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14 reviews · 19 July 2009 to 16 November 2017
Jonny Marks (throatsinger), Ed Allen (horn), Bridget Douglas (flutes), Patrick Barry (clarinet), Shannon Pittaway (bass trombone), Leonard Sakofsky and Thomas Guldborg (percussion), Michelle Velvin (harp), Catherine Norton (piano), Anna…
Bridget Douglas (flutes), Patrick Barry (clarinet), Reuben Chin (saxophone), Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Leonard Sakofsky (vibraphone), Emma Sayers (piano), Anna van der See , Rebecca Struthers (violins), Giles Francis (viola), Ken…
Tuesday, 22 August 2017 NZTrio are undergoing a dramatic change. With the departure of foundation member Justine Cormack, attention at this concert was inevitably centred on the replacement violinist for this tour, Natalie Lin, a New…
16 June 2016 Appearances of NZTrio at the City Gallery are always a special event. There’s the wine, the fruit juices, the food, the opportunity to meet interesting people, the art (in this case, quirky, occasionally beautiful,…
Friday, 23 August 2013 The New Zealand School of Music’s last lunchtime concert before the mid-semester break was a recital by NZSM staff members of works especially written for them by current and previous VUW and NZSM staff members.
Thursday, 21 August 2013, 7.30 pm The Adam Concert Room darkens. Electronic sound wells up like a rushing wind. After several minutes, a tall, gaunt figure mounts a platform at the back. The lights fade up to reveal the futuristically…
Thursday, 1 August 2013 Stroma’s recent concert featured works by two expatriate New Zealand composers, Jeroen Speak and Alison Isadora, both past graduates of Victoria University.
SMP ENSEMBLE “INTERIORS I” Mitchell McEwen (flutes), Andrzej Nowicki (clarinets), Dylan Lardelli (guitar), Carolyn Mills (harp), Claire Harris (piano), Antony Verner (violin), Andrew Filmer (viola), Charley Davenport (cello), Jeremy…
Featuring Dave Bremner (trombone), Bridget Douglas (flute), Peter Dykes (oboe), Rebecca Struthers (violin), Lenny Sakovsky (flowerpots),
Michael Fowler Centre, Monday 24 – Tuesday 25 August 2009 The Todd Corporation’s – and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s – support for the Young Composer Awards makes it one of the most important arts sponsorships in the country. Their…
Massey University Theatrette, 21-22 August 2009 “Extreme Lands” was an event incorporating sound (live and recorded), words, and images, imaginatively curated by Wellington composer Alexandra Hay.
Salvation Army Citadel, Friday 14 August 2009 This concert organized by the enterprising Caprice Arts Trust featured an adventurous array of contemporary music.
NZ School of Music Adam Concert Room, 12 August 2009 “Selisih”, an Indonesian word meaning “argumentative discussion”, was the name given by German composer Dieter Mack to his duo for alto and baritone saxophones. Mack, now on his third…
**VUW Hunter Council Chamber, 19 July 2009 Is ballet music programme music when performed without the ballet? If it is, then is it “about” the dance action onstage, or is it, instead, more “about” the story and images that inspired the…