New Zealand Music Trust

The goals of the New Zealand Music Trust are:

• to promote cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary collaborations in order to create new pathways and applications for music and the arts

• to promote and develop awareness and appreciation of New Zealand music in other countries and of music from other countries in New Zealand

• to provide opportunities for performance of compositions by New Zealand composers in other countries as well as compositions by composers from other countries in New Zealand

• to provide opportunities for musicians in New Zealand and other countries to perform each other’s music through joint publication of New Zealand music and music from other countries.

Core values:

Develop the role that music and the arts play in facilitating cross-cultural understanding

Increase knowledge of New Zealand music internationally and of music from other cultures in New Zealand

Provide opportunities for excellence in musical performance

Encourage collaboration among professionals in music and the arts to support creativity and artistic innovation in New Zealand and other countries

Develop opportunities for collaboration among musicians of different ages and cultures