Te Rōpū Kaitito
Pūoro o
Aotearoa
Composers
Association of
New Zealand
We are a community of musicians and supportive organisations dedicated to representation, advocacy, and providing educational and professional development opportunities for Aotearoa's composers locally and internationally. Join us today!
Registration is now open for the 2025 CANZ Composers Conference, “Composing the Present: Practices, Frictions, Futures”.
We are delighted to announce the call for participants for the 44th CANZ Composers Workshop, taking place in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland from 2–5 September 2025. Registrations open Sunday 27 April at 7pm and close Monday 12 May at 11.59pm, or earlier if places fill.
CANZ is very pleased to announce the release of our new Fees Calculator as well as our new reference document: Working with Composers.
We now welcome submissions of scores or work proposals for the Conference concert. CANZ members are invited to submit an existing work or a new 'microscore' for consideration for the Conference concert.
International Festival of Sacred Music
The winning work will be performed by the Ensemble Graindelavoix at FIMS Fribourg 2026. The winning composer will also be awarded a cash prize of CHF 10,000; the runner-up will receive CHF 2,000.
Compose Aotearoa! - Choirs Aotearoa NZ
Philip Neill Memorial Prize in Music
International Competition for Young Composers (Beijing)
Composes born after 1990, prizes €3,000-€10,000.
Orchestra Central Competition and Workshop
School and tertiary age children. Sunday 24 August 2025 10am - 1pm at Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato. Conducted by Rupert D'Cruze
AWE Emerging Composer Mentorship
Applications open for At the World's Edge Festival Composer Mentorship (with John Psathas). Under 23 years old
