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The Bachelor of Commercial Music is an exciting new degree offered at Massey University College of Creative Arts in Wellington.

The Bachelor of Commercial Music at Massey's College of Creative Arts focuses on music performance, sound engineering, emerging technologies and the music industry business. With majors in music practice, music technology (hardware, software and engineering) and music industry, we offer a unique, cross-genre and future focused programme, designed to address the music industry of the future.

23/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our debut Way Out Where? Aotearoa Music Summit last week - ran in conjunction with Smokefreerockquest to celebrate the future of Aotearoa music.

A huge thank you to our guest speakers, participants and especially to all the students who were visiting from near and far to perform at Smokefreerockquest and Smokefree Tangata Beats. You all rocked! I

Video of one our alumni RIIKI REID who was the guest performer on night one of the Rockquest finals.

P.S and a HUGE thank you to Ben Howe, Jesse Austin-Stewart and our wider tech team and staff for putting this together.

Students had a chance to network with industry guests from across the motu.

One of our excellent panels exploring the future of music - evie thomson from GlassHead speaking.

On the Thursday and Sunday we held a series of workshops for participants of Rockquest and Tangata Beats including a songwriting workshop with Brooke Singer (senior tutor) and Ryan from First Reserve.

08/09/2026

Massey University’s College of Creative Arts and Smokefreerockquest are pleased to announce the inaugural Way Out Where? Aotearoa Music Summit, taking place at Ahumairangi Studios on Massey University’s Wellington campus.

What is the future for new music — from way out to where?

https://events.humanitix.com/way-out-where-aotearoa-music-summit

Guests include
Cath Andersen - NZ Music Commission - Chief Executive

Dave Benge - Laneway/Lōemis Festivals - Content Partnerships Manager · TEG Live

Duncan Greive - Lume - Digital Music Platform

Dylan Pellett - Independent Music NZ - General Manager

Evie Thomson- Glasshead Records - Record Label

Helena Bakker - Big Pop Studios - A&R and Artist Manager

Jeff Newtown - NZ on Air - Music Platforms and Māori Funding Advisor

Jessica Bailey - NZ Music Commission - Education Manager

Jo Oliver - Recorded Music NZ - Chief Executive

Lucy Macrae - Whammy Bar/The Label - Venue owner and publicity for the Label. Chair of Independent Music Venues Association (IMVA)

Matthew Crawley - Strange News Touring - International and local event promoter, musician and DJ

Mike Hall - APRA - Director of Member Services & musician

Missy Shepherd - Flying Nun Records - Record label

Pennie Black - Concord Music Publishing - Director

Rachel Ashby - NZ Music Commission - Capabilities Programmes Coordinator
..and more to be added

Following the summit, come along to the Smokefreerockquest National Finals at Massey University’s Great Hall and see Aotearoa Music Award People’s Choice award winners Borderline play alongside some of the best high schools in the country. (Click here for tickets to Smokefreerockquest)

Spend the afternoon with the people who build careers in music, then head to the finals at 7pm to watch the next wave of them take the stage.

1:15pm–4:30pm, Friday 18 September
Ahumairangi Studios, Block One
Massey University, Wellington

Free Entry - RSVP required

31/08/2026

BE IN TO WIN: A double pass to The Night Before (Great Sounds Great) taking place on 4 September! Details below. This weekend we can’t wait for Great Sounds Great Festival and its “The Night Before” counterpart - especially as so many of our students, staff and alumni are involved.

At GREAT SOUNDS GREAT:
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Naakz & BabyZoot 🌟
Bri Louise 🎹
Hemi Hemingway 🖤
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At THE NIGHT BEFORE:

Bug Michigan 🐞
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Dillon Jo 💅
Felix Bird 🫀
Nameless and Brainless 🧠
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Did we miss anyone?!

Alongside this you will find staff in So So Modern, and Jess ChaSo So Modernabi onJess Chambers go in the draw to win a double pass to The Night Before - make sure you follow this page and Eyegum Music Collective anEyegum Music Collectivewith you! You can comment and tag someone new as many times as you like for an additional entry. We will draw one lucky winner on Thursday 3 September just after midday and contact you directly via DM.

23/08/2026

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Tarn PK 🥁

We are proud to share some of the career pathways that our graduates 🎓 are forging in the music industry.

First up is the seriously talented Tarn PK who is a drummer, music producer, artist and songwriter. Early this year he took part in the APRA NZ SongHubs hosted by Grammy Award-winning producer Jenn Decilveo. Recent releases include the Tarn PK EP ‘F.O.M.O’ and First Reserve’s ‘There’s A God’.

Swipe to read more, and find out his advice for current students!

17/08/2026

The freshly formed Massey Choir have their second rehearsal this Tuesday, 6-8pm in Marama, 1D08. All welcome!

07/08/2026

ALUMNI MUSIC SPOTLIGHT 🫶 We are blown away by the incredible music that our students and alumni release. Here is a snapshot of just a handful of recent releases. Tell us in the comments below, or DM us any other amazing releases you are loving from our graduates?

1: ‘Porcelain’ by Fine W**e. Gorgeous!
2: ‘Disclosure’ by RENÉE. J’adore this.
3: ‘Silence’ by Wet Denim 🤘
4: ‘There’s a God’ by FIRST RESERVE 🥲
5: ‘Red Flags’ by Taylah / Fly My Pretties 6: ‘Sauna’ by RIIKI REID 🔥

Go check-’em out and get inspired!

05/08/2026

Staff Spotlight: Dr Jesse Austin-Stewart (he/him) Lecturer, PhD 🙌

Get to know some of our awesome staff who are on the team running our Commercial Music courses. Jesse wears many hats - juggling teaching, research, and various creative projects including the mixing of the recently released Welcomer album.

29/07/2026

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Grayson Gilmour 📚
Grayson Gilmour Senior Lecturer, MMA.

To celebrate and highlight our staff and students work and achievements we have started a weekly round-up of student and staff news, events and opportunities on our story. Additionally, we will be introducing you to our staff, our facilities and highlight student achievement and creative work on our feed.

Give us a follow, and message us if you’d like anything featured in our weekly round-ups 🫶

06/12/2024

Super size me LA

28/11/2024

Amazing to see our Alumni success. What an amazing talent and congrats to all our involved.

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Website

https://creative.massey.ac.nz/study/bachelor-of-commercial-music/

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