Original SOUL Music VIDEOS
All songs off the album Super Love 
Recorded at The Sound Room & Bronzewing Studios
Filmed at the Yurt, Kawau Island, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Jazz & SOUL SINGER
Ariathea’s interpretations of the great songwriters of the jazz and 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 recorded with Resonant Company, is interpretations of favourite jazz standards + jazz renditions of pop / soul classics.
Sample Repertoire
Jazz + Soul (live recordings)
All Blues
Bird Of Beauty (Stevie Wonder)
Caravan
On A Clear Day
Stardust
Almost Like Being In Love
Black Coffee
Look Around (Sérgio Mendes)
Rainbow Children (Prince)
The Way You Look Tonight
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) - special full live version
Purple Rain (Prince) live jazz version: my salute to the Purple Prophet
ONE-WOMAN SHOW
BLONDE AMBITION: the jazz-soul blondes
A subset of Blonde Ambition: A History of the Bombshell in Song (Full EPK here) designed for cruise ships, festivals and corporate events
A sassy salute to the Golden Divas of Jazz and Soul and the Hits that made them Superstars
Repertoire includes
Sentimental Journey / Perhaps, Perhaps Perhaps – Doris Day
Fever / I’m A Woman – Peggy Lee
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend / Happy Birthday – Marilyn Monroe
Spooky / Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
At Last / Tell Mama – Etta James
Both Sides Now / Big Yellow Taxi- Joni Mitchell
What presence, what a truly great entertainer! Her interpretation of songs, her wit and rapport with her audience is always a high-class act. Thoroughly recommended!
Deryn Trainer. Pianist/Arranger/Musical Director
Richard Mays. NZ theatre critic
Glen Giroux. Monte Cristo Productions
Robyn Alexander. Pacific Entertainment
David Collins. NZ music and theatre critic
“Ariathea is a captivating and consummate performer of a world class standard and worthy of high acclaim. Her professional and reliable approach to her performance art sets her above many other artists I have known and employed”
Raewyn McGrigor. Nightingales Private Venues
ARIATHEA ROSE: BIO
A graduate of Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, Ariathea began her career in Australian musical theatre for Ess Gee Entertainment and Cameron Mackintosh, and continued into cabaret, burlesque, soul, jazz, and recently original compositions.
Career highlights include performing the role of Madame Thenardier for Claude-Michel Schönberg (the composer) during the 10th Anniversary Australian Tour of Les Misérables; Jelly Bean, a play for three actors and Orchestra with the Auckland Philharmonic; 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 2012.
Songstress for The Royal New Zealand Navy Big Band and Great American Songbook specialists The Jazz Age, she has also held multiple-year jazz and soul residencies at venues across Auckland including Sky City Casino, curating bespoke entertainment across multiple genres.
Her work also includes multiple shows for Auckland Theatre Company, performances for NZ Opera, yearly performances for the Napier Art Deco Festival, and roles for South Pacific Pictures, Warner Brothers and Netflix in film and television.
Recordings include Salutations, jazz interpretations of soul and pop classics and Original Lullabies for Sarah, new sleepy time songs featuring the sounds of nature. Her journey to produce original music began with 2020’s Super Love, and continues with The 3rd Ear Project, currently in co-creation with some of New Zealand’s finest musicians and producers.