30 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenNature and art, architecture and philosophy – Orchestra Wellington’s epic 2026 “Revelations”
6 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter MechenWellington Youth Orchestra with Mark Carter serves up an orchestral feast.
5 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter MechenWellington Youth Orchestra – revels ceremonial and fantastical
10 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenAnton Webern steals the show! – Orchestra Wellington and Marc Taddei with “Pharaoh”
30 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter MechenWellington Youth Orchestra take on Verdi, Grieg and Tchaikovsky
31 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven SedleyPlaudits for the Wellington Youth Orchestra with Donald Maurice
30 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven SedleyWellington Youth Orchestra – an appealing programme delivered with rich orchestral sound
18 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen“Strings for Africa” joyously fill the vistas of St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace
15 May · Peter MechenWelington Youth Orchestra and Mark Carter with violinist Lucas Baker – a Transatlantic treat!
24 Apr · Peter MechenCantoris Choir celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with the help of Te Kōkī NZSM Orchestra and Mozart
18 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenAt last! – the 2020 NZSO National Youth Orchestra gets to show what it can do
17 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis TaylorOrchestra Wellington and Sistema Orchestra Hutt Valley in varied and colourful concert
5 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorA programme of brilliantly scored Romantic era music from Wellington Youth Orchestra
24 Nov · Peter Mechen“Cello for Africa” at Porirua City a spectacular and moving multi-cultural collaborative event
20 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenDelightful, delicious, and declamatory – a “no-holds-barred” night with Marc Taddei and Orchestra Wellington
6 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven SedleyAccomplished performances from Wellington Youth Orchestra with talented Asaki Watanabe in Bruch concerto
28 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven SedleyThe best drawn from Wellington Youth Orchestra in taxing programme under Donald Armstrong
3 Dec · Opera House · Peter MechenAn “Enchanted Evening” from The Virtuoso Strings with Jonathan Lemalu
14 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorAdmirable concert of well-chosen music from Wellington Youth Orchestra under Mark Carter
6 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary CollierJaime Martín and National Youth Orchestra on full throttle as percussion and brass deliver excitement and panache
14 May · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter MechenWellington Youth Orchestra goes for broke with Beethoven
4 Feb · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis TaylorNational Youth Orchestra’s summer concert a brilliant showcase for cellist Balzat in Elgar concerto
23 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis TaylorOutstanding concert to mark disasters at Aberfan and the Pike River: music by Schubert and Karl Jenkins
31 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorExuberant and popular performances by Wellington Youth Orchestra
23 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorWellington Youth Orchestra in winning performances, especially Brahms No 1
11 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter MechenWellington Youth Orchestra and Simon Brew – playing for keeps
3 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen“Orchestras Unite” – a brilliant success for youthful Wellington musicians
8 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenYouth and experience together produce brilliant and heartfelt Messiaen
10 May · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter MechenVibrant and wholehearted – Wellington Youth Orchestra and ‘cellist Matthias Balzat
7 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenProvidence delivers the goods, courtesy of Houstoun, fireworks and Orchestra Wellington
28 Oct · Rosemary CollierSistema Hutt Valley’s Arohanui Strings and related ensembles offer wonderful example
1 Oct · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter MechenWorlds of Music – Lilburn, Vaughan Williams and Mozart from the NZSM Orchestra
2 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis TaylorThe Apprentice, La Mer, Ibert’s flute concerto and an enchanting francophone premiere from National Youth Orchestra
29 May · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Lindis TaylorWellington Youth Orchestra under Hamish McKeich with winning Brahms and Rachmaninov
19 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary CollierSchool of Music Orchestra wins audience delight with demanding programme
21 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter MechenWellington Youth Orchestra’s final, tumultuous concert for 2014
25 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenSearing contribution from the WYO to “Recovering Forbidden Voices”
18 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenNZSO National Youth Orchestra 2014 tackles showpieces with a will
25 Mar · Sacred Heart Cathedral · adminRich opportunities for NZSM Orchestra’s youthful freshness, commitment, poetry and dynamism
8 Oct · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Rosemary CollierNZSM Orchestra serves composers well, with a star cello soloist
5 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorCourageous Wellington Youth Orchestra tackles enterprising programme amid space difficulties
29 Jul · Wellington Town Hall · Rosemary CollierFine Choral Symphony from Wellington Youth Orchestra, but where’s the audience?
8 Feb · Wellington Town Hall · Peter MechenYouthful brilliance from the NZSO National Youth Orchestra
11 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorWellington Youth Sinfonietta paves the way to orchestral careers
21 Oct · Wellington Town Hall · Peter MechenMusic-making with virtuosity, beauty and energy at Wellington Youth Orchestra’s last 2012 outing
12 Aug · Wellington Town Hall · Peter MechenYoung musicians’ mid-winter warm-up with Mozart and Rachmaninov
4 Jul · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Rosemary CollierFine touring youth orchestra from California victim of certain difficulties
3 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis TaylorHighly enterprising concert from School of Music Orchestra
17 Feb · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary CollierSplendid concert from the summer sessions of the National Youth Orchestra
3 Oct · Wellington Town Hall · Lindis TaylorA Happy Few hear well-balanced concert from Wellington Youth Orchestra
3 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter MechenNZSO NYO 2011 – “Tomorrow’s Sounds” already heart-warming strains