Ep 31: A Composition Contest

Marie shares her experiences doing something she never thought she'd do: organize a composition contest. As an early music specialist, she was venturing into the foreign world of contemporary music while still new to the foreign country of New Zealand.

As the University of Auckland prepares to host its third annual "Clarinet Weekend", Marie discusses the composition contest from last year: how it got started and the impact it has had on the New Zealand clarinet community. She talks about the 48 (!!) submissions to the contest last year, and about changes she's made to how the contest will be run this time around.

We hear the new compositions for unaccompanied clarinet by first and second prize winners, Joshua Pearson, and Callum Mallett. Marie chats to Joshua about his work, Teine Sa, and how it is influenced by his Samoan heritage and the stories his mother used to tell him.