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The University of Canterbury School of Music offers an exciting range of courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in performance, composition, digital music, ethno-musicology, music history and research, musicianship and music education.

Some great shots of the UC Gamelan Ensemble performing at the World Drumming Festival on Saturday!
02/06/2026

Some great shots of the UC Gamelan Ensemble performing at the World Drumming Festival on Saturday!

29/05/2026

Last week of term 2 today!! We had a lovely lunchtime concert bearding new compositions written by our students 👏

Next week we will be having an extra lunchtime concert, watch this space!

Congratulations to UC Music alumni Rakuto Kurano on his appointment as the new music director for the Central Otago Regi...
29/05/2026

Congratulations to UC Music alumni Rakuto Kurano on his appointment as the new music director for the Central Otago Regional Orchestra!!

Full write-up here: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/central-orchestra-appoints-new-director

A great article thanks Mountain Scene

https://digital.scene.co.nz/html5/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=MSC%2F2026%2F04%2F30&entity=Ar01801&sk=C55112DA&mode=text&fbclid=IwY2xjawRfWBhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEePf_RfwBSr46j-YMZgvFrHQYAUJip3UQCj9y7KdYKCd7bObp22n5RotcBdbA_aem_NueD0s2uk4DipjjNfwlN4w

25/05/2026

We enjoyed a visit from Sri Lankan drummers Guru Prasanna Rupathilaka and the Prasanna Ru Dance Ensemble in our Workshop last night. They will be performing in Christchurch on Saturday, 30 May 2026 as part of the sold-out World Drumming Festival at the Aurora Centre, alongside other cultural groups from Christchurch, including our own UC Gamelan Ensemble.

This time last week we had the privilege of hosting Professor Mark Applebaum for a performance as part of our annual Art...
24/05/2026

This time last week we had the privilege of hosting Professor Mark Applebaum for a performance as part of our annual Arts Centre Chamber Series. Our students were lucky enough to get to perform alongside Mark as well as learn from him during some composition workshops ✨

20/05/2026

We are just as happy as Zeph on bass guitar to be returning to for our biannual contemporary showcase event!

Sunday 24 May
7pm
Free entry
R18 premises

15/05/2026

Super fun concert in the Great Hall today with our percussion students!

No lunchtime concert next week

Thanks for hosting us!

Arts Centre Chamber Series: Beyond the Score - Music of Mark Applebaum -
14/05/2026

Arts Centre Chamber Series: Beyond the Score - Music of Mark Applebaum -

08/05/2026

Lovely lunchtime concert from our classical voice students today 🎤

Next week we will be in the Great Hall with a programme by our percussion students 🥁

Address

UC Arts In The Arts Centre, 3 Hereford Street
Christchurch
8013

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+6433694036

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