Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-

Date: 1978-2000

From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12179-5

Description: Letters from Gillian Whitehead and Jack Body. Arrangement: This folder arranged by the donor. Library retained this order. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscript and printed matter Processing information: Donor had placed this material in an envelope labelled "Jack Body Gillian Whitehead".

Date: 1976 - 2009

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-Cantoris

Description: Includes: 1976: Cantoris of Wellington, conducted by Robert Oliver, with members of the Wellington Regional Orchestra, leader Elsa Jensen. St Peters Church Willis St, 22 September [1976] (2 copies) 1982: Cantoris under the musical direction of Robert Oliver presents J S Bach ... Francis Poulenc ... Gillian Whitehead. To be performed at St Andrews on the Terrace, Sat 21 Aug [1982] (2 copies) 1987: Cantoris of Wellington presents Quadraphonic Baroque. Instrumental group led by peter Walls. St Pauls Cathedral Molesworth Street, 4 November [1987] (2 copies) 1989: Cantoris presents Handel's oratorio "Samson", with original instruments led by Peter Wells, directed by Robert Oliver. Soloists Michael Burch, Robyn Lynch-Burnard, David Griffiths, Roger Wilson, Geoffrey Coker, Richard Phillips, Pepe Ward-Smythe. Wellington Town Hall, 29 October 1989. 1990: Cantoris presents "Musique pour le Roi Soleil"; favourite music of Louis XIV with original instruments. Music by Charpentier, Lalande, Lully. Soloists Greer Garden, Pepe Ward-Smythe, Geoffrey Coker, Nigel Collins, Roger Wilson. Wellington Town Hall, 7 November 1990 (2 copies) 1994: Victoria Requiem. Guest conductor Douglas Mews. St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, 27 April 1994. 1996: Graham Kelly MP invites you ... "Strictly bird songs". Cantoris sings, Michael Vinten directs. Parliament Buildings Legislative Council Chamber, 31 July 1996. 2001: Messiah (Karyn Andreassend, soprano; Flora Edwards, contralto; Brendon Mercer, tenor; Peter Russell, bass; with Baroque orchestra led by Gregory Squire. Michael Vinten, musical director). St Mary of the Angels, 8 December [2001] 2002: Magnificat; Bach at Christmas (Michael Vinten, music director; Zoe Maitland, soprano; Geoffrey Coker, countertenor; Brendan Mercer, tenor; Peter Russell, bass; with the New Zealand Baroque Soloists led by Gregory Squire). St Mary of the Angels, 1 December [2002] 2005: Songs of light; music by Tallis, Saint-Saens, Gorecki, Elgar and Childs, directed by Marie Brown. Sacred Heart Cathedral Hill Street, 7 May 2005. 2009: Simple song; music by Brahms, Britten, Body, Schumann, Ravel. Music director Rachel Hyde. St Pater's Church Willis Street, 8 August 2009. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints sizes varying

Date: 2001

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

By: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022; Fisher, Helen Wynfreda, 1942-; Clark, Ewan, active 2000; Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-189

Description: Cards, letters and pieces of music for McLeod's 60th birthday celebration include a piece that she wrote to invite people. There are pieces by Gillian Whitehead, Helen Fisher, Philip Knight, and Ewen Clark, and a poem by Roy Tankersley using lyrics from various of McLeod's songs. Other Titles - An invitation ; for voice and piano / by Jenny McLeod Other Titles - Ma te ariki ; a little waiata for Jenny McLeod / music by Helen Fisher Other Titles - A Declension ; for voice and piano / Gillian Whitehead Other Titles - Starflakes & snowfish ; for piano / for Jenny on her 60th birthday ; Ewan Clark Other Titles - [Acceptance of invitation] / Philip Knight Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter

Date: [1996-1997]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-139

Description: Letter and card from Gillian Whitehead to McLeod Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1993-1995

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-5261-02

Date: 1976

From: [Posters announcing musical events, music, concerts in New Zealand. 1975-1978]

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-1976-02

Description: Shows a four-panelled abstract drawing by Maconie at the top of the poster, and text below. Maconie may be Robin Maconie, New Zealand composer, living in Britain in the 1960-1980s. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Screenprint on poster 760 x 512 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr John Thompson in 1977.

Date: 2005

From: [Programmes for overseas concerts, music performances featuring New Zealand performers. 1990-2009].

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-NonNZ-2005-01

Description: Programme for lectures, addresses, and concerts of New Zealand music. Composers featured included: Douglas Lilburn, Chris Cree-Brown, David Farquhar, Gillian Whitehead, Philip Brownlee, Jack Body, Matthew Lambourn, Ross Harris, John Cousins, David Downes. There were also traditional Maori pieces. Performers included: Jack Body, Hera Sally Black-Taute, Richard Nunns, Rob Reich. The programme also included recordings of New Zealand bird calls from Mount Bruce forest. Other Titles - University of California at Santa Cruz Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 22 pages, each 280 x 215 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jack Body, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1968

Reference: Eph-E-MUSIC-Whitehead-1968-01

Description: Poster in German advertising a season of performances by British musicians and artists, in April - June 1968, lists the following events: The Theatre Machine. "Caught in the act"; scenic improvisation by Keith Johnstone. 11-12 May 1968 Lindsay Kemp. "Clown's show". 13 May 1968 The Pierrot Players. Concert with works by Peter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr, Harrison Birtwistle, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies. 14 May 1968 The Pierrot Players. Concert of works by Cornelius Cardew, Richard Hames, Duncan Druce, John Downie, Gillian Whitehead, Ranulph Glanville, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies. 15 May 1968 The Liverpool scene; poetry and pop music, with Adrian Henri; followed by Beat in the foyer. 17 May 1968 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 590 x 840 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gillian Whitehead in 2014.

Date: 1978 - 2009 - 1984

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Whitehead

Description: Posters include: Contemporary Baroque Ensemble, with the Parnassus Trio and Sandra Mackay (oboe), Anthony Lamb (clarinet), John Fidler (piano), Simon Smith (trumpet). NZ House Haymarket London, 27 September [1978?] (Listing includes "Tirea" by Gillian Whitehead) Hotspur. Music Gillian Whitehead; ballad Fleur Adcock; banners Gretchen Albrecht. Performed by Gemini; Margaret Field soprano; Peter Wiegold director. New Zealand House London, 10 February 1981. Flederman, Australia's leading contemporary music ensemble. 1984 Opera House concerts. Recording Hall, Sydney Opera House 29 April, 22 July, 2 September, 8 December [1984] (Listing includes Gillian Whitehead's "Ahotu (O matenga) (1984) on Sunday 22 July) Central Otago Regional Orchestra & Regional Training Orchestra. "Central soundscapes"; classics & favourites, and featuring a new work by Dame Gillan Whitehead, inspired by the sounds of Central Otago while artist in residence with the Henderson Trust Alexandra. Guest conductor Aart Brusse. Cromwell Presbyterian Church 12 December; Alexandra Memorial Theatre 13 December 2009. Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints and offset prints, sizes varying up to 400 x 580 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dame Gillian Whitehead in 2014.

Date: 6 Dec 2008 - 06 Dec 2008

From: Composing New Zealanders oral history project

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-

Reference: OHInt-1010-06

Description: Interview with Gillian Whitehead, born in Hamilton in 1941. Comments that both of her parents were musicians. Talks about growing up in Whangarei after the War, her father importing sheet music and teaching singing and violin, and there being much music in the home. Mentions learning piano from Hannah Stratford and Don Bowick and violin from Aage Nielsen. Recalls starting composing fairly early, often choral works. Refers to attending concerts from an early age. Mentions the first piece of New Zealand music she heard was by Dorothea Franci. Recalls very active music teachers at Whangarei Girls' High School, particularly Eileen Reed. Talks about starting a general arts degree at Auckland University but switching to music in her second year and studying with Ronald Tremain. Mentions singing in the Cathedral Choir in Auckland under Peter Godfrey. Refers to attending Cambridge Summer Music Schools as a choir member not as a composer. Recalls the struggle to get composition taken seriously in the Auckland University music department and switching to Victoria University. Refers to teachers David Farquhar and Douglas Lilburn, and fellow student Jenny McLeod. Discusses studying for a masters degree at the University of Sydney with Peter Sculthorpe. Refers to the demanding course, ethnomusicological studies, and being encouraged to draw on her Maori background in her composing. Talks about teaching music at a boys' school in Sydney, then moving to Adelaide to study with Peter Maxwell Davies. Recalls getting her first commission at this time. Comments on going to the United Kingdom in 1967 to continue studying with Davies, and getting part-time work with music publishers Boosey & Hawkes. Mentions studying in Italy on a New Zealand Arts Council grant. Refers to spending several years in London and Europe, and gradually becoming a professional composer. Mentions writing music on commission for financial survival and performances of her works. Comments on visiting New Zealand in 1975 and subsequently getting a residency in northern England. Mentions a collaboration with Fleur Adcock who was writer in residence at the same time. Discusses returning to Sydney to teach at the Conservatorium. Mentions the impact of teaching on her composing time led her to negotiate job sharing. Refers to her experience with cancer in 1991, disenchantment with teaching and leaving the Conservatorium. Refers to having a six month Mozart Fellowship at the University of Otago and settling there. Talks about subsequent major compositions, collaborations and projects. Interviewer(s) - Roger Smith Accompanying material - List of names mentioned in the interview (with abstracts) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001805 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 6 Electronic document(s) - abstract etc.. 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.11 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Textual files - Microsoft word, Adobe pdf Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001806, OHA-7625. Search dates: 1941 - 2008

Date: 1988

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Australia-1988-01

Description: Programme for a concert of works by Gillian Whitehead, based on poems: "Hotspur" by Fleur Adcock; and "Out of this nettle, danger" by Katherine Mansfield. The words are reprinted in the programme, and there are portrait photographs of Gillian Whitehead and Fleur Adcock. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 203 x 140 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1984

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-Cantoris-1980/1984

Description: Includes programmes and fliers for: 1980: An evening of music with Wellington's leading chamber choir, Cantoris, directed Robert Oliver with Roy Tankersley, chamber organ. St Peter's Church Willis Street, 28 June 1980. Flyer/order form (2 copies) Phoenix Choir and Cantoris present Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana", conducted by Simon Tipping; pianists Bruce Greenfield and Philippa Ward; New Zealand Percussion Ensemble, leader Gary Brain [and] Anne Langston soprano, Robert Oliver tenor, Roger Wilson baritone. Wellington Town Hall, 29 November 1980. Flyer 1981: The Baroque Players & Cantoris. Conductor Peter Walls with Jenny Thirtle, Geoffrey Coker, Robert Oliver, Peter Russell present Music for Easter. St Paul's Cathedral, 25 March [1981]. Programme, and flyer 1982?: Cantoris; a programme of choral music: Bach, Vittoria, Poulenc, Whitehead, Debussy, Byrd. [1982?]. Programme (2 copies) 1984: Cantoris presents "The birth of the Baroque". Director Robert Oliver. St Peter's Willis Street, Wednesday 19 September [1984]. Programme (2 copies) and flyer (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to quarto size, some illustrated. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 2016

From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in Great Britain, featuring New Zealand performers. 2016].

By: Roughton-Arnold, Joanne, active 2015-2017

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-GB-2016-01

Description: Programme for an opera about the life of Robin Hyde / Iris Wilkinson, directed by Sara Brodie, with musical director Jonathan Hargreaves. Iris was played by Joanne Roughton-Arnold who also producer the opera. The music was played by the Octandre Ensemble. The programme contains photographs and biographical notes about Gillian Whitehead, Fleur Adcock, Sara Brodie, Jonathan Hargreaves, Joanne Roughton-Arnold, the MC Nick Fowler and the Octandre Ensemble. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 Programme(s) (2 copies). Provenance: Donated by Joanne Roughton-Arnold in 2017.

Date: 1969-1989

From: [Music ephemera and concert programmes of octavo size, for performances at New Zealand House, London]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-NZH-1969/1989

Description: Includes: 1969: New Zealand Music Society. Membership application form [designed by Peter Campbell, 1969] 1970: New Zealand Music Society. Wine & cheese party 20 May 1970; Lieder evening, 3 June 1970. Flier / ticket application form New Zealand Music Society. Membership application form [1970] New Zealand Music Society. Wine & music. New Zealand House, 24 September 1970. Ticket New Zealand Music Society. Peter Cooper, piano. New Zealand House, 7 October 1970. Ticket 1974: Pauline Drain (clarinet). Lunchtime concert, New Zealand House, 4 October 1974. Programme 1981: "Hotspur", by Gillian Whitehead and Fleur Adcock. With designs by Gretchen Albrecht. New Zealand High Commission London. [With] "Gemini"; Margaret Field (soprano), Peter Wiegold (director). Programme (consisting of three pieces; 2 copies of the biographical folded sheet) Michael Redshaw. Piano recital. Reception Hall, New Zealand House, 23 April [1981]. Flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 7 May 1981

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-; Mays, Sally, active 1974-1986

Reference: MST5-2965

Description: Gillian Whitehead. Tamatea Tutahi. Sally Mays playing piano. First UK performance, recorded on 7 May 1981, King's Hall, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Title supplied by Library. Note on the case from donor says "7 1/2 i.p.s Stereo 1/2 track". Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). Processing information: This item has not been listened to during processing. The information in the record is based on the donor's list and the physical item.

Date: 1986

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-NonNZ-1986-01

Description: Flier showing a photograph of singer Robyn Lynch wearing the winner's sash for the Mobil Song Quest. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 253 x 178 mm.

Date: 1997-5 May 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: MS-Papers-6575

Description: Penultimate vocal score for `Outrageous fortune' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (two pieces), 114, 113 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) annotated Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A99-096) Donated by Ms G Whitehead, Dunedin

Date: 21 Jun 1993

From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-; Blake, Christopher Hugh, 1949-; Rimmer, John Francis, 1939-; Ritchie, Anthony Damian, 1960-; Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: MSDT-0298-3

Description: SOUNZ Orchestral - Trade Fair is presented by William Dart. He reviews the orchestral trade fair organised by SOUNZ held in Auckland, April 1993. Includes musical excerpts. Other Titles - Resurgences [excerpt] / by Gillian Whitehead ; (3') Other Titles - Eschelles de glace [excerpt] / composed by Christopher Blake ; (2') Other Titles - Meeting place [excerpt] / composed by John Rimmer ; (2') Other Titles - The Hanging bulb [excerpt] / composed by Anthony Ritchie ; (2') Other Titles - Ring around the moon [excerpt] / composed by David Farquhar ; (2') Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 39.35 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM

Date: 1990s

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-

Reference: PA1-q-765

Description: Scenic images of the West Coast photographed by Gillian Whitehead. These range from pebbles on sand at Bruce Bay to the Franz Josef Glacier. Most are of native forest including details such as mosses and ferns. There are a number of views of mountains across water and russet light on hills with strong shaddows showing. A group of photographs at the end of the album include young Maori performers, Peter Schat, and Jenny McLeod Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2000 - 2004

Reference: Eph-A-COURT-2000/2004

Description: Includes: 2001: "Take a chance on me", by Roger Hall. Director Mark Hadlow. Court Theatre, 25 August 2001. Programme Court cues, September 2001. 2002: "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?", by Edward Albee. Directed by Colin McColl. 2002 tour: Downstage Theatre 11-26 October; Fortune Theatre Dunedin, 1-16 November 2002. Programme (2 copies) and flier 2003: George Henare in "The Christian brothers", by Ron Blair. Directed by Peter Evans. Court Theatre on tour [South Island locations, 25 march - 17 April 2003]. Flier "Ghosts", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Colin McColl; set design by David Thornley; costume design by Pamela Maling. Court Theatre, 8 February 2003. Programme "Potiki's memory of stone", by Briar Grace-Smith. Directed by Cathy Downes; set designer Mark McEntyre; costume designer Pauline Laws; composer Gillian Whitehead. Court Theatre, 19 July 2003; Downstage Theatre, 22 August 2003. Programme (2 copies) 2004: "Confessions of a chocoholic", written and performed by Geraldine Brophy. Directed Jude Gibson. In association with No. 8 Theatre Ltd. Court Theatre [2004]. Programme "The daylight atheist", by Tom Scott. Director Danny Mulheron. Court Theatre [2004]. Programme "The underpants", by Carl sternham, adapted by Steve Martin. Director Teodor Surcel. Court Theatre premiere, 26 June 2004. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 8 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes around 210 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Loretta Lander, Wellington, in 2014