Past Events
NZSO SHED SERIES - KABARETT
WGN, 13 Nov
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Eisler Kleine Sinfonie
Simon Eastwood Quanta
Weill arr. Bruckner-Ruggerberg Suite from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Satie arr. Debussy Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3
Schreker Kammersymphonie
Orchestra Wellington
Sunday 15 November
Serenade for Strings - ANTONIN DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto - JENNIFER HIGDON
Amalia Hall
Symphony No. 1 - RACHMANINOFF
Wednesday 18th November 2020
St Anne’s Anglican Church, Northland Wellington
Lunchtime concert 12:15-1:00pm
Jake Church and Michelle Velvin
Harp and Guitar Duo
Orchestra Wellington
RNZB Season - Sleeping Beauty
29 Oct - 7 Nov
NEW DATE: 17th OCTOBER, 3:00pm
Kapiti Performing Arts Centre
Kapiti Concert Orchestra
Kapiti Concert orchestra is delighted to announce that we will hold a concert at the new Kapiti Performing Arts Centre 'Te Raukura' on Saturday August 15th. On the programme we have Dvorak New World symphony , a classic favourite , Ritchie's Papanui Road Overture and works by Franchi , another NZ composer, featuring the viola, harmonica (with local Coral Trimmer) and harp.
Orchestra Wellington
Sat 17 Oct
Subs 5 – Rachmaninoff 3: Melancholy
Rachmaninoff Symphony 3
Sunday 4th October
Private Event
Saturday 3 October
Orchestra Wellington
Subs. 1
Rachmaninoff The Bells
Faure Requiem
NEW DATE: 26 SEPTEMBER
Orchestra Wellington
Subs. 4
Psathas Three Psalms
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Wednesday September 23rd
St Andrews on the Terrace
Lunchtime Concert
Jake Church and Michelle Velvin
Harp and Guitar
CANCELLED
NZSO PODIUM SERIES - INSPIRATION
WLG, 18 Sep | AKL, 25 Sep
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor
Augustin Hadelich Violin
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Debussy Images Pour Orchestre, II. Ibéria
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
Wednesday 19 August
2020, 12:15 - 1:00pm
Harp and Guitar,
Michelle Velvin and Jake Church
Hutt City Lunchtime concert series
St Marks Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Koha entry
CANCELLED
Friday 14th August
Private Event
CANCELLED
Tuesday 18th August
Private Event
Sunday 19 July
2:00 - 3:00pm
Friends of Pātaka Winter Music Series
Peter Maunder Trombone and Michelle Velvin Harp
The programme will exploit the unusual combination, the differences and surprising compatibilities of the 2 instruments. A unique feature will be that we are both performing composers and will include our own works in the programme.
Saturday 25 July
Orchestra Wellington
Subs. 3
NEW DATE:
Sunday 26 July 2:00pm
2020
Performance of SOUNZ Community Commission
Auckland Harp Orchestra
Blockhouse Bay Primary school hall
Auckland
Sunday 21 June
NZSO @ Te Papa
The NZSO is now proud to present a selection of the music from our online concerts Realising Beethoven, Play Our Part and Shed Series, performed live across several locations in Te Papa.
Friday 26 June
Ngū Kīoro… Harikoa Ake – Celebrating Togetherness
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington City Council invite you to join us at the Michael Fowler Centre on Friday 26 June for a FREE live concert.
Ngū Kīoro… Harikoa Ake is a celebration of the enormous effort New Zealanders made to protect the vulnerable and eliminate COVID-19.
Classical on Cuba June 28-29
Hanging Ditch
Trombone and Harp
Saturday 27 June : 14:15pm
Songs without Words", Baroque to Blues
Peter Maunder, trombone & Michelle Velvin, harp
Suite
Sunday 28 June, 12:30, 13:45
Peter Maunder, trombone & Michelle Velvin, harp
"Songs without Words", Baroque to Blues at Suite
At 1154 Pasteria
Saturday 27 June: 3:30 and 4:45
Peter Maunder, trombone & Michelle Velvin, harp
Repertoire: "Songs without Words", Baroque to Blues
CANCELLED
NZSO PODIUM SERIES -
24 Jul | AKL, 25 Jul
Marin Alsop Conductor
Anna Clyne Night Ferry
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
CANCELLED
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
June 2020
Friday 1 May 2020
Shed Series - Speed
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Curated by Principal conductor in Residence, Hamish McKeich, Shed Series – Speed is an exciting, fast paced concert for your Friday night.
PROGRAMME
Mark Carter, Sub-principal Trumpet
Britten, 'Fanfare for St Edmondsbury'
Leonard Sakofsky, Section Principal Percussion
Thomas Guldborg, Associate Principal Percussion
Sam Rich, Sub-principal Percussion
Larry Reese, Section Principal Timpani
Cage, 'Living Room Music' I. 'To Begin'
Leonard Sakofsky, Section Principal Percussion
Thomas Guldborg, Associate Principal Percussion
Sam Rich, Sub-principal Percussion
Larry Reese, Section Principal Timpani
Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Bruce McKinnon, 'Flight of the Bumblebee'
Leonard Sakofsky, Section Principal Percussion
Thomas Guldborg, Associate Principal Percussion
Sam Rich, Sub-principal Percussion
Joe Tompkins, '_Trio in Rudimental Style _'
Carolyn Mills, Section Principal Harp
Michelle Velvin, 'Bones'
Andrew Thomson, Section Principal Second Violin
R. Strauss arr. Jenö Hubay, 'Morgen'
Johannes Moser, Guest Cello
Andrew Joyce, Section Principal Cello
Ken Ichinose, Associate Principal Cello
Rowan Prior, Cello
Gareth Farr, 'Ascent'
Bridget Douglas, Section Principal Flute
Carolyn Mills, Section Principal Harp
David Long, Electronics
David Long, 'Needing a Long Long Walk'
CANCELLED
Sunday 26 April 2020, 2:00pm
Michelle Velvin Solo Harp Recital
Futuna Chapel
Michelle Velvin returns to Futuna Chapel to perform a harp recital with an eclectic mix of music, featuring contemporary scores and classics to complement the sonorous and colourful architecture of the chapel.
$10 per person
Tickets obtained at the door or prior from www.dashtickets.co.nz
CANCELLED
Thursday 16th April 2020,
8:00pm
WJC presents The Lucien Johnson Quintet
@
The Third Eye - Tuatara's Temple of Taste
Local luminary Lucien Johnson leads a new quintet and an all new repertoire of music for his first major concert since returning from New York as an Arts Foundation Fellow. Lucien will be exploring original musical territory, drawing inspiration from impressionist composers, transcendent jazz soloists and intimate local landscapes. He is joined on this quest by Nicky Wuts (vibraphone), Michelle Velvin (harp), Tom Callwood (double bass) and Cory Champion (drums).
POSTPONED
Orchestra Wellington
Sat 4 April
Subs 1 2020 - Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Faure Requiem
Rachmaninov The Bells
CANCELLED
Sunday 5 April 2020
Wellington Chamber Orchestra Concert
3:00pm
St Andrew's on the Terrace
Shostakovich No. 5
CANCELLED
Wednesday 1 April 2020, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Duo Eolienne - Saxophone and Harp
Lunchtime concert
St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington
A lunchtime concert to introduce the sonorous and meditative sound world of music for Harp and Saxophone.
Genevieve Davidson saxophone and Michelle Velvin harp.
Koha entry
CANCELLED
Thursday 26 March
Private Event
March 2020
NZSO
Realising Beethoven
Palmerston North, Tauranga, Hamilton
Sunday 8 March
Newtown Festival 2020
Tangata Whenua Stage 3:50pm
Mara TK is presenting a very special Wellington premiere of new waiata, alongside harpist Michelle Velvin and drummer Cory Champion. This was first performed as part of NZ Music Month series at the Auckland Museum earlier in 2019. Catch him on the Tangata Whenua Stage (hospital end of Riddiford Street), kindly supported by Atiawa Toa FM and Te Upoko o Te Ika Radio, at Newtown Festival 2020.
Thursday 5th March
Private Event
Saturday 15 February
Private event
Thursday 6 February
Waitangi Park Event
Wellington
2019
Saturday 14 December, 7:00pm
Noël - Sounds of Christmas
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Sunday 8 December, 4:00pm
Duo Eolienne - Windward at Breaker Bay
Breaker Bay Community Hall
29 November 2019
Private event
Houstoun/Triumph!
Orchestra Wellington
Saturday 30 November
Programme:
Barber Piano Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No 8
NZSO Resurrection
22-23 November
Friday 15 November, 7:00pm
SMP Concert
New World, New Beginnings
St Andrews on the Terrace
Saturday 16 November
Duo Eolienne
@
Southern Cross Bar
4:00pm - 6:00pm
6-9 November
Hansel and Gretel
Royal New Zealand Ballet
Friday 1 November, 7:00pm
A Pacific Symphony
Wednesday 30 October, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Hutt City Lunchtime Concerts
Harp Recital - Michelle Velvin
St Marks Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Koha entry
17-24 October
NZSO
PODIUM SERIES - TE MĀPOURIKI
Tuesday October 8
Private Event
Friday October 4, 7:30pm
NZSM Orchestra Concert
St Andrews on the Terrace
Saturday 5 October 2019
Private event
Sunday 22 September
Reflections
7:00pm - 8:15pm
St Peters on Willis
Tuesday September 24
Private event
Thursday 19 September, 7:30pm
Stroma
Sonic Portraits
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery
An evening of intimate chamber music, with five exciting composers from NZ and overseas, in the beautiful surroundings of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. With guest soloists French cello virtuoso Séverine Ballon and Wellington-based taonga puoro legend Alistair Fraser, this concert also features the evocative masterwork Rain Coming by legendary Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.
FEATURING
Séverine Ballon (cello)
Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro)
Hamish McKeich (conductor)
PROGRAMME
Salina Fisher • Kingfisher (NZ premiere)
Rebecca Saunders • Ire (NZ premiere)
Liza Lim • An Ocean Beyond Earth (NZ premiere)
Ashley Fure • Soma (NZ premiere)
Alistair Fraser & Simon Eastwood • New Work (world premiere)
Toru Takemitsu • Water Ways
NZSO Transfiguration
September 6-14
Saturday 17th August
Duo Eolienne
@
Southern Cross Garden Bar and Restaurant
The Arvo Show
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Join us for our weekend unwind!
Saturday 24 August, 2:00pm
Bach Choir of Wellington
American Portraits
Friday 9 August
Private event
Thursday 1st August 2019
STROMA
Voices of the World
Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestra Wellington
Friday 2 August
Programme:
Debussy L’Isle joyeuse
Barber Cello Concerto
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
19th - 21st July 2019
NZSM Opera Season
Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi
Sunday 30 June - 2:30pm
Wellington Chamber Orchestra
St Andrews on the Terrace, Wgtn.
NZSO National Youth Orchestra
Wellington Friday July 5th
Auckland Saturday July 6th
James Judd, Conductor
New Zealand Youth Choir - David Squire, Music Director
Catherine Carby, Mezzo-soprano
Glen Downie, 2019 NYO Composer-in-Residence Work (World premiere)
Tuirina Wehi arr. Robert Wiremu, Waerenga-a-Hika
Sibelius, The Oceanides, Op. 73
Elgar, The Music Makers, Op. 69
Friday 14 June
Private Event
Jupiter
Orchestra Wellington
Saturday 25 May
Programme:
Mozart Symphony No. 41 K.551, C major Jupiter
Bruckner Symphony No 8 (1890)
Tuesday 21 May
NZSM Orchestra concert
Tuesday 14 May
Private event
Friday 17 May
Private event
Saturday 18 May, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Duo Eolienne
@
Southern Cross
Genevieve Davidson (saxophone) and Michelle Velvin (harp)
Saturday 18 May
Years Gone By
Venue: Meow, Wellington
Wednesday 1 May
Private event
Monday 6 May
LIVE at the Museum (Auckland)
feat. Mara TK and Hollie Smith
Harp to Harp -
A Baby Harp Salon
St Barnabas Church, Roseneath
8 May session - inquire for details
Sunday 28 April, 2:00pm
Futuna Chapel
Colours of Futuna concert
Michelle Velvin & Antonia Barnett-Mcintosh
Symphonie Fantastique
Orchestra Wellington
Friday 12 April
Programme: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz Lelio
16 April
Duo Eolienne
Private event
Wednesday 20 March
Harp to Harp -
A Baby Harp Salon
Lucid Dreambike event
21-23 March
Details TBC
23 March
Private event
Saturday 16 March,
4:00pm
RIPPLES of SOUND
Island Bay Presbyterian Church, 88 the Parade
A concert full of dynamic and contrasting music for flute, saxophone and harp! Join us as we explore rippling textures and sonic landscapes.
Thursday 7 March
Private event
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 14 February, 8:00pm
Auckland Town Hall
Wagner Die Meistersinger: Overture
Thomas Adès Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Saturday 23 February 2019
Private Event
NZSO Shed Series - Rebirth
TSB Auditorium (Shed 6), Queens Wharf, Wellington
Friday 8 February
7:30pm
Programme: Body Fanfare for Bert
Milhaud La Création du Monde
JS Bach Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011, I. Prelude
Arvo Pärt Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte ...
(If Bach had been a Beekeeper)
JS Bach Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004,
III. Sarabande, IV. Gigue
Ellington/Peress Black, Brown and Beige Suite
Sunday 27 January 2019
Private event
Saturday 2 February 2019
Private event
2018
Sunday 9 December
Wellington Chamber Orchestra
2:30pm St. Andrews on The Terrace
Finzi – Fall of the Leaf
Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto
Stanford – Symphony No.3 in F minor “The Irish”
Saturday 15 December
Noël - Sounds of Christmas
Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert
7:00pm, 15 December
St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington
Come along for an evening of contemporary and traditional carols hosted by the Metropolitan Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra.Get your seasonal jingle on with a feast of well known carols and some new contemporary settings hosted by the Metropolitan Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra. This year's concert also includes a new commission by Wellington composer Luka Venter.
Monday 26 November
Private event
Wednesday 5 December, 10:30am - 11:30am
Harp to Harp - A Baby Harp Salon
(Enquire for details - limited space)
9-10 November
NZSO
Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Wednesday 17 October
NZSO Concert for Kids
10.30am–12.45pm, Te Marae, Level 4, Te Papa
Jump up and down, listen to musical stories,and get up close with the instruments of the orchestra.
Bring your little ones for a thrilling NZSO orchestral experience. With excerpts from the William Tell Overture, the famous can-can, and much more there’s something to bring out the child in us all.
Recommended for ages 2–6.
Friday 19 October
Private event
STROMA VOX FEM
Thursday 25 OCTOBER 2018, 7:30PM - 9:00PM,
HANNAH PLAYHOUSE, WELLINGTON
Join us to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, in this concert of dynamic and diverse new works by women composers from New Zealand and Australia.
Stroma will perform the music of Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Sarah Ballard, Alison Isadora, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Eve de Castro-Robinson and Lisa Illeanin a high-octane cross-genre and cross-cultural collaboration with leading jazz octet The Jac, soprano Barbara Paterson, and a quartet of players of traditional Indian instruments.
Saturday 27 October
Orchestra Wellington
The River
The Moldau, BEDŘICH SMETANA
Piano Concerto no.1, BÉLA BARTÓK
Symphony No. 8, ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Tuesday 2 October
NZSM Orchestra: Three Centuries
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
St Andrews on the Terrace
Programme:
Bartok Violin Concerto #2
Michael Norris Claro
Bruckner Finale (4th movement) from Symphony #8
Sunday 7 October
Private event
Sunday 14 October
Suffrage Songs Recomposed
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Hannah Playhouse
Celebrating women in music in Aotearoa, this concert sees nine female composers and songwriters take suffrage songs from the 1890s and haul them into the modern day. Various singers will be joined by instrumental, electronic and taonga puoro musicians to perform re-imaginings of these politically trailblazing texts.
NZSO
Classical hits
6 SEP 2018 - 22 SEP 2018
CANCELLED: Sunday 2 September, 2:30pm
NZ HARP DUO
Kapiti Playhouse
Wednesday 29 August
Stroma
Iconic Sonics
WED 29 AUGUST 2018, 7:30PM - 9:00PM, CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON, WELLINGTON
PROGRAMME
György Ligeti • Ramifications
Kaija Saariaho • New Gates
Iannis Xenakis • Aroura
Reuben Jelleyman • Designs
Witold Lutoslawski • Chain I
CANCELLED: Sunday 26 August, 4:00pm
NZ HARP DUO
Moon Bar, Newtown
Saturday 18 August
Hutt Winter Festival
Dowse Square, Laings Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington Region
Thursday 9 August
NZSM + Big Band
An American in Wellington
9 August 2018 from 7.30 pm - 9.15 pmMichael Fowler Centre
Saturday 4 August, 7:30pm
Hawke's Bay Orchestra
WINTER CONCERT WEEKEND AT NAPIER CATHEDRAL
Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
(soprano soloist: Lisa Harper-Brown)
Saturday 14 July
Songs of Moana
Orchestra Wellington
Sunday 8 July
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
Songs of Moana
23 - 30 June
NZ Opera, The Elixir of Love
Tickets here
Saturday & Sunday 9 & 10 June
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
Guitar Extravaganza
Saturday 26 May
NZSM Orchestra Concert
Duruflé Requiem
26 May 2018 from 7.30 pm - 9.30pm
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
$15/$30 from Ticketek
Friday 20 April
Private solo harp concert
Tuesday 17 April
NZSM Orchestra Concert
17 April 2018 from 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm St Andrews on the Terrace
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Brahms Tragic Overture
Lilburn Suite for Orchestra
Debussy Nocturnes 1&2
Wednesday 11 April 2018, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Duo Eolienne
(Saxophone and Harp)
St. Andrews on the Terrace lunchtime concert
A lunchtime concert to introduce the sonorous and meditative sound world of music for Harp and Saxophone, including music by William Alwyn, Yusef A. Lateef, Erik Satie and Claude Debussy.
Programme:
Beau Soir, Claude Debussy, arr. for saxophone and harp by Duo Eolienne
Romance for saxophone and harp, Yusef Lateef
Gnossienne 1-3, Erik Satie
Tuesday 10 April
WHO Concert
(Private venue)
Saturday 31 March
Wedding
Wednesday 28 May
NZSO An Animated Orchestra
Saturday 24 March, 7:00pm
Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music
SMP Ensemble Mosaic
SMP Ensemble's first concert for 2018. Featuring work by students and graduates of the New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī. Including scores and improvisations for large ensemble, electroacoustic, and installation and more-
Koha on the door
Thursday 15 March
NZ Festival
Anne Sofie von Otter
Franz Schubert
Overture to Rosamunde
Rosamunde: “Der Vollmond Strahlt”
“Die Forelle” (orch. Britten)
“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (orch. Reger)
“Im Abendrot” (orch. Reger)
“An Silvia” (orch. Anon)
“Erlkönig” (orch. Reger)
Alexander Zemlinsky
Die Seejungfrau (Fantasie für Orchester)
Sunday 21 January 2018
Theosophical Society Convention
2017
Tuesday December 12
Wellington Harp Orchestra Concert
Thursday December 14
Sol3 Mio - Christmas On The Harbour
Sunday 10 December, 2:30pm
Wellington Chamber Orchestra
St Andrew's on The Terrace
Wednesday 6 December, 2017
Noël - A Celebration of Christmas
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill St Wellington
Saturday 2 December, 2:00pm
Tawa Orchestra Concert
The Best Of Broadway
Tawa College Hall,
38 Duncan St, Tawa
Programme:
The Gypsy Baron Overture
Johann Strauss II
Symphony No. 1 in C Major Beethoven
Die Fledermaus Overture –
Johann Strauss II
Orchestral arrangements by Thomas Nikora
Saturday 25 November
NZSO @ Te Papa
Saturday, 25 November @ 11:00am
Symphonic Boogi
Saturday, 25 November @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Pop-up Carol Choir Workshop
Saturday, 25 November @ 3:00pm
Christmas Carols with the NZSO and the Pop-up Carol Choir
Saturday 18 November 4:00pm
Kapati Concert Orchestra Concert
St Pauls Church, Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu
Conductor: Ken Young
Programme:
Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture
Debussy: Rhapsodies for Alto Sax and Orchestra with Reuben Chin
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite 1 Op 46
Interval
Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Milhaud: Scaramouche with Reuben Chin
Sibelius: Finlandia
Thursday 16 November
Stroma - Spectral Electric
7:30 - 9:00pm City Gallery, Wellington
PROGRAMME:
Kaija Saariaho Cendres for alto flute, cello and piano
Salvatore Sciarrino Fauno che fischia a un Merlo for flute and harp
Annea Lockwood Immersion for 3 percussion
Luigi Ceccarelli Respiri for prepared horn and electronics
Kaija Saariaho Ciel Étoilé for double bass and percussion
Michael Norris Sygyt for ensemble, throat-singer, and electronics
Saturday 28 October
Private function
Thursday 12 October
Duo Eolienne at Ceramicus 2017 - Opening Night
Wednesday 11 October
Solo harp performance
(Private venue)
NZSM Orchestra: Pictures
Sacred Heart Cathedral, 24 Hill St, Thorndon, Wellington
Tuesday 3 October 2017 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Tuesday 26 September
Wellington Harp Orchestra performance
(Private venue)
Duo Eolienne (recording)
September 24 (Meanwhile Gallery) and September 27 (Adam Art Gallery)
INVITATION TO THE DANCE
ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON
SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM
MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE, WELLINGTON
MIDNIGHT Friday 1 September
NZ Harp Duo COMPOSITION COMPETITION entries DUE
Saturday 19 August, 7pm
Adventure & Fantasy
NZ Harp Duo at St Peters, Willis Street, Wellington
Prepare to experience a unique mix of sounds as we perform contemporary and classical harp music.This concert series presents a programme of music inspired by the theme "Adventure and Fantasy".
Our programme includes music by Georges Bizet, Bernard Andres, Caroline Charriere, Gabriel Fauré and Andy Akiho.
Tickets from Eventfinder
General Admission: $25.00
Senior Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $15.00
Child Admission: $5.00
Sunday 20 August, 2:30pm
Adventure & Fantasy
NZ Harp Duo at Paekakariki Memorial Hall
Prepare to experience a unique mix of sounds as we perform contemporary and classical harp music.This concert series presents a programme of music inspired by the theme "Adventure and Fantasy".
Our programme includes music by Georges Bizet, Bernard Andres, Caroline Charriere, Gabriel Fauré and Andy Akiho.
Tickets from Eventfinder
General Admission: $25.00
Senior Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $15.00
Child Admission: $5.00
Sunday August 13, 2:30pm
Adventure & Fantasy
NZ Harp Duo at St James, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Prepare to experience a unique mix of sounds as we perform contemporary and classical harp music.This concert series presents a programme of music inspired by the theme "Adventure and Fantasy".
Our programme includes music by Georges Bizet, Bernard Andres, Caroline Charriere, Gabriel Fauré and Andy Akiho.
Tickets from Eventfinder
General Admission: $25.00
Senior Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $15.00
Child Admission: $5.00
Wednesday August 2, 6pm - 7pm approx.
NZ Harp Duo at The Third Eye
On the first Wednesday of every month, The Third Eye and Chamber Music New Zealand present Classical Sessions, featuring some of NZ’s finest and funnest classical musicians getting together over a pint or two and making music.
For koha entry, you can pop down after work, grab a beer, chat to friends, and enjoy classical music in a chilled out, 'lax setting.
The NZ Harp Duo will be performing Le Jardin des Paons by Bernard Andres and Two Bridges by Andy Akiho
Friday June 2, 12:45pm - 1:15pm, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Duo Eolienne (saxophone and harp)
Genevieve Davidson and Michelle Velvin
Thank God it's Friday! Celebrate the end of the working week with music in the beautiful Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. Recitals commence at 12.45pm and last no longer than 30 minutes. Entry is by a suggested donation of $10.
Programme:
Cafe 1930, Astor Piazzolla
Gnossiennes, Erik Satie
Swing No. 1, Jacques Bondon
Sunday 30 April, 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo at St James, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
This concert series has an "Around the World" theme with many different colours and flavours.
Our programme includes two amazing New Zealand compositions by young NZ composers, Adam Bow and Rakuto Kurano, who were the winners of the 2016 NZ Harp Duo Composition Competition.
Our programme:
Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky (excerpts)
Fast Dances, Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Las Tres Damas, arr. by Alyssa Reit
Song in the Night, Carlos Salzedo
Adam Bow, Anri's Lullaby
Rakuto Kurano, Angelic Glow
Souvenir du Nord, John Thomas
Six Épigraphes antiques: No. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, Claude Debussy
Saturday 22 April, 7pm
NZ Harp Duo at St Peters, Willis Street, Wellington
This concert series has an "Around the World" theme with many different colours and flavours.
Our programme includes two amazing New Zealand compositions by young NZ composers, Adam Bow and Rakuto Kurano, who were the winners of the 2016 NZ Harp Duo Composition Competition.
Our programme:
Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky (excerpts)
Fast Dances, Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Las Tres Damas, arr. by Alyssa Reit
Song in the Night, Carlos Salzedo
Adam Bow, Anri's Lullaby
Rakuto Kurano, Angelic Glow
Souvenir du Nord, John Thomas
Six Épigraphes antiques: No. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, Claude Debussy
Wednesday April 12, 12:15-1pm
NZ Harp Duo lunchtime concert at St Andrews on the Terrace
Programme includes:
Chanson dans la nuit Song in the Night, Carlos Salzedo
Souvenir du Nord, John Thomas
Traditional Manx Music, arr. Charles Guard
Fast Dances, Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Las Tres Damas, Venezuelan Folktune
Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky (excerpts)
Sunday April 9, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo at Futuna Chapel Open Day
As part of the Futuna Chapel open day the NZ Harp Duo will be performing an exciting programme!
11.30am -12.00pm Guided tour of the Chapel
12.00pm - 1.30pm Lunch and Public Access
1.30pm - 2.30pm Concert: The NZ Harp Duo
3.00pm - 4.00pm Public Talk: 'Extreme Conservation" - 20 years of conservation work in the Ross Sea area of Antarctica
Entry by Koha
Eugene Onegin
2017 SUMMER SEASON OF OPERA IN A DAYS BAY GARDEN
February 15th, 17th & 19th at 7.15pm
Book here
Christmas On the Harbour With Sol3 Mio and Guests!
Waitangi Park, 107 Cable St, Wellington
Thursday 15 December 2016 7:00pm
Counsel In Concert - A Celebration of Shakespeare In Music
St Andrews on the Terrace
Tuesday 13 December 2016 12:15pm and 5:30pm
Duo VAARP
Laura Barton (Violin) and Michelle Velvin
2016 Pettman ROSL Arts Chamber Music Scholarship
DAY OF AUDITIONS
Friday 25 November 10am – noon, 2pm – 4pm
Philip Carter Family Concert Hall
The Piano, Centre for Music and the Arts, Christchurch
Admission: gold coin for “The Piano”
Friday October 28, 12:45pm-1:15pm
St. Pauls Cathedral Lunchtime Concert- Saxophone and Harp
DUO EOLIENNE: Genevieve Davidson and Michelle Velvin
This is a friday lunchtime concert at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul as part of their concert series. Please come along and hear modern works transcribed for saxophone and harp. Recitals commence at 12.45pm and last no longer than 30 minutes. Entry is by a suggested donation of $10.
Little Suite for Oboe and Harp by William Alwyn
Danse Lente by Joseph Jongen
Rumanische Volkstanze by Bela Bartok
Entracte by Jacques Ibert
Les Berceaux by Gabriel Faure
Sunday 16 October 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo in Concert
St. James Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
The programme includes:
Preludes 3 & 4 for deux harps, Marcel Tournier
Scorpion Tales for two harps, Robert Paterson
La Ragazza, Bernard Andres
Le Jardin, Bernard Andres
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy trans. Carlos Salzedo
Sunday 9 October 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo in Concert
Paekakariki Memorial Hall
The programme includes:
Preludes 3 & 4 for deux harps, Marcel Tournier
Scorpion Tales for two harps, Robert Paterson
La Ragazza, Bernard Andres
Le Jardin, Bernard Andres
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy trans. Carlos Salzedo
Saturday 8 October 7pm
NZ Harp Duo in Concert
St. Peters on Willis, Willis Street Wellington
The programme includes:
Preludes 3 & 4 for deux harps, Marcel Tournier
Scorpion Tales for two harps, Robert Paterson
La Ragazza, Bernard Andres
Le Jardin, Bernard Andres
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy trans. Carlos Salzedo
Sunday 11 September 2016
'Music of The Low Countries'
St Teresa's Church, 301 Karori Rd, Karori, Wellington
2:00pm – 4:00pm
MIDNIGHT August 19
NZ Harp Duo COMPOSITION COMPETITION entries DUE
August-September
G & S Light Opera, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar
http://www.gns.org.nz/
Southward Theatre, Kapiti,
Sat. 27 August, 4:00pm; Sun. 28 August, 2:00pm
Wellington Opera House, Fri. 2, Sat. 3 September, 7:30pm
Napier Municipal Theatre, Sat. 17 September, 4:00pm
Regent, Palmerston North, Sat. 24 September, 4:00pm
July 13-18
Attending Catrin Finch Harp Academy
Cardiff, Wales
Tuesday 28 June
Duo Eolienne
Old St. Pauls Lunchtime Concert- Saxophone and Harp
Genevieve Davidson and Michelle Velvin
Sunday 12 June, 2.30pm
NZ Harp Duo
St James Church, Lower Hutt
http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/venue/the-anglican-parish-of-lower-hutt-st-james
Thursday 2 June
NZ Harp Duo
Pataka Matariki Celebration at Pataka, 17 Parumoana St, Porirua
Wednesday 1 June
NZ Harp Duo
Classical Music Session at the Third Eye, 30 Arthur St, Wellington
Saturday 28 May, 7.00pm
NZ Harp Duo
St Peters on Willis, Willis St, Wellington
http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/venue/st-peters-church-wellington
Sunday 22 May, 2.30pm
NZ Harp Duo
Southwards Car Museum Auditorium, Paraparaumu
http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/nz-harp-duo/paraparaumu
NZSO SHED SERIES - KABARETT
WGN, 13 Nov
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Eisler Kleine Sinfonie
Simon Eastwood Quanta
Weill arr. Bruckner-Ruggerberg Suite from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Satie arr. Debussy Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3
Schreker Kammersymphonie
Orchestra Wellington
Sunday 15 November
Serenade for Strings - ANTONIN DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto - JENNIFER HIGDON
Amalia Hall
Symphony No. 1 - RACHMANINOFF
Wednesday 18th November 2020
St Anne’s Anglican Church, Northland Wellington
Lunchtime concert 12:15-1:00pm
Jake Church and Michelle Velvin
Harp and Guitar Duo
Orchestra Wellington
RNZB Season - Sleeping Beauty
29 Oct - 7 Nov
NEW DATE: 17th OCTOBER, 3:00pm
Kapiti Performing Arts Centre
Kapiti Concert Orchestra
Kapiti Concert orchestra is delighted to announce that we will hold a concert at the new Kapiti Performing Arts Centre 'Te Raukura' on Saturday August 15th. On the programme we have Dvorak New World symphony , a classic favourite , Ritchie's Papanui Road Overture and works by Franchi , another NZ composer, featuring the viola, harmonica (with local Coral Trimmer) and harp.
Orchestra Wellington
Sat 17 Oct
Subs 5 – Rachmaninoff 3: Melancholy
Rachmaninoff Symphony 3
Sunday 4th October
Private Event
Saturday 3 October
Orchestra Wellington
Subs. 1
Rachmaninoff The Bells
Faure Requiem
NEW DATE: 26 SEPTEMBER
Orchestra Wellington
Subs. 4
Psathas Three Psalms
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Wednesday September 23rd
St Andrews on the Terrace
Lunchtime Concert
Jake Church and Michelle Velvin
Harp and Guitar
CANCELLED
NZSO PODIUM SERIES - INSPIRATION
WLG, 18 Sep | AKL, 25 Sep
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor
Augustin Hadelich Violin
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Debussy Images Pour Orchestre, II. Ibéria
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
Wednesday 19 August
2020, 12:15 - 1:00pm
Harp and Guitar,
Michelle Velvin and Jake Church
Hutt City Lunchtime concert series
St Marks Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Koha entry
CANCELLED
Friday 14th August
Private Event
CANCELLED
Tuesday 18th August
Private Event
Sunday 19 July
2:00 - 3:00pm
Friends of Pātaka Winter Music Series
Peter Maunder Trombone and Michelle Velvin Harp
The programme will exploit the unusual combination, the differences and surprising compatibilities of the 2 instruments. A unique feature will be that we are both performing composers and will include our own works in the programme.
Saturday 25 July
Orchestra Wellington
Subs. 3
NEW DATE:
Sunday 26 July 2:00pm
2020
Performance of SOUNZ Community Commission
Auckland Harp Orchestra
Blockhouse Bay Primary school hall
Auckland
Sunday 21 June
NZSO @ Te Papa
The NZSO is now proud to present a selection of the music from our online concerts Realising Beethoven, Play Our Part and Shed Series, performed live across several locations in Te Papa.
Friday 26 June
Ngū Kīoro… Harikoa Ake – Celebrating Togetherness
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington City Council invite you to join us at the Michael Fowler Centre on Friday 26 June for a FREE live concert.
Ngū Kīoro… Harikoa Ake is a celebration of the enormous effort New Zealanders made to protect the vulnerable and eliminate COVID-19.
Classical on Cuba June 28-29
Hanging Ditch
Trombone and Harp
Saturday 27 June : 14:15pm
Songs without Words", Baroque to Blues
Peter Maunder, trombone & Michelle Velvin, harp
Suite
Sunday 28 June, 12:30, 13:45
Peter Maunder, trombone & Michelle Velvin, harp
"Songs without Words", Baroque to Blues at Suite
At 1154 Pasteria
Saturday 27 June: 3:30 and 4:45
Peter Maunder, trombone & Michelle Velvin, harp
Repertoire: "Songs without Words", Baroque to Blues
CANCELLED
NZSO PODIUM SERIES -
24 Jul | AKL, 25 Jul
Marin Alsop Conductor
Anna Clyne Night Ferry
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
CANCELLED
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
June 2020
Friday 1 May 2020
Shed Series - Speed
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Curated by Principal conductor in Residence, Hamish McKeich, Shed Series – Speed is an exciting, fast paced concert for your Friday night.
PROGRAMME
Mark Carter, Sub-principal Trumpet
Britten, 'Fanfare for St Edmondsbury'
Leonard Sakofsky, Section Principal Percussion
Thomas Guldborg, Associate Principal Percussion
Sam Rich, Sub-principal Percussion
Larry Reese, Section Principal Timpani
Cage, 'Living Room Music' I. 'To Begin'
Leonard Sakofsky, Section Principal Percussion
Thomas Guldborg, Associate Principal Percussion
Sam Rich, Sub-principal Percussion
Larry Reese, Section Principal Timpani
Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Bruce McKinnon, 'Flight of the Bumblebee'
Leonard Sakofsky, Section Principal Percussion
Thomas Guldborg, Associate Principal Percussion
Sam Rich, Sub-principal Percussion
Joe Tompkins, '_Trio in Rudimental Style _'
Carolyn Mills, Section Principal Harp
Michelle Velvin, 'Bones'
Andrew Thomson, Section Principal Second Violin
R. Strauss arr. Jenö Hubay, 'Morgen'
Johannes Moser, Guest Cello
Andrew Joyce, Section Principal Cello
Ken Ichinose, Associate Principal Cello
Rowan Prior, Cello
Gareth Farr, 'Ascent'
Bridget Douglas, Section Principal Flute
Carolyn Mills, Section Principal Harp
David Long, Electronics
David Long, 'Needing a Long Long Walk'
CANCELLED
Sunday 26 April 2020, 2:00pm
Michelle Velvin Solo Harp Recital
Futuna Chapel
Michelle Velvin returns to Futuna Chapel to perform a harp recital with an eclectic mix of music, featuring contemporary scores and classics to complement the sonorous and colourful architecture of the chapel.
$10 per person
Tickets obtained at the door or prior from www.dashtickets.co.nz
CANCELLED
Thursday 16th April 2020,
8:00pm
WJC presents The Lucien Johnson Quintet
@
The Third Eye - Tuatara's Temple of Taste
Local luminary Lucien Johnson leads a new quintet and an all new repertoire of music for his first major concert since returning from New York as an Arts Foundation Fellow. Lucien will be exploring original musical territory, drawing inspiration from impressionist composers, transcendent jazz soloists and intimate local landscapes. He is joined on this quest by Nicky Wuts (vibraphone), Michelle Velvin (harp), Tom Callwood (double bass) and Cory Champion (drums).
POSTPONED
Orchestra Wellington
Sat 4 April
Subs 1 2020 - Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Faure Requiem
Rachmaninov The Bells
CANCELLED
Sunday 5 April 2020
Wellington Chamber Orchestra Concert
3:00pm
St Andrew's on the Terrace
Shostakovich No. 5
CANCELLED
Wednesday 1 April 2020, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Duo Eolienne - Saxophone and Harp
Lunchtime concert
St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington
A lunchtime concert to introduce the sonorous and meditative sound world of music for Harp and Saxophone.
Genevieve Davidson saxophone and Michelle Velvin harp.
Koha entry
CANCELLED
Thursday 26 March
Private Event
March 2020
NZSO
Realising Beethoven
Palmerston North, Tauranga, Hamilton
Sunday 8 March
Newtown Festival 2020
Tangata Whenua Stage 3:50pm
Mara TK is presenting a very special Wellington premiere of new waiata, alongside harpist Michelle Velvin and drummer Cory Champion. This was first performed as part of NZ Music Month series at the Auckland Museum earlier in 2019. Catch him on the Tangata Whenua Stage (hospital end of Riddiford Street), kindly supported by Atiawa Toa FM and Te Upoko o Te Ika Radio, at Newtown Festival 2020.
Thursday 5th March
Private Event
Saturday 15 February
Private event
Thursday 6 February
Waitangi Park Event
Wellington
2019
Saturday 14 December, 7:00pm
Noël - Sounds of Christmas
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Sunday 8 December, 4:00pm
Duo Eolienne - Windward at Breaker Bay
Breaker Bay Community Hall
29 November 2019
Private event
Houstoun/Triumph!
Orchestra Wellington
Saturday 30 November
Programme:
Barber Piano Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No 8
NZSO Resurrection
22-23 November
Friday 15 November, 7:00pm
SMP Concert
New World, New Beginnings
St Andrews on the Terrace
Saturday 16 November
Duo Eolienne
@
Southern Cross Bar
4:00pm - 6:00pm
6-9 November
Hansel and Gretel
Royal New Zealand Ballet
Friday 1 November, 7:00pm
A Pacific Symphony
Wednesday 30 October, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Hutt City Lunchtime Concerts
Harp Recital - Michelle Velvin
St Marks Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Koha entry
17-24 October
NZSO
PODIUM SERIES - TE MĀPOURIKI
Tuesday October 8
Private Event
Friday October 4, 7:30pm
NZSM Orchestra Concert
St Andrews on the Terrace
Saturday 5 October 2019
Private event
Sunday 22 September
Reflections
7:00pm - 8:15pm
St Peters on Willis
Tuesday September 24
Private event
Thursday 19 September, 7:30pm
Stroma
Sonic Portraits
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery
An evening of intimate chamber music, with five exciting composers from NZ and overseas, in the beautiful surroundings of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. With guest soloists French cello virtuoso Séverine Ballon and Wellington-based taonga puoro legend Alistair Fraser, this concert also features the evocative masterwork Rain Coming by legendary Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.
FEATURING
Séverine Ballon (cello)
Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro)
Hamish McKeich (conductor)
PROGRAMME
Salina Fisher • Kingfisher (NZ premiere)
Rebecca Saunders • Ire (NZ premiere)
Liza Lim • An Ocean Beyond Earth (NZ premiere)
Ashley Fure • Soma (NZ premiere)
Alistair Fraser & Simon Eastwood • New Work (world premiere)
Toru Takemitsu • Water Ways
NZSO Transfiguration
September 6-14
Saturday 17th August
Duo Eolienne
@
Southern Cross Garden Bar and Restaurant
The Arvo Show
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Join us for our weekend unwind!
Saturday 24 August, 2:00pm
Bach Choir of Wellington
American Portraits
Friday 9 August
Private event
Thursday 1st August 2019
STROMA
Voices of the World
Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestra Wellington
Friday 2 August
Programme:
Debussy L’Isle joyeuse
Barber Cello Concerto
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
19th - 21st July 2019
NZSM Opera Season
Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi
Sunday 30 June - 2:30pm
Wellington Chamber Orchestra
St Andrews on the Terrace, Wgtn.
NZSO National Youth Orchestra
Wellington Friday July 5th
Auckland Saturday July 6th
James Judd, Conductor
New Zealand Youth Choir - David Squire, Music Director
Catherine Carby, Mezzo-soprano
Glen Downie, 2019 NYO Composer-in-Residence Work (World premiere)
Tuirina Wehi arr. Robert Wiremu, Waerenga-a-Hika
Sibelius, The Oceanides, Op. 73
Elgar, The Music Makers, Op. 69
Friday 14 June
Private Event
Jupiter
Orchestra Wellington
Saturday 25 May
Programme:
Mozart Symphony No. 41 K.551, C major Jupiter
Bruckner Symphony No 8 (1890)
Tuesday 21 May
NZSM Orchestra concert
Tuesday 14 May
Private event
Friday 17 May
Private event
Saturday 18 May, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Duo Eolienne
@
Southern Cross
Genevieve Davidson (saxophone) and Michelle Velvin (harp)
Saturday 18 May
Years Gone By
Venue: Meow, Wellington
Wednesday 1 May
Private event
Monday 6 May
LIVE at the Museum (Auckland)
feat. Mara TK and Hollie Smith
Harp to Harp -
A Baby Harp Salon
St Barnabas Church, Roseneath
8 May session - inquire for details
Sunday 28 April, 2:00pm
Futuna Chapel
Colours of Futuna concert
Michelle Velvin & Antonia Barnett-Mcintosh
Symphonie Fantastique
Orchestra Wellington
Friday 12 April
Programme: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz Lelio
16 April
Duo Eolienne
Private event
Wednesday 20 March
Harp to Harp -
A Baby Harp Salon
Lucid Dreambike event
21-23 March
Details TBC
23 March
Private event
Saturday 16 March,
4:00pm
RIPPLES of SOUND
Island Bay Presbyterian Church, 88 the Parade
A concert full of dynamic and contrasting music for flute, saxophone and harp! Join us as we explore rippling textures and sonic landscapes.
Thursday 7 March
Private event
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 14 February, 8:00pm
Auckland Town Hall
Wagner Die Meistersinger: Overture
Thomas Adès Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Saturday 23 February 2019
Private Event
NZSO Shed Series - Rebirth
TSB Auditorium (Shed 6), Queens Wharf, Wellington
Friday 8 February
7:30pm
Programme: Body Fanfare for Bert
Milhaud La Création du Monde
JS Bach Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011, I. Prelude
Arvo Pärt Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte ...
(If Bach had been a Beekeeper)
JS Bach Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004,
III. Sarabande, IV. Gigue
Ellington/Peress Black, Brown and Beige Suite
Sunday 27 January 2019
Private event
Saturday 2 February 2019
Private event
2018
Sunday 9 December
Wellington Chamber Orchestra
2:30pm St. Andrews on The Terrace
Finzi – Fall of the Leaf
Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto
Stanford – Symphony No.3 in F minor “The Irish”
Saturday 15 December
Noël - Sounds of Christmas
Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert
7:00pm, 15 December
St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington
Come along for an evening of contemporary and traditional carols hosted by the Metropolitan Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra.Get your seasonal jingle on with a feast of well known carols and some new contemporary settings hosted by the Metropolitan Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra. This year's concert also includes a new commission by Wellington composer Luka Venter.
Monday 26 November
Private event
Wednesday 5 December, 10:30am - 11:30am
Harp to Harp - A Baby Harp Salon
(Enquire for details - limited space)
9-10 November
NZSO
Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Wednesday 17 October
NZSO Concert for Kids
10.30am–12.45pm, Te Marae, Level 4, Te Papa
Jump up and down, listen to musical stories,and get up close with the instruments of the orchestra.
Bring your little ones for a thrilling NZSO orchestral experience. With excerpts from the William Tell Overture, the famous can-can, and much more there’s something to bring out the child in us all.
Recommended for ages 2–6.
Friday 19 October
Private event
STROMA VOX FEM
Thursday 25 OCTOBER 2018, 7:30PM - 9:00PM,
HANNAH PLAYHOUSE, WELLINGTON
Join us to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, in this concert of dynamic and diverse new works by women composers from New Zealand and Australia.
Stroma will perform the music of Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Sarah Ballard, Alison Isadora, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Eve de Castro-Robinson and Lisa Illeanin a high-octane cross-genre and cross-cultural collaboration with leading jazz octet The Jac, soprano Barbara Paterson, and a quartet of players of traditional Indian instruments.
Saturday 27 October
Orchestra Wellington
The River
The Moldau, BEDŘICH SMETANA
Piano Concerto no.1, BÉLA BARTÓK
Symphony No. 8, ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Tuesday 2 October
NZSM Orchestra: Three Centuries
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
St Andrews on the Terrace
Programme:
Bartok Violin Concerto #2
Michael Norris Claro
Bruckner Finale (4th movement) from Symphony #8
Sunday 7 October
Private event
Sunday 14 October
Suffrage Songs Recomposed
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Hannah Playhouse
Celebrating women in music in Aotearoa, this concert sees nine female composers and songwriters take suffrage songs from the 1890s and haul them into the modern day. Various singers will be joined by instrumental, electronic and taonga puoro musicians to perform re-imaginings of these politically trailblazing texts.
NZSO
Classical hits
6 SEP 2018 - 22 SEP 2018
CANCELLED: Sunday 2 September, 2:30pm
NZ HARP DUO
Kapiti Playhouse
Wednesday 29 August
Stroma
Iconic Sonics
WED 29 AUGUST 2018, 7:30PM - 9:00PM, CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON, WELLINGTON
PROGRAMME
György Ligeti • Ramifications
Kaija Saariaho • New Gates
Iannis Xenakis • Aroura
Reuben Jelleyman • Designs
Witold Lutoslawski • Chain I
CANCELLED: Sunday 26 August, 4:00pm
NZ HARP DUO
Moon Bar, Newtown
Saturday 18 August
Hutt Winter Festival
Dowse Square, Laings Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington Region
Thursday 9 August
NZSM + Big Band
An American in Wellington
9 August 2018 from 7.30 pm - 9.15 pmMichael Fowler Centre
Saturday 4 August, 7:30pm
Hawke's Bay Orchestra
WINTER CONCERT WEEKEND AT NAPIER CATHEDRAL
Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
(soprano soloist: Lisa Harper-Brown)
Saturday 14 July
Songs of Moana
Orchestra Wellington
Sunday 8 July
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
Songs of Moana
23 - 30 June
NZ Opera, The Elixir of Love
Tickets here
Saturday & Sunday 9 & 10 June
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
Guitar Extravaganza
Saturday 26 May
NZSM Orchestra Concert
Duruflé Requiem
26 May 2018 from 7.30 pm - 9.30pm
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
$15/$30 from Ticketek
Friday 20 April
Private solo harp concert
Tuesday 17 April
NZSM Orchestra Concert
17 April 2018 from 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm St Andrews on the Terrace
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Brahms Tragic Overture
Lilburn Suite for Orchestra
Debussy Nocturnes 1&2
Wednesday 11 April 2018, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Duo Eolienne
(Saxophone and Harp)
St. Andrews on the Terrace lunchtime concert
A lunchtime concert to introduce the sonorous and meditative sound world of music for Harp and Saxophone, including music by William Alwyn, Yusef A. Lateef, Erik Satie and Claude Debussy.
Programme:
Beau Soir, Claude Debussy, arr. for saxophone and harp by Duo Eolienne
Romance for saxophone and harp, Yusef Lateef
Gnossienne 1-3, Erik Satie
Tuesday 10 April
WHO Concert
(Private venue)
Saturday 31 March
Wedding
Wednesday 28 May
NZSO An Animated Orchestra
Saturday 24 March, 7:00pm
Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music
SMP Ensemble Mosaic
SMP Ensemble's first concert for 2018. Featuring work by students and graduates of the New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī. Including scores and improvisations for large ensemble, electroacoustic, and installation and more-
Koha on the door
Thursday 15 March
NZ Festival
Anne Sofie von Otter
Franz Schubert
Overture to Rosamunde
Rosamunde: “Der Vollmond Strahlt”
“Die Forelle” (orch. Britten)
“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (orch. Reger)
“Im Abendrot” (orch. Reger)
“An Silvia” (orch. Anon)
“Erlkönig” (orch. Reger)
Alexander Zemlinsky
Die Seejungfrau (Fantasie für Orchester)
Sunday 21 January 2018
Theosophical Society Convention
2017
Tuesday December 12
Wellington Harp Orchestra Concert
Thursday December 14
Sol3 Mio - Christmas On The Harbour
Sunday 10 December, 2:30pm
Wellington Chamber Orchestra
St Andrew's on The Terrace
Wednesday 6 December, 2017
Noël - A Celebration of Christmas
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill St Wellington
Saturday 2 December, 2:00pm
Tawa Orchestra Concert
The Best Of Broadway
Tawa College Hall,
38 Duncan St, Tawa
Programme:
The Gypsy Baron Overture
Johann Strauss II
Symphony No. 1 in C Major Beethoven
Die Fledermaus Overture –
Johann Strauss II
Orchestral arrangements by Thomas Nikora
Saturday 25 November
NZSO @ Te Papa
Saturday, 25 November @ 11:00am
Symphonic Boogi
Saturday, 25 November @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Pop-up Carol Choir Workshop
Saturday, 25 November @ 3:00pm
Christmas Carols with the NZSO and the Pop-up Carol Choir
Saturday 18 November 4:00pm
Kapati Concert Orchestra Concert
St Pauls Church, Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu
Conductor: Ken Young
Programme:
Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture
Debussy: Rhapsodies for Alto Sax and Orchestra with Reuben Chin
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite 1 Op 46
Interval
Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Milhaud: Scaramouche with Reuben Chin
Sibelius: Finlandia
Thursday 16 November
Stroma - Spectral Electric
7:30 - 9:00pm City Gallery, Wellington
PROGRAMME:
Kaija Saariaho Cendres for alto flute, cello and piano
Salvatore Sciarrino Fauno che fischia a un Merlo for flute and harp
Annea Lockwood Immersion for 3 percussion
Luigi Ceccarelli Respiri for prepared horn and electronics
Kaija Saariaho Ciel Étoilé for double bass and percussion
Michael Norris Sygyt for ensemble, throat-singer, and electronics
Saturday 28 October
Private function
Thursday 12 October
Duo Eolienne at Ceramicus 2017 - Opening Night
Wednesday 11 October
Solo harp performance
(Private venue)
NZSM Orchestra: Pictures
Sacred Heart Cathedral, 24 Hill St, Thorndon, Wellington
Tuesday 3 October 2017 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Tuesday 26 September
Wellington Harp Orchestra performance
(Private venue)
Duo Eolienne (recording)
September 24 (Meanwhile Gallery) and September 27 (Adam Art Gallery)
INVITATION TO THE DANCE
ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON
SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM
MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE, WELLINGTON
MIDNIGHT Friday 1 September
NZ Harp Duo COMPOSITION COMPETITION entries DUE
Saturday 19 August, 7pm
Adventure & Fantasy
NZ Harp Duo at St Peters, Willis Street, Wellington
Prepare to experience a unique mix of sounds as we perform contemporary and classical harp music.This concert series presents a programme of music inspired by the theme "Adventure and Fantasy".
Our programme includes music by Georges Bizet, Bernard Andres, Caroline Charriere, Gabriel Fauré and Andy Akiho.
Tickets from Eventfinder
General Admission: $25.00
Senior Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $15.00
Child Admission: $5.00
Sunday 20 August, 2:30pm
Adventure & Fantasy
NZ Harp Duo at Paekakariki Memorial Hall
Prepare to experience a unique mix of sounds as we perform contemporary and classical harp music.This concert series presents a programme of music inspired by the theme "Adventure and Fantasy".
Our programme includes music by Georges Bizet, Bernard Andres, Caroline Charriere, Gabriel Fauré and Andy Akiho.
Tickets from Eventfinder
General Admission: $25.00
Senior Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $15.00
Child Admission: $5.00
Sunday August 13, 2:30pm
Adventure & Fantasy
NZ Harp Duo at St James, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Prepare to experience a unique mix of sounds as we perform contemporary and classical harp music.This concert series presents a programme of music inspired by the theme "Adventure and Fantasy".
Our programme includes music by Georges Bizet, Bernard Andres, Caroline Charriere, Gabriel Fauré and Andy Akiho.
Tickets from Eventfinder
General Admission: $25.00
Senior Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $15.00
Child Admission: $5.00
Wednesday August 2, 6pm - 7pm approx.
NZ Harp Duo at The Third Eye
On the first Wednesday of every month, The Third Eye and Chamber Music New Zealand present Classical Sessions, featuring some of NZ’s finest and funnest classical musicians getting together over a pint or two and making music.
For koha entry, you can pop down after work, grab a beer, chat to friends, and enjoy classical music in a chilled out, 'lax setting.
The NZ Harp Duo will be performing Le Jardin des Paons by Bernard Andres and Two Bridges by Andy Akiho
Friday June 2, 12:45pm - 1:15pm, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Duo Eolienne (saxophone and harp)
Genevieve Davidson and Michelle Velvin
Thank God it's Friday! Celebrate the end of the working week with music in the beautiful Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. Recitals commence at 12.45pm and last no longer than 30 minutes. Entry is by a suggested donation of $10.
Programme:
Cafe 1930, Astor Piazzolla
Gnossiennes, Erik Satie
Swing No. 1, Jacques Bondon
Sunday 30 April, 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo at St James, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
This concert series has an "Around the World" theme with many different colours and flavours.
Our programme includes two amazing New Zealand compositions by young NZ composers, Adam Bow and Rakuto Kurano, who were the winners of the 2016 NZ Harp Duo Composition Competition.
Our programme:
Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky (excerpts)
Fast Dances, Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Las Tres Damas, arr. by Alyssa Reit
Song in the Night, Carlos Salzedo
Adam Bow, Anri's Lullaby
Rakuto Kurano, Angelic Glow
Souvenir du Nord, John Thomas
Six Épigraphes antiques: No. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, Claude Debussy
Saturday 22 April, 7pm
NZ Harp Duo at St Peters, Willis Street, Wellington
This concert series has an "Around the World" theme with many different colours and flavours.
Our programme includes two amazing New Zealand compositions by young NZ composers, Adam Bow and Rakuto Kurano, who were the winners of the 2016 NZ Harp Duo Composition Competition.
Our programme:
Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky (excerpts)
Fast Dances, Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Las Tres Damas, arr. by Alyssa Reit
Song in the Night, Carlos Salzedo
Adam Bow, Anri's Lullaby
Rakuto Kurano, Angelic Glow
Souvenir du Nord, John Thomas
Six Épigraphes antiques: No. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, Claude Debussy
Wednesday April 12, 12:15-1pm
NZ Harp Duo lunchtime concert at St Andrews on the Terrace
Programme includes:
Chanson dans la nuit Song in the Night, Carlos Salzedo
Souvenir du Nord, John Thomas
Traditional Manx Music, arr. Charles Guard
Fast Dances, Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Las Tres Damas, Venezuelan Folktune
Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky (excerpts)
Sunday April 9, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo at Futuna Chapel Open Day
As part of the Futuna Chapel open day the NZ Harp Duo will be performing an exciting programme!
11.30am -12.00pm Guided tour of the Chapel
12.00pm - 1.30pm Lunch and Public Access
1.30pm - 2.30pm Concert: The NZ Harp Duo
3.00pm - 4.00pm Public Talk: 'Extreme Conservation" - 20 years of conservation work in the Ross Sea area of Antarctica
Entry by Koha
Eugene Onegin
2017 SUMMER SEASON OF OPERA IN A DAYS BAY GARDEN
February 15th, 17th & 19th at 7.15pm
Book here
Christmas On the Harbour With Sol3 Mio and Guests!
Waitangi Park, 107 Cable St, Wellington
Thursday 15 December 2016 7:00pm
Counsel In Concert - A Celebration of Shakespeare In Music
St Andrews on the Terrace
Tuesday 13 December 2016 12:15pm and 5:30pm
Duo VAARP
Laura Barton (Violin) and Michelle Velvin
2016 Pettman ROSL Arts Chamber Music Scholarship
DAY OF AUDITIONS
Friday 25 November 10am – noon, 2pm – 4pm
Philip Carter Family Concert Hall
The Piano, Centre for Music and the Arts, Christchurch
Admission: gold coin for “The Piano”
Friday October 28, 12:45pm-1:15pm
St. Pauls Cathedral Lunchtime Concert- Saxophone and Harp
DUO EOLIENNE: Genevieve Davidson and Michelle Velvin
This is a friday lunchtime concert at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul as part of their concert series. Please come along and hear modern works transcribed for saxophone and harp. Recitals commence at 12.45pm and last no longer than 30 minutes. Entry is by a suggested donation of $10.
Little Suite for Oboe and Harp by William Alwyn
Danse Lente by Joseph Jongen
Rumanische Volkstanze by Bela Bartok
Entracte by Jacques Ibert
Les Berceaux by Gabriel Faure
Sunday 16 October 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo in Concert
St. James Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
The programme includes:
Preludes 3 & 4 for deux harps, Marcel Tournier
Scorpion Tales for two harps, Robert Paterson
La Ragazza, Bernard Andres
Le Jardin, Bernard Andres
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy trans. Carlos Salzedo
Sunday 9 October 2:30pm
NZ Harp Duo in Concert
Paekakariki Memorial Hall
The programme includes:
Preludes 3 & 4 for deux harps, Marcel Tournier
Scorpion Tales for two harps, Robert Paterson
La Ragazza, Bernard Andres
Le Jardin, Bernard Andres
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy trans. Carlos Salzedo
Saturday 8 October 7pm
NZ Harp Duo in Concert
St. Peters on Willis, Willis Street Wellington
The programme includes:
Preludes 3 & 4 for deux harps, Marcel Tournier
Scorpion Tales for two harps, Robert Paterson
La Ragazza, Bernard Andres
Le Jardin, Bernard Andres
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy trans. Carlos Salzedo
Sunday 11 September 2016
'Music of The Low Countries'
St Teresa's Church, 301 Karori Rd, Karori, Wellington
2:00pm – 4:00pm
MIDNIGHT August 19
NZ Harp Duo COMPOSITION COMPETITION entries DUE
August-September
G & S Light Opera, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar
http://www.gns.org.nz/
Southward Theatre, Kapiti,
Sat. 27 August, 4:00pm; Sun. 28 August, 2:00pm
Wellington Opera House, Fri. 2, Sat. 3 September, 7:30pm
Napier Municipal Theatre, Sat. 17 September, 4:00pm
Regent, Palmerston North, Sat. 24 September, 4:00pm
July 13-18
Attending Catrin Finch Harp Academy
Cardiff, Wales
Tuesday 28 June
Duo Eolienne
Old St. Pauls Lunchtime Concert- Saxophone and Harp
Genevieve Davidson and Michelle Velvin
Sunday 12 June, 2.30pm
NZ Harp Duo
St James Church, Lower Hutt
http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/venue/the-anglican-parish-of-lower-hutt-st-james
Thursday 2 June
NZ Harp Duo
Pataka Matariki Celebration at Pataka, 17 Parumoana St, Porirua
Wednesday 1 June
NZ Harp Duo
Classical Music Session at the Third Eye, 30 Arthur St, Wellington
Saturday 28 May, 7.00pm
NZ Harp Duo
St Peters on Willis, Willis St, Wellington
http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/venue/st-peters-church-wellington
Sunday 22 May, 2.30pm
NZ Harp Duo
Southwards Car Museum Auditorium, Paraparaumu
http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/nz-harp-duo/paraparaumu
