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Having moved to San Francisco to pursue his operatic career, rising star Shiddharth Chand reflects on what he loved about studying Music.
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Bachelor of Music (Honours) graduate Anne Maroussia Filimoehala says her style of violin teaching is inspired by her time at the School of Music.
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Faced with so many options as a Bachelor of Music graduate, Eddie Liu now juggles a number of exciting roles in the music industry.
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Bachelor of Music (Honours) graduate and opera singer Manase Latu was invited to the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Program in New York.
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Bachelor of Music (Honours) graduate and conductor Tianyi Lu hopes younger women will see conducting as a real career option.
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Composition graduate and freelance composer Claire Cowan is the first woman to score a full length ballet for the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
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Claire Wackrow’s musicology degree gave her the broad knowledge to work in a variety of roles and a skillset she uses almost every day.
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Award-winning singer songwriter and touring artist Mel Parsons was part of the inaugural Popular Music programme.
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