Masi has been playing at the Sydney Festival, Australia. This review by Lloyd Bradford Syke appeared at Crikey.com.au on Jan 31, 2013. REVIEW: Masi (Sydney Festival) | Everest Theatre Lloyd Bradford Syke -  Jan 31, 2013 4:12PM  “Grounding and connective in a way social media and the inter web at large can and will never [...]

AllThingsStrings.com is a fabulous resource for string players, and their review of Gareth’s “Wakatipu” is fairly glowing. They say: The drama and structure of Gareth Farr’s ‘Wakatipu’ will leave audiences spellbound. ‘Wakatipu’ is a breathtaking thrill ride that uses exotic musical language to invoke all the drama of its namesake legend. You can read the [...]

                  Two works by Gareth Farr feature on two of the albums nominated for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards ‘Best Classical’ album of 2011. He Poroporoaki (Saying Goodbye), co-written by Farr and taonga puoro player Richard Nunns, features on the New Zealand String Quartet’s album Notes [...]

  Gareth Farr’s children’s opera Kia Ora Khalid, a production from Capital E National Theatre for Children (Wellington, New Zealand), was featured at the Taranaki Arts Festival in New Plymouth, New Zealand on 4-5 August 2011. Recently, it made its Australian debut at the Victoria Arts Centre, Melourne, Australia 26-28 October 2011. Farr created the [...]

On 23rd September, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra gave the Australian premiere Gareth’s ‘The Nor’west Arch’ at the Brisbane Festival. The piece was commissioned by the Christchurch Arts Festival as a memorial to the victims of the February earthquake. It was originally scored for brass band and percussion, and performed by the Woolston Brass Band and [...]