September 2007

Indra Hughes is pleased to announce that he has been elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

The Society was founded in 1754 by William Shipley, a painter and social activist. He brought together a group of individuals to propose a manifesto for the Society - "To embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine arts, improve our manufactures and extend our commerce". The first meeting of the RSA was held in London on 10th April 1754. There are over 26,000 Fellows from all walks of life, but they have in common a record of achievement and an ability to make a difference. Past and present Fellows include Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, Michael Faraday, Alexander Graham Bell, Richard Attenborough, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Dickens, Tom Stoppard, Robert Stephenson, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Nelson Mandela, Marie Curie, Professor Stephen Hawking, Cherie Blair, Anita Roddick, and Ernest Rutherford.

Click here to visit the RSA web site.

CD Launch

Indra Hughes's latest CD with his choir Musica Sacra was launched on Tuesday 9 October and is available now. Click here for more information.

Medelssohn's Elijah: Auckland Town Hall, 6 September

Review in the New Zealand Herald:

"Auckland will not experience the likes of this performance for some years…[Conductor Paul Mann] may not have had the 396 musicians that Mendelssohn conducted in 1846 but, in the grander moments, with the APO playing its heart out and Indra Hughes brewing up mighty sounds on the town hall organ, one could believe he did."

Read the full review here.

March 2007

Indra Hughes is pleased to announce that he is the first person in New Zealand to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (University of Auckland). You can read more about Dr Hughes' thesis on Bach's The Art of Fugue on the Bach Studies page of this site.

Indra Hughes at his Graduation in the Auckland Town Hall (May 2007),

with his supervisors Dr Fiona McAlpine (left) and Dr John Wells (right)

photo: Godfrey Böhnke

Article in University News

A short article about Dr Hughes' Graduation has been printed in the May edition of the Auckland University News (pages 4 and 5). Click the image below to download the pdf.