Editing RNZ Concert (section)

===War commemorations===

[[Image:Anzac Cove encampment 1915.jpg|thumb|250px|right|RNZ Concert is involved in several events commemorating the [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps|ANZAC]] [[Gallipoli Campaign]].]]
RNZ Concert has been involved in several contests and performances commemorating [[Anzac Day]] and the centenary of [[World War I]]. In 2014, it broadcast a concert featuring the five finalists of a one-off secondary school song-writing competition - 'The Calling' - in which students had to reflect the emotional impact the declaration of World War I had on New Zealand families through an original musical score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://playitstrange.org.nz/the-calling/ |title=The Calling |publisher=Play It Strange |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref>

In the same year it ran a joint competition with [[ABC Classic FM]] and the [[Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Australian Department for Veterans' Affairs]] - Gallipoli Songs - for original compositions that best reflected the experiences of the original ANZAC troops and their families. Australian soprano Merlyn Quaife, Australian composer Elliott Gyger, ABC host Stephen Adams, RNZ host Kate Mead and New Zealand composer [[Gillian Whitehead|Dame Gillian Whitehead]] judged the competition - and New Zealand composer Andrew Baldwin was one of the six winners. The compositions were performed, recorded and broadcast on RNZ Concert and ABC Classic FM on Anzac Day 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1405/S00003/composer-competition-for-gallipoli-centenary.htm |title=Composer Competition for Gallipoli Centenary |publisher=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date=1 May 2014 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centenarynews.com/article?id=1696 |title=Australian and New Zealand radio stations launch composer competition for Gallipoli Centenary |publisher=Centenary News |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1411/S00561/nz-composer-wins-song-competition-for-gallipoli-centenary.htm |title=NZ Composer wins Song Competition for Gallipoli Centenary |publisher=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date=30 November 2014 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/news-events/news/new-zealand-composer-wins-song-competition-gallipoli-centenary |title=New Zealand Composer wins Song Competition for Gallipoli Centenary |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |date=29 November 2014 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref>