A new guide to a wide and excting art of New Zealand music for students and interested lay people. The book emphasises the pleasures of listening to New Zealand music
— introducing and providing follow-up activity material on:

M?ori and P?keh? / Waiata Poi Alfred Hill /Arohaina Mai Tuini Ng?wai /Ambush Free improvisation

Popular Music :Just Like You TrinityRoots Envy of Angels The Mutton Birds Meeting of the Waters Mike Nock

Orchestral works: Drysdale Overture / Douglas Lilburn / Taranaki Overture Larry Pruden / From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs Gareth Farr

Electroacoustic works: Soundscape with Lake and River Douglas Lilburn / Horizont im Ohr Dugal McKinnon / Speak Volumes Miriama Young

For senior high school students, undergraduates, and interested lay people. Presented in plain language, with illustrations. Emphasis on learning the pleasures of listening to New Zealand music. Examines a variety of different pieces. An accompanying CD, featuring ten of the pieces discussed.