SOUNZ champions and promotes the sounds and music of Aotearoa New Zealand.
We are the only arts and music organisation of our kind working in the digital space to create and make available on our platforms the sounds, music and stories about the music of Aotearoa New Zealand. We have been operating as a Wellington based, national organisation since 1991. Our team is small, multi-skilled and highly productive. We rely on the generous funding of government, industry organisations, trusts and foundations to make our work possible.
To make the sounds and music of Aotearoa New Zealand widely heard and valued.
To make the sounds and music we represent easily accessible to all, at any time, by using our digital platforms and to encourage its performance through a variety of projects and other initiatives.
We connect composers and their work with performers, listeners, teachers, broadcasters and presenters through collaborative projects and representation. We create and make available resources, music and stories about New Zealand music through our podcasts, animations, films and interviews to help connect people with our music.
We use our digital platforms to promote our work widely, using carefully designed digital strategies. These platforms include the SOUNZ website, SOUNZ Blog, our weekly e-Newsletter ‘Synopsis’, an Events Calendar, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. Anyone with access to a digital device can engage 24/7 with music, resources and the opportunities music presents.
We do the following:
SOUNZ has a constantly growing collection of over 24,000 New Zealand music resources.
We represent the music of more than 600 composers from Aotearoa New Zealand in the following areas:
