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Page 10. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • The Arts Foundation

    The Arts Foundation is a philanthropic organisation that funds awards for artists, including musicians.

  • Lexus Song Quest

    The Lexus Song Quest (formerly the Mobil Song Quest) is New Zealand’s major competition for opera singers.

  • New Zealand String Quartet

    The website of the quartet, founded in 1987.

  • NZTrio

    The website of the trio.

More suggestions and sources

  • Dawson, Jane. Staying in tune: Chamber Music New Zealand at 60. Wellington: Chamber Music New Zealand, 2010.

  • Simpson, Adrienne, and Peter Downes. Southern voices: international opera singers of New Zealand. Auckland: Reed, 1992.

  • Thomson, John Mansfield. The Oxford history of New Zealand music. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1991.

  • Tonks, Joy. Bravo! The NZSO at 50. Auckland: Exisle, 1996.

  • Tonks, Joy. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: the first forty years. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1986.

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How to cite this page

Peter Walls, Classical musicians, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/229392/sources (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Peter Walls, published 3 October 2014.