The Racket Lounge

Its been a few weeks since we wrapped up the 2025 season of The Racket Lounge, and what an incredible season it was! We had:

🎻 4 concerts in 4 months
🎸 31 incredible artists
🎶 6 brand-new pieces of music by local emerging composers
😎 1 very cool Events Coordinator that brought it all together

Ella spent the better part of 2025 working in the NZSQ office as part of a internship opportunity designed to help emerging musicians gain valuable behind-the-scenes skills to set them up for a sustainable, multi-faceted career in the arts. Ella's main project was producing The Racket Lounge. She has now finished up her time in the NZSQ office, so we caught up with her find out the highlights, surprises and wisdom gained from running the 2025 season of The Racket Lounge.

Go read the full story 🔗 https://www.nzsq.org.nz/post/the-highlights-surprises-and-wisdom-gained-from-the-racket-lounge-2025