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Terence Dennis Profile photo

MNZM FNZAH FRSNZ,
Blair Professor and William Evans Professor
Konzertexamen (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Cologne) MusB(Hons) Otago
Joined the staff in 1981

Coordinator of Classical Music Performance
Tel +64 3 479 8904 or +64 3 479 8885
Email terence.dennis@otago.ac.nz

Research Expertise

  • Piano performance and pedagogy
  • Collaborative piano/accompaniment

Student Successes

  • Since 1981 piano performance students have pursued postgraduate courses with success at leading tertiary training institutions in Britain, Europe, Australia and the United States. They have included major prizewinners in national competitions and recipients of noted International scholarships.

Other Musical and Community activities

  • Recital Partner for many prestigious  international artists  visiting NZ
  • Pianist of the University of Otago Trio
  • Official Pianist for the NZ Mobil/Lexus Song Quest Finals and Winners Tours, since 1991
  • Official Pianist for seven international string competitions
  • Trustee of the Dame Kiri te Kanawa International Foundation
  • Staff member 2009/2010 at the Solti-Te Kanawa Accademia di Belcanto, Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy
  • Dunedin Chair of the NZ Wagner Society
  • Dunedin Chair of Chamber Music NZ

Publications

Dennis, T. (piano) (2024, 17 April). Music Programme Showcase: 20th Century Works for Flute and Piano, with Luca Manghi (flute), works by Hindemith, Milhaud and Poulenc, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance]. Performance

Dennis, T. (piano) (2024, 27-28 July). Lexus Song Quest: Semi-Finals, featuring lieder and arias by Vaughan Williams, Schubert, R. Strauss, Barber, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Ritchie, Korngold, Tosti, Britten, Verdi, Massenet, Handel, Mozart, Hahn, Rachmaninov, Heggie, Tosti and Bridge, St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. [Performance]. Performance

Dennis, T. (piano) (2024, 31 July). Recital: Sumi Jo (soprano), featuring works by Vivaldi, Rossini, Benedict, Martini, Lehàr, Bellini and Rodgers, 88 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. [Performance]. Performance

Dennis, T. (piano) (2024, 3 August). Lexus Song Quest: Grand Final Gala, with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Lexus Song Quest Finalists, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. [Performance]. Performance

Dennis, T. (piano) (2024, 11 September). Music Programme Showcase: Wednesdays at One Series: A Recital of British Art Song, with Roderick Williams (baritone), works by Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Finzi, Gurney, Dring, Britten and Rebecca Clarke, Hanover Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance]. Performance

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