The Arts Foundation : Gareth Farr

Gareth FarrONZMComposer, percussionist and cabaret entertainer

Gareth Farr is recognised as one of New Zealand’s most versatile and successful contemporary composers and as a skilled percussionist. He is also known for his alter ego, Lilith Lacroix.

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Drumdrag
Strike
Gareth Farr's music is published exclusively by Promethean Editions
Gareth Farr, represented by SOUNZ;
Gareth Farr music for film and television: NZ on Screen
2010 Laureate Award announcement on TV1;
Gareth Farr speaks to Eva Radich (Radio NZ Concert) before the premiere of his piece Katiaki (Sept 11)

Margaret Mahy's Kaitangata Twitch finalist at Kidscreen Awards, New York
08 Dec 2010
The Production Shed's television series "Kaitangata Twitch", written by Margaret Mahy, has been shortlisted as a finalist at the Kidscreen Awards to be announced in New York on 17 February 2011. Laureate Gareth Farr did the soundtrack.
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Gareth Farr 2010 Laureate Award
2010
Gareth Farr (composer) features on the TVNZ 7 broadcast of The Artists, produced in partnership with the Arts Foundation.
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Gareth Farr Album Covers
Gareth Farr is managed by Promethean Editions Ltd
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2010 Laureates announced
03 Nov 2010
The Arts Foundation is proud to announce and congratulate the 2010 Laureate Award recipients: Stuart Devenie, Gareth Farr, Leon Narbey, John Parker and Michael Parmenter. The Awards were presented in Dunedin on 2 December 2010.
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Gareth Farr at the 2010 Arts Foundation Laureate Awards
2010
Gareth Farr discusses his interest in composing pieces that showcase percussion, in conversation with Kate Mead at the 2010 Arts Foundation Laureate Awards.
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