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		<title>MSO Concertino</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 6 months late! but I have some pictures and the NZ Herald review to share.



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		<title>Ensemble Selisih</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Toan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Dart reviewed the Auckland concert. Here is what he said about my composition, Twitter,  in the NZ Herald on August 10th. &#8220;Robin Toan&#8217;s Twitter took to the great outdoors. Who might have thought walking the dog in a bird-filled park would occasion such invention?&#8221; To read the rest of the review follow this link.
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		<title>Christchurch Symphony Concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 22:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra on May 2nd in the Christchurch Town Hall.
They performed the Schumann Piano Concerto Op. 54 in a minor with French pianist Emmanuel Despax,  Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus  and Beethoven’s Symphony No 6 The Pastoral and Island of Wine by Robin Toan. They were conducted by Tom Wood.


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		<title>Witch Scarers chosen for NZSO/SOUNZ readings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest composition written in at the end of 2007, Witch Scarers, has been selected for the May session of the 2008 NZSO/SOUNZ readings. Witch Scarers is about Antonio Gaudi&#8217;s chimneys on Casa Mila (La Pedrera), in Barcelona.  The apartment building was built between 1906 and 1910 and the roof contained chimneys and air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;new look&#8217; website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the &#8216;new look&#8217; www.robintoan.com!
The new face of robintoan.com is officially online today! This website was professionally made for me by Websites made2order they  are a new web design and development company based in Auckland,  New Zealand. I can’t recommend them  enough as they had super creative skills (I just love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with my &#8216;new look&#8217; website I&#8217;m also launchingtoday!
I am offering the following professional services.

Composer


Music Copyist and Engraver


Orchestrator and Arranger


Teaching (In Composition,      Clarinet, Music Theory and Sibelius Notation Software)

I take pride in providing high quality, fast and friendly service. Take a look at the newsection of my website to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edwin Carr Foundation Scholarship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Toan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FANTASTIC NEWS!! I have just won the $20,000 Edwin Carr Foundation Scholarship. I’ve been sitting on this information in secrecy for weeks – now I can finally tell you all   I was flown down to Wellington today to attend the official presentation at the Creative New Zealand Offices. Tony Carr (Edwin’s younger brother) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia Pacific Festival 2007 Young Composers Competition</title>
		<link>http://robintoan.com/me-and-the-asia-pacific-festival-2007-young-composers-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Toan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;Breaking News—Breaking News&#8211;
I’ve just found out that my entry, Le Marteau du Destin has been selected as the New Zealand entry in the Asia Pacific Festival 2007 Young Composers Competition. The Festival runs from the 8th-16th of February in Wellington. Each country participating in the festival may enter one piece in this category. I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOUNZ Community Commission &#8211; 2006 recipient</title>
		<link>http://robintoan.com/sounz-community-commission-2006-recipient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Toan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just been informed that I am the 2006 recipient of the SOUNZ Community Commission! I will be writing a fanfare for the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra to play in 2007. It will be a really exciting piece with strong cultural themes – I’ll be asking the orchestra to chant, use their instruments in extreme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand/France-Friendship Fund to PARIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Toan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official! Vanessa Tam, Charmian Keay and I are off to Paris on November the 20th with the help of the New Zealand/France-Friendship Fund. We are putting on a concert on December the 7th at the Cité Universitaire with a new string orchestra, Orchestre 2021 which will be conducted by Elizabeth Askren. She is Attachée [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber Music New Zealand Commission</title>
		<link>http://robintoan.com/chamber-music-new-zealand-commission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys! I’ve just been commissioned by Chamber Music New Zealand to write a work for piano and violin. It will be performed by John Chen and Julia McCarthy in September 2007 in their 16 concert tour of NZ.
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