Music News 2010

• MMus student publishes book, In Sound Voice, on the history of the Hamilton Civic Choir.
• Waikato cellist Santiago Canon Valencia wins the joint top-prize in the 2010 Beijing International Cello Competition.
• Using New Zealand’s KAREN network University of Waikato staff perform live electroacoustic music over high-speed internet.
• University of Waikato composition staff feature on new international CD entitled "Breathe".
• Lilburn Trust Student Composition Competition results.
• The University of Waikato Chamber Orchestra presents a dazzling concert of music by Vivaldi, including the famous Four Seasons.
• Waikato students to compete in Beijing International Cello Competition.
• New Zealand Chamber Soloists release Elegy CD.
• Phd Student Elizabeth Dobson premieres new work at the 2010 ACMC Conference in Canberra.
• OKTA concert May 7th to showcase "music from the edge".
• New programme of study on offer for gifted performance students.
• Colombian Cellist Santiago Canon Valencia is the the youngest ever Hillary Scholar and one of the first students to be part of the new Music Soloists programme.
• University of Waikato Cellist wins National Concerto Competition.
• Electroacoustic music students head to New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival.