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2020

Monday 28th December
Private Event

Sunday 20 December, 7:00pm
Duo Eolienne
Moon Bar - Newtown
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16th December 2020
National Youth Orchestra
MFC 7:00pm



Orchestra Wellington

Sat 5 Dec

Subs 6 – Houstoun’s Last Dance 
​ Rachmaninoff 2: Triumph 
Psathas View from Olympus


Friday 27 November
Private Event
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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
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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

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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.

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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
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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

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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 
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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
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CANCELLED
Thursday 16th April 2020,
8:00pm

WJC presents The Lucien Johnson Quintet
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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
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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

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​Saturday 15 February
Private event

Thursday 6 February
Waitangi Park Event
Wellington



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