Centre for New Zealand Music - SOUNZ

SOUNZ promotes, fosters and provides the music of New Zealand composers to enhance the mana of all New Zealanders and our sense of turangawaewae. It achieves this through services and projects which:

-- encourage the creation, performance, publication, recording and broadcast of music by New Zealand composers
-- ensure a comprehensive collection of information and music resources are developed and maintained and made available for loan, perusal and purchase
-- embrace the roles of advocate, facilitator and partner in national and international contexts.

The Centre was established in 1991 and is a not-for-profit charitable trust.

SOUNZ is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres and receives major funding from Creative New Zealand, APRA and through PPNZ.

SOUNZ currently holds information on more than 7,500 works by 275 New Zealand composers. With over 5,550 items available to library members, the SOUNZ collection of scores and recordings represents the largest accessible collection of New Zealand music in the world. A searchable online database and shop allow people to access this information and purchase many of these scores, CDs, publications and resources.

PO Box 10042
Wellington 6143

Region: Wellington