THE LILBURN RESIDENCE — the former home of composer Douglas Lilburn (ONZ) is now offered as a residence for New Zealand composers.

“Douglas’ contribution to NZ music is too valuable to ignore, too important to forget.” — Roger Smith & Gareth Watkins, Radio NZ

The current composer-in-residence 2011–2012 is Juliet Palmer

1 August 2011

Juliet Palmer has taken up residence in the Lilburn Residence as the recipient of the 2011–2012 Creative New Zealand/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music

A new book published by the Lilburn Residence Trust features two talks written by Lilburn.

A Search for Tradition and A Search for a Language will be launched at an event at Victoria University on 8 June 2011.

The Lilburn Residence Trust that owns the property relies on donations from the public to continue to pay off outstanding debts and maintain the house to a reasonable standard. Please consider giving a donation to the trust. Click here to make a donation.