Composers and songwriters

1.  
2. Dan Poynton — piano
3. Robert Purvis — musical theatre
4. Michael Nicholas Williams — musical theatre, songs
5. John Rimmer — horn, classical, brass bands
6. Gillian Whitehead — monodrama, opera, musicals, orchestra, ensemble

Musical Theatre

1. Jane Keller — singer, performer
2. Robert Purvis — composer, musical director
3. Michael Nicholas Williams — musical director, composer, keyboard

Conductors

1. Robert Purvis — musical theatre
2. Michael Nicholas Williams —musical theatre
3. Michael Joel — conductor

Directors

1. Carmel Carroll — opera
2. Robert Purvis — musical director
3. Michael Nicholas Williams — musical director
4. Jamie Bull — artistic director

Broadcasters

1. Richard Nunns — Mäori musical instruments
2. Dan Poynton — contemporary and NZ composers

Speakers, workshops, presentations

1. Richard Nunns — Mäori musical instruments
2. Dan Poynton — contemporary and New Zealand composers
3. Judy Bellingham — singing and vocal technique

Specialists

1.  
2. Rachael Rakena — digital video artist
3. Richard Nunns — Mäori musical instruments
4. Jamie Bull — artist mentor

Rachael Rakena: Digital video artist

Whare is a conceptually and technologically stunning sequence Dr Deidre Brown

Taonga Whanau is an eloquent landscape of people and place, intimacy and social history not to be missed. The Christchurch Press

Rachael is base at the School of Maori Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North

Richard Nunns:
Performer and presenter on Mäori musical instruments

Richard Nunns, who has dedicated a lifetime to understanding, playing, making and recording Mäori instruments… must surely be named a national treasure. Music in New Zealand

Richard maintains a national and international career from his base in Nelson, New Zealand

Dan Poynton: Pianist, composer

Just how many-sided the contemporary music of New Zealand is, could be experienced in a wonderful concert by Dan Poynton … The keys seemed to burn under Poynton's expressive touch… With a touch of genius Poynton showed how unorthodox and colourful, amusing and simultaneously atmospheric piano music can be. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

Dan has returned from Cambodia and is maintaining his national and international career from Wellington, New Zealand.

New Zealand Piano Quartet — Piano, cello, viola, violin

Superb Concert by piano quartet:
The New Zealand Piano Quartet distinguished itself once again with a superb recital…and has established itself as one of the countries pre-eminent chamber music ensembles. It's members' fine balance, obvious empathy, and enjoyment for the music produced rewarding performances with a programme of three piano quartet's. The Daily Post Rotorua

The quartet is based in Wellington, New Zealand

Catherine McKay: Pianist

Suddenly this New Zealander has seemingly become a full- blooded concert pianist overnight, able to pour bravura cascades of Byronic passion quite effortlessly into Chopin's Ballade No. 4. Same with her virtuosic Liszt … and for exacting technical difficulty, Ravel's Alborado del Grazioso scooped the pool. Christchurch Star

Catherine is based in Wellington, New Zealand

Alexa Still: Flautist

Her playing matched her impressive stature … Alexa's ability to whisper or shout with her instrument as she needed made her performance very, very, special. Peninsula News, Los Angeles

Alexa continues her demanding international schedule from her base in Sydney.

Carmel Carroll: Mezzo soprano and director

Carroll’s superb vocal ability and strong acting expertise were exceptional and I do not expect that any singer of international standing could have given a better performance. New Zealand Opera News

Carmel is based in Auckland, New Zealand and works nationally and internationally

Linden Loader: Mezzo soprano

Linden Loader, beautiful in sight and sound, provided another highlight with her wonderful display of emotions and technical control." The Evening Post

Linden bases her career in Wellington, New Zealand

Roger Wilson: Baritone

Wilson is an experienced opera singer and it showed. He timed his comic moments to perfection, sang with a sure sense of style and plenty of sly, tongue-in-cheek humour and was thoroughly at home on stage. Whenever he appeared the performance picked up momentum. Opera Opera

Roger is based in Wellington, New Zealand, and works nationally and internationally

Judy Bellingham: Dramatic soprano

Judy Bellingham … conveyed Mrs Sullivan's growing despair most impressively. Tearing up her old photographs and recalling happier days, she gave full rein in a soprano solo that came as close to an aria as anything in the opera. Otago Daily Times

Judy maintains her international career from her base at Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand, where she teaches voice

Jane Keller: musical theatre

Keller's singing is impeccable. Her easy-to-listen clarity gives flight to whimsy, comedy, satire, and pathos inherent in the lyrics. The National Business Review

Jane Keller works from Wellington, New Zealand

Robert Purvis: Musical theatre director and compser

… [this] highly experienced West End composer/conductor, has recently begun nurturing new talent for the musical theatre, concentrating on pit-band work, using scores from West End and Broadway productions, vocal repertoire, giving young professionals an opportunity to experience and understand the world of musicals. Trinity College

New Zealand born, Robert is based in London

Michael Nicholas Williams: Musical theatre:
Musical director, pianist, keyboard, song writer-composer

Michael Williams pianist and composer of extraordinary talent must surely go down in the annuls of the New Zealand music scene as one who brings to life the whole spectrum of the musical kaleidoscope with the suave expertise of a master. New Zealand National Singing School

When not on tour, Michael lives in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, with his family

Michael Joel: Conductor

Conductor, Michael Joel, delivered polished contrasts from the Christchurch Symphony's excellent ensemble [in Canterbury Opera's, Count Ory]. Christchurch Star

Michael is currently based in Wellington, New Zealand

John Rimmer: Composer

John Rimmer has done more than perhaps any other twentieth century New Zealand composer to reveal to us music as an exploration of the subtlety, the theatre, the colour and excitement of sound. Music in New Zealand

In 09 there are a series of celebratory performances of John's works in honour of his 70th birthday.

John Rimmer is based in Tapu Bay, Nelson, New Zealand

Gillian Whitehead: Composer

This is music of our land, our waters and winds, our forests, our birds and insects and of our Mäori people, as of no other — you will not hear it's like anywhere else. Jenny McLeod

Gillian lives in Dunedin, New Zealand

Jamie Bull — Director, International New Zealand artist

As Director of INZA Jamie represents artist whose talent and goals she is passionate about and with whom she shares professional values and integrity.

Jamie and the agency are based in Otaki, New Zealand