Wai-te-ata Music Press is a centre of Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, that publishes New Zealand sheet music, CDs and other music-related publications. Based at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

, the press was established by

Douglas Lilburn Douglas Gordon Lilburn (2 November 19156 June 2001) was a New Zealand composer. Early life Lilburn was born in Whanganui and spent his early years on the family sheep farm in the upper Turakina River valley at Drysdale. He attended Waitaki Bo ...

in 1967 as a non-profit ‘composer facility’, which was intended to produce inexpensive editions of New Zealand music for performance and study. It was established in order to address the problem that 'increased opportunities for broadcast, performance and commercial recording of New Zealand compositions had not been equalled by an increase in opportunities for publication.' The first score, published in 1967, was ''For Seven'' by

Jenny McLeod Jennifer Helen McLeod (12 November 1941 – 28 November 2022) was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at Victoria University of Wellington. She composed several major works for big groups including ''Under the Sun'' for four orchestr ...

, and was followed shortly by works by Larry Pruden,

David Farquhar David Andross Farquhar (5 April 1928 – 8 May 2007) was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at Victoria University of Wellington. Biography Farquhar was born in Cambridge, New Zealand, in 1928 but spent most of his early years in F ...

, John Ritchie, Ronald Tremain and Lilburn himself. The original covers were printed using an 1813 Stanhope printing press owned by Wai-te-ata Press, which had been established in 1962 by Professor Don McKenzie of the English Department. From 1981, when composer

Jack Body John Stanley Body (7 October 1944 – 10 May 2015) was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist, photographer, teacher, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprised concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and da ...

took up the editorship, Wai-te-ata Music Press has become the largest sole publisher of New Zealand music, with over 250 scores in its catalogue. In 2013, New Zealand School of Music lecturer Michael Norris took over the editorship of Wai-te-ata Press in 2013 following Jack Body's retirement. He began his editorship with the publication of the complete Tone Clock Pieces by

, as well as establishing an online store for the press's catalogue.

External links

Wai-te-ata Music Press Online Store

References

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