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New Zealand School of Music presents Count-down! Thursday 8th February12.30pm
works by Yang Xiao-Zhong, Ben Woods, Alexandra Hay, Jeni Little, Ng Wah-Hei, Ryan Youens, Gi Nyoung Lee
   

• Multi-Cultural Jam: Asia-Pacific at Happy

  8.30pm
performances by festival and local performers
   
 
Blast Off! Strike & Arnold MarinissenFriday 9th February
12.30pm
works by Maki Ishii, Wang Sue-Ya Hue, Naoko Kurauchi, Chino Toledo, Ma Ting-Yi
   
Transformations: East-South-West
 6.30pm
works by Zhou Long, Vu Nhat Tan, CH Loh, Aaron Prior, John Rimmer, David Williams, Andrian Pertout, Tomoyuki Hisatome, Jonas Baes
   
• Sumatran Songs: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
Arabic, Indian and indigenous Sumatran music
   
 
Wired! Computer music
Saturday 10th February12.30pm
works by Sigal Goldsobel, William Harsono, Tony Prabowo, Shi Pei-Yu, Martin Wesley-Smith, Erdem Helvacioglu, Jongwoo Yim
   
Asian Puppetry Weekend
  11.00am
puppetry from South East Asia
   
Extraordinary Stroma, conductor Hamish McKeich
 6.30pm
works by Nadav Ziv, Naoko Kachi, Songji Hong, Christian Utz, Anothai Nitibhon, Harue Kondoh, Jeroen Speak
   
New Sounds/New Instruments
 8.00pm
improvisations by Akio Suzuki and Philip Dadson
   
• International Improvisations: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
improvisations by Ben Byrne, Daniel Beban, Chris Palmer, Rick Cranso, The Screaming Monkeys
   
Transcendental: Sonic Oasis in Cathedral
 9.30pm
contemporary and classical music from Persia and China
   
 
Asian Puppetry Weekend (continues)
Sunday 11th February11.00am
puppetry from South East Asia
   
New Sounds/New Instruments/New Voices
 4.00pm
improvisations by Akio Suzuki, Philip Dadson and Koichi Makigami
   
The Wild Side!
 7.00pm
Rob & Arnold Marinissen, Michael Norris, Stuart Saunders Smith, Warwick Blair, David Hamilton, Gao Ping, Eve de Castro Robinson,
Dugal McKinnon, Janet Roddick & Plan 9, Lee Wai Shan
   
• Neighbours: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
improvisations by Michael Atherton, Eric Criswold and Vanessa Tomlinson
   
 
Title: 3 + 2: New Zealand Trio & Friends
Monday 12th February12.30pm
works by Ross Harris, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Lyell Cresswell, Nigel Butterley, Philippe Bodin
   
Asia-Pacific Music-Theatre
 8.30pm
works byGareth Farr and Wayan Yudane, Shen Nalin and traditional Pansori from Korea
   
• Acoustic Improvisation: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
improvisations by Simon O’Rorke, Robyn Hayward, Nick van Dijk
   
 
Sounds Korean: Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea
Tuesday 13th February12.30pm
works by Kim Daeseong, Stefano Bellon, Dylan Lardelli, John Elmsly, Koo Bonu, Kyungsun Suh
   
• Music from Few Notes!
 2.00pm
performances by David Williams, Richard Nunns, Horomona Horo, James Webster, Waimihi Hotere and others.
   
Pacific Dreaming
 6.30pm
works by Toru Takemitsu, Barry Conyngham, Julian Yu, Gerard Brophy, Mark Zadro, Chris Cree-Brown, Leonie Holmes, Helen Bowater,
Chris Gendall, Sam Holloway
   
• New Sounds: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
improvisations by Akio Suzuki and Philip Dadson
   
 
Jew's Harps and Dragons: Saxcess and other performers
Wednesday 14th February12.30pm
works by Cheung Pui-Shan, Artyom Kim, Gao Wei-Jie, Lim Hyungkyung
   
Asia-Pacific Music-Theatre
 6.30pm
works by Gareth Farr and Wayan Yudane, Shen Nalin and traditional Pansori from Korea
   
Star Turns
 8.00pm
works by Ross Carey, Mei-Fang, Evan Ziporyn, Sinta Wullur, Vladimir Scolnic, Yuri Povolotsky
   
Computers, Turntables and a Drill: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
improvisations by Ben Byrne, Alphabethead, Knobby
   
 
Strings and Things: New Zealand String Quartet
Thursday 15th February12.30pm
works by Gillian Whitehead, Gao Ping, John Psathas
   
Young Turks: Asian Composers League Young Composers Competition  6.00pm
works by Chou Wen-Chung, Peter McNamara, Reginald Tan, Gilad Rabinovitch, Tang Lok-Yin, Yin Yin Lin, Robin Toan, Gang Hoon, Francis Nuntasukon
   
• Asian Strings: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
performances by Huang Mei, Qmars Piraglu, Pooya Mehman Pazir, Samira Karimi
   
 
Mouths wide open: Tower NZ Youth Choir & more, conductor Karen GryllsFriday 16th February12.30pm
works by Aroha Cassidy, Ngapo Wehi & whanau, Steven Rapana, David Childs, David Farquhar, Slamet Abdul Sjukur,
Karanga (Maori), Ullilim (Kalingga, Philippines), Imene Tuki (Cook Islands)
   
Asian Voices
 6.30pm
works byDan Yuhas, Adeline Wong, Qin Wen-Chen, Fung Lam, Clarence Mak, Seung Jae Chung, Atibhop Pataradetpisan, Shirish Korde
   
• Pacific Winds: Asia-Pacific at Happy
 8.30pm
imporvisations by Richard Nunns and Benicio Sokong