RAINBOW CONNECTION
Two arrangements of a special song for your inner Muppet: the only cover in The 3rd Ear Project
RAINBOW CONNECTION
Two arrangements of a special song for your inner Muppet: the only cover in The 3rd Ear Project
ORIGINAL SOUL
MUSIC VIDEOS
ORIGINAL SOUL
MUSIC VIDEOS
Hey Hey! | Super Love | Still Point | Honey Child
From the album Super Love 
Filmed at the Yurt, Kawau Island, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Jazz & SOUL SINGER
JAZZ & SOUL SINGER
Ariathea’s interpretations of the finest songwriters of the jazz + soul canon (incl. Arlen, Ellington, Porter, the Gershwins, Stevie Wonder, Prince) are carefully curated to uplift, inspire and connect. Live samples below.
Her album Salutations features jazz standards + jazz renditions of pop / soul classics.
Ariathea’s interpretations of the finest songwriters of the jazz + soul canon (incl. Arlen, Ellington, Porter, the Gershwins, Stevie Wonder, Prince) are carefully curated to uplift, inspire and connect. Live samples below.
Her album Salutations features jazz standards + jazz renditions of pop / soul classics.
Sample Repertoire
Jazz + Soul (live recordings)
Sample Repertoire Jazz + Soul
(live recordings)
All Blues
Bird Of Beauty (Stevie Wonder)
Both Sides Now
Look Around (Sérgio Mendes)
Rainbow Children (Prince)
Stardust
Almost Like Being In Love
Black Coffee
Caravan
On A Clear Day
Spooky
The Way You Look Tonight
Live full track salutes to the greats: Prince + Stevie Wonder
Purple Rain
Higher Ground
Purple Rain
Higher Ground
Equally, it is her presence as a person and collaborator that sets her apart. Ariathea radiates openness and respect, creating spaces where both audiences and fellow musicians feel invited to connect and contribute. She elevates every project she touches, not only through her musical skill but also through the spirit of harmony she brings to the room.
In every sense, Ariathea is an artist to watch… to listen to… to feel… to drink in and enjoy!”
Dixon Nacey. Jazz Guitarist / Musical Director / Arranger / Producer
Paul Marshall. Music journalist
Richard Mays. NZ Theatre reviewer
Deryn Trainer. Pianist / Arranger / Musical Director
David Edmundson. Composer / Arranger / Saxophonist / Educator
Venues, cultural institutions, promoters and festivals working with her will find someone who delivers artistically and operates professionally.”
Square Yee Yang. Arts Manager / Creative Producer / Chartered Governance Expert
Robyn Alexander. Pacific Entertainment
David Collins. AUS + NZ music and theatre reviewer
Equally, it is her presence as a person and collaborator that sets her apart. Ariathea radiates openness and respect, creating spaces where both audiences and fellow musicians feel invited to connect and contribute. She elevates every project she touches, not only through her musical skill but also through the spirit of harmony she brings to the room.
In every sense, Ariathea is an artist to watch… to listen to… to feel… to drink in and enjoy!”
Dixon Nacey. Jazz Guitarist / Musical Director / Arranger / Producer
Venues, cultural institutions, promoters and festivals working with her will find someone who delivers artistically and operates professionally.”
Square Yee Yang. Arts Manager / Creative Producer / Chartered Governance Expert
Deryn Trainer. Pianist / Arranger / Musical Director
David Edmundson. Composer / Arranger / Saxophonist / Educator
Paul Marshall. Music journalist
Richard Mays. NZ Theatre reviewer
Tony Falkenstein. ONZM
Robyn Alexander. Pacific Entertainment
David Collins. AUS + NZ music and theatre reviewer
ONE-WOMAN SHOW
The Jazz-Soul Blondes
ONE-WOMAN SHOW
The Jazz-Soul Blondes
A sassy salute to the Golden Divas of Jazz + Soul and the Hits that made them Superstars
Marilyn Monroe Doris Day Peggy Lee Dusty Springfield Joni Mitchell
Marilyn Monroe Doris Day Peggy Lee Dusty Springfield Joni Mitchell
Sample repertoire – Live Videos
ARIATHEA ROSE: BIO
A graduate of Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, Ariathea began her career in Australian musical theatre and continued into cabaret, jazz, soul and original compositions.
Her jazz album Salutations, and original albums Super Love and Original Lullabies for Sarah are available on all major platforms.
Her one-woman show Blonde Ambition: a History of the Bombshell in Song is “a sassy salute to the Golden Divas of popular song and the hits that made them Superstars”.
Career highlights include tours as a Fabulous Singlette for Ess Gee Entertainment for their modernised Gilbert and Sullivans; the role of Madam and understudying the role of Madame Thenardier for Cameron Mackintosh’s 10th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables, including performing the role for Claude-Michel Schönberg (the composer); Jelly Bean: a play for three actors and Orchestra with the Auckland Philharmonia; creating the role of Boadicea for the one-woman rock-opera Boadicea; and a Royal Command performance for King Charles of Hairy McClary, as the singing narrator, during his Diamond Jubilee New Zealand tour.
As lead vocalist for corporate covers band Retroactive, jazz funkateers The Conscious Music Collective, songstress for The Royal New Zealand Navy Big Band and Great American Songbook specialists The Jazz Age, she performed at many festivals and public/private events across New Zealand. She has held multiple-year jazz and soul residencies at venues across Auckland (including Sky City Casino, funk stronghold Grand Central and soul venue Orleans) and in this context has also curated bespoke entertainment across multiple genres.
Her career also includes cabaret in Japan for Hotel New Akao, roles in musicals for Auckland Theatre Company (Cabaret, Hair, Sweet Charity) annual appearances at the Napier International Art Deco Festival and, as an actor, roles for NZ Opera, South Pacific Pictures, Warner Brothers and Netflix.
She is currently co-creating The 3rd Ear Project, original jazz funk with some of Aotearoa / New Zealand’s finest musicians under the musical direction of jazz guitarist Dixon Nacey + producer Andre Modre Brown.
As well as singing to uplift, inspire and connect, she loves dogs, yoga, and sunflowers: big, bold and beautiful!
A graduate of Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, Ariathea began her career in Australian musical theatre and continued into cabaret, jazz, soul and original compositions.
Her jazz album Salutations, and original albums Super Love and Original Lullabies for Sarah are available on all major platforms.
Her one-woman show Blonde Ambition: a History of the Bombshell in Song is “a sassy salute to the Golden Divas of popular song and the hits that made them Superstars”.
Career highlights include tours as a Fabulous Singlette for Ess Gee Entertainment for their modernised Gilbert and Sullivans; the role of Madam and understudying the role of Madame Thenardier for Cameron Mackintosh’s 10th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables, including performing the role for Claude-Michel Schönberg (the composer); Jelly Bean: a play for three actors and Orchestra with the Auckland Philharmonia; creating the role of Boadicea for the one-woman rock-opera Boadicea; and a Royal Command performance for King Charles of Hairy McClary, as the singing narrator, during his Diamond Jubilee New Zealand tour.
As lead vocalist for corporate covers band Retroactive, jazz funkateers The Conscious Music Collective, songstress for The Royal New Zealand Navy Big Band and Great American Songbook specialists The Jazz Age, she performed at many festivals and public/private events across New Zealand. She has held multiple-year jazz and soul residencies at venues across Auckland (including Sky City Casino, funk stronghold Grand Central and soul venue Orleans) and in this context has also curated bespoke entertainment across multiple genres.
Her career also includes cabaret in Japan for Hotel New Akao, roles in musicals for Auckland Theatre Company (Cabaret, Hair, Sweet Charity) annual appearances at the Napier International Art Deco Festival and, as an actor, roles for NZ Opera, South Pacific Pictures, Warner Brothers and Netflix.
She is currently co-creating The 3rd Ear Project, original jazz funk with some of Aotearoa / New Zealand’s finest musicians under the musical direction of jazz guitarist Dixon Nacey + producer Andre Modre Brown.
As well as singing to uplift, inspire and connect, she loves dogs, yoga, and sunflowers: big, bold and beautiful!