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Events 2010
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August is upon us and we have barely had time to draw breath after the successful New Zealand Premiere of The Red Violin at the Wellington Town Hall last Friday night.
We welcome Sonic Arts legends Curtis Bahn and Tomie Hahn from Albany, New York, who are here to perform and teach. It’s a busy month for Hahn and Bahn including two composer workshops, a performance at Auckland University and a Fridays at Five gig!
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On Sunday 15 August the NZSM presents Our Sounds at Te Papa, a full day’s showcase of the world of music which exists at the NZSM, also featuring a performance by Hahn and Bahn.
August is also Open Day season at our parent universities so we’ll open the doors to the New Zealand School of Music too. If you know students who are interested in studying at the NZSM tell them to get along and meet our knowledgeable and friendly staff.
Finally we have bouquets to hand over to a couple of high achieving students. Benjamin Booker, a second year piano student of Richard Mapp, won the recital class at the recent Palmerston North Performing Arts Competitions, and now goes through to the National Final of the Mazda Young Performer of the Year Award in November. Buz Bryant-Green, a former student of Diedre Irons and Richard Mapp at the NZSM, was a finalist at the recent Kerikeri Piano Competition. Well done Benjamin and Buz!
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IN THIS ISSUE |
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 SPECIAL EVENTS
FRIDAYS AT FIVE
FRIDAY LUNCHTIME
CONCERTS
WEDNESDAY JAZZ
CONCERTS AT MT COOK
UNIVERSITY OPEN DAYS
OTHER EVENTS
COMING NEXT MONTH
HELP US EDUCATE
OUR YOUNG MUSICIANS
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SPECIAL EVENTS |
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New Zealand School of Music presents: Our Sounds
Our Sounds is a showcase of the diverse range of programmes on offer at the NZSM; from the ever popular jazz Big Band to the eclectic world of sonic arts to the refined sophistication of chamber music. Our Place will reverberate with Our Sounds.
For a full programme go to the Te Papa Website
Our Sounds
Sunday 15 August, 10.30am-4.00pm
Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand
Free Entry
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NZSM Split Orchestra Concert: Strings and Wind, Brass & Percussion with Martin Riseley and Ken Young
This concert at St. Andrews on The Terrace features the orchestra divided in two, playing music especially written for these combinations. The strings of the NZSM Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s famous Serenade for Strings and Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, conducted by Martin Riseley. The waltz from this work is one of Tchaikovsky’s most recognised and beloved melodies. The winds of the Orchestra will play a new work by an NZSM student composer Karlo Margetic, ‘First Suite for Band’ by Alfred Reed and also an arrangement of 'My Heart is Filled with Longing’ by J.S. Bach, conducted by Kenneth Young.
Tuesday 17 August, 7.30pm
St. Andrews on The Terrace
$15/$10 concessions
Tickets available on the door
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New Zealand String Quartet presents Schuman and Shostakovich
In three Wellington concerts in August the New Zealand String Quartet, will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schumann, arch-Romantic composer, by contrasting his ardent string quartets with those of the equally passionate but very different Shostakovich.
Schumann’s music is personal and full of explicit emotion. Shostakovich, writing a century later, was forced by the political climate under Stalin to present deep and intimate feelings in a coded and enigmatic language.
The NZ String Quartet’s annual series, now in its 9th year, is eagerly awaited by chamber music fans. One of the Wellington concerts, at St Mary of the Angels Church on August 28th, is a special “Candlelight” performance to reflect the romance of the music.
For a full programme of events and for booking details visit the NZSQ Website or contact Elizabeth Kerr, Manager, New Zealand String Quartet, elizabeth.kerr@nzsq.co.nz
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FRIDAYS AT FIVE CONCERT FOUR |
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Sonic Arts: Hahn and Bahn, with Ajay Kapur
Concert Four features Tomie Hahn and Curtis Bahn in concert with support from Ajay Kapur and NZSM graduate students in the Orchestra of the Future! Robotics, electronics, custom built instruments, Indian Classical music and performance art ensures Fridays at Five Concert Four is one not to be missed.
Friday 20 August, 5.15pm
Ilott Theatre, Wellington Town Hall
Wine and food available from 4.30pm
Free Entry
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FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS |
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Smoking at the Mount Cook Hall
Brass-smith Nick van Dijk leads a crack team of jazz musicians with a burning desire to set your imagination alight with the intensity of smouldering tones stoked in the incandescent furnace of spontaneous combustion. Highlights include NZ premieres of new pieces Dantes Inferno, White Heat, as well as warm renditions of favourites Fever, Flamingo and Fire.
Friday 6 August
12.00 noon
Concert Hall, Mount Cook campus
Free Entry
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Bach on Early Keyboards
This is a recital by Douglas Mews on instruments from the NZSM collection: the harpsichord built by NZ maker Paul Downie copied from the 1728 Christian Zell instrument in Hamburg, the fretted clavichord by John Barnes, and the organ built by the Reil brothers of Holland. The programme features music by J.S. Bach and his sons Carl Philipp and Wilhelm Friedemann, whose 300th birthday is being celebrated this year.
Friday 13 August, 12.10pm
Adam Concert Room, Gate 7 Victoria University
Free Entry
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The Paul Dyne Trio
Josh Hindmarsh (guitar), Paul Dyne (bass), and Roger Sellers (drums) were the rhythm section for the band ”The Boptet” at the Lido Cafe in Wellington for over ten years.
While they recorded with the Boptet and other groups, the trio was not recorded. Josh Hindmarsh has been working successfully in New York City and as part of a flying visit to New Zealand in August has fitted in a recording session at the NZSM. Paul Dyne was booked to do a lunchtime concert in the Concert Hall on the same day, so the concert will also be recorded, in the hope of getting some good live tracks. For this concert the Josh Hindmarsh Trio will become the Paul Dyne Trio.
The trio will play tunes from their repertoire such as Whisper Not, Birk’s Works, On a Misty Night, Will You Still Be Mine and other jazz standards.
Friday 20 August
12.00 noon
Concert Hall, Mount Cook campus
Free Entry
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WEDNESDAY JAZZ CONCERTS AT MOUNT COOK |
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Get your midweek jazz fix with these performances by faculty of the NZSM jazz department. All are welcome to attend.
August Programme
Wednesday 4 August- Nick Granville
Wednesday 11 August - Colin Hemmingsen
Wednesday 18 August– Alex Nyman
All at 1pm
Concert Hall, Mount Cook campus
Free Entry
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Ken Avery Memorial Jazz Combo Competition
Which Jazz combo at the New Zealand School of Music has the greatest groove, the tightest ensemble playing, and the newest energy and vision for the jazz standards we all know and love? Come along and find out at the Ken Avery Combo Competition on Sunday 8th August. Presented in conjunction by the Wellington Jazz Club and the NZ Jazz Foundation, the night will also feature a special guest performance by Tessa Quayle, one of Wellington’s finest jazz singers.
Sunday 8 August, 5pm – 8pm
Chicago Sports Café, Queens Wharf, Wellington
$15 non Jazz Club members, $12 Jazz Club members, free entry for students
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NZSM Woodwind students perform in a lunchtime concert at St Andrew’s on The Terrace
Woodwind soloists from the NZSM perform at St Andrew's on The Terrace, as part of their lunchtime concert series. The concerts feature 9 different soloists, playing saxophone, recorder, clarinet, and flute, who will be accompanied by Douglas Mews and Emma Sayers. Repertoire covers a range from baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary. Admission is free.
Wednesday 11 August, 12.15pm
St Andrew’s on The Terrace
Free Entry
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Big Band Blast at the Bristol
August 12th is Big Band Night at the Bristol Hotel in Cuba Mall. The night will feature ALL three big bands from the New Zealand School of Music, directed by Rodger Fox.
Thursday 12 August, 8:30pm onwards
Bristol Hotel, Cuba Mall
Free Entry
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Young Musician Programme Lunchtime Concert
Come be inspired by bright young stars of the Young Musicians Programme! Formerly known as the Victoria Academy and CHAMPS, the Young Musicians Programme offer ensemble Jazz, Classical, Composition and Gamelan classes.
Wednesday 18 August, 12.15pm
St Andrew’s on The Terrace
Free Entry
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Wednesday Jazz Lounge at The Ruby Lounge
The NZSM is teaming up with The Ruby Lounge to a regular series of Wednesday Jazz, followed by a 3rd set Jam session.
Come in for dinner, drink specials and piping hot Jazz from some of Wellington’s finest players, every Wednesday at The Ruby Lounge.
August Programme
4 August -The Flamingo Trio
11 August- Nick Granville Trio
18 August- Latin Jazz with Vaughn Roberts and Tranquillo
25 August- NZSM Jazz Ensembles
Gigs will be broadcast live on Groove 107.7 FM
Free Entry
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The NZSM on Radio New Zealand Concert
Radio New Zealand Concert supports the NZSM by recording a variety of our performances. We want to let you know when you can hear these concerts again, starting with an upcoming broadcast on the Young New Zealand Programme on 22nd August.
Radio NZ Concert Presents:2009 NZSM Composers Competition
Sunday 22 August, 8pm
www.radionz.co.nz/listen
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Curtis Bahn
Curtis Bahn is a composer and improviser who specializes in live interactive electronic performance. Currently he is Associate Professor of Computer Music Composition/ Performance, and Director of the Integrated Electronic Arts (iEAR) Studios at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York. He received his Ph.D. in music composition from Princeton University. From 1986-1993 he was the Technical Director of the Center for Computer Music of the City University of New York where he worked and studied with composer Charles Dodge.
Monday 9 August, 2:10pm–3:30pm
Adam Concert Room, Gate 7 Victoria University, Kelburn Parade
Free Entry
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Tomie Hahn
Tomie Hahn is a performer and ethnologist whose activities span a wide range of topics including: Japanese traditional performing arts, Monster Truck rallies
, issues of identity and creative expression of multiracial individuals, and relationships of technology and culture; interactive dance/movement performance; and gestural control and extended human/computer interface in the performing arts. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. She received her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, M.A. in urban ethnomusicology from New York University, and B.S. in performance and art history from Indiana University (Bloomington campus).
Monday 16 August, 2:10pm–3:30pm
Adam Concert Room, Gate 7 Victoria University, Kelburn Parade
Free Entry
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Percussion Day with Colin Currie, plus special guests
In partnership with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the New Zealand School of Music presents an exciting Percussion Day. Percussionist Colin Currie has established a unique reputation for his charismatic and virtuosic performances of works by today’s leading composers, and has appeared with many of the world’s most important orchestras. During the Percussion Day Colin will present presents a clinic on solo percussion and perform a short solo recital. The day will also feature the percussion section of the NZSO and well as other special guests.
Sunday 5 September, 9am-4pm
New Zealand School of Music, Kelburn Campus
Free Entry
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HELP US EDUCATE OUR YOUNG MUSICIANS
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For some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians, the only thing that stands in the way of their dreams is the lack of funds to make them real.
By making a lifetime donation or a gift in your will to the New Zealand School of Music, you can help young musicians to fulfil their ambitions.
For further information on how you can provide support for students at the New Zealand School of Music, please contact:
Elizabeth Hudson
NZSM Director
Ph: 04 463 5860
Email: elizabeth.hudson@vuw.ac.nz
or
Diana Meads
Fundraising Manager
Victoria University of Wellington Foundation
Ph: 0800 VIC LEGACY (0800 842 534)
Email: diana.meads@vuw.ac.nz
www.victoria.ac.nz/foundation
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