Masterclasses 2011
Each year NZSM welcomes visiting national and international artists, soloists, ensembles, conductors, directors, academics and composers to lead workshop and masterclass sessions with our students. Some of these internationally renowned and experienced experts are here as our guests, others are being hosted by some of the many national arts, performing arts and education organisations based in Wellington.
In most instances school students, teachers and other members of the public are also able to attend masterclasses to be inspired by and benefit from observing the interactive process between NZSM students and these expert musicians and artists.
Scheduled Masterclasses will be published here as dates and venues are confirmed.
Events are published each month in the Dawn Chorus, the free NZSM e-newsletter. To request Dawn Chorus, email events@nzsm.ac.nz with your name and ‘Dawn Chorus’ in the subject line.
Scheduled masterclasses
A host of masterclasses will be presented featuring the international artists, professional musicians and NZSM staff tutoring the Chamber Music Course in Trimester 3. These include the following:
- Monday 21 November: Piano masterclass with Paul Rickard-Ford (Australia)
- Tuesday 22 November: Chamber music masterclass with Natalia Sheludiakova (Australia)
- Thursday 24 November: Chamber music masterclass with Julia and Andrew Joyce (NZSO)
- Friday 25 November: Orchestra life and auditioning Q&A with Julia and Andrew Joyce (NZSO)
- Monday 28 November: Chamber music masterclass with Julia and Andrew Joyce (NZSO)
- Monday 28 November: String masterclass with Helene Pohl (NZSQ)
- Wednesday 30 November: Open rehearsal and discussion with NZSQ
- Monday 5 December: Strings masterclass with Martin Riseley (NZSM)
- Tuesday 6 December: Strings masterclass with Susan Blake (Australia)
- Tuesday 6 December: Strings masterclass with Sarita Kwok (USA)
- Wednesday 7 December: Chamber music masterclass with Susan Blake (Australia)
- Thurssday 8 December: Chamber music masterclass with Sarita Kwok (USA)
Masterclasses during the Trimester Three Chamber Music Course
Piano masterclass with Paul Rickard-Ford
Monday 21 November
10:00am–noon, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Paul Rickard-Ford is Chair and Senior Lecturer in Pedgogy and Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
Chamber music masterclass with Natalia Sheludiakova
Tuesday 22 November
10:00am–noon, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Works include Mozart two piano sonatas, Khachaturian trio and Bridge miniatures. Natalia Sheludiakova is Lecturer in Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
Chamber music masterclass with Julia and Andrew Joyce
Thursday 24 November
2:00–4:00pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Works include Milhaud trio sonata, Haydn trio and Martinu duo. Julia and Andrew Joyce are, respectively, Principal Viola and Principal Cello in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Julia is also an alumnus of the School. Public are welcome to attend as observers.
Orchestra life and auditioning process presentation and Q&A with Julia and Andrew Joyce
Friday 25 November
2:00–3:30pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Julia and Andrew Joyce are, respectively, Principal Viola and Principal Cello in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Julia is also an alumnus of the School.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
Chamber music masterclass with Julia and Andrew Joyce
Monday 28 November
10:00am–12:40pm, NZSM Concert Hall, Mt Cook Campus
Works include Mozart trio, Khachaturian trio and Bridge miniatures. Julia and Andrew Joyce are, respectively, Principal Viola and Principal Cello in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Julia is also an alumnus of the School. Public are welcome to attend as observers.
String masterclass with Helene Pohl
Monday 28 November
2:00pm–4:00pm, NZSM Concert Hall, Mt Cook Campus
Helene Pohl is first violin with the New Zealand String Quartet who are NZSM Artists in Residence
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
Open rehearsal and rehearsal technique discussion with New Zealand String Quartet
Wednesday 30 November
2:00pm–4:00pm, NZSM Concert Hall, Mt CookCampus
The New Zealand String Quartet are NZSM Artists in Residence.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
String masterclass with Martin Riseley
Monday 5 December
10:00am–12:40pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Dr Martin Riseley is Associate Director and Head of Strings at NZSM.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
String masterclass with Susan Blake
Tuesday 6 December
10:00am–12:40pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Susan Blake is a Senior Lecturer in Cello at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
String masterclass with Sarita Kwok
Tuesday 6 December
2:00pm–4:00pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Sarita Kwok is serves on the faculty of the Yale Department of Music, is the Director of the Undergraduate Lessons Program at the Yale School of Music and also serves as adjunct violin faculty at Amherst College.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
Chamber music masterclass with Susan Blake
Wednesday 7 December
2:00pm–4:00pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Works include Mozart trio, Haydn trio and Martinu duo. Susan Blake is a Senior Lecturer in Cello at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Public are welcome to attend as observers.
String masterclass with Sarita Kwok
Thursday 8 December
2:00pm–4:00pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Works include Milhaud trio sonata and Prokofiev sonata. Sarita Kwok is serves on the faculty of the Yale Department of Music, is the Director of the Undergraduate Lessons Program at the Yale School of Music and also serves as adjunct violin faculty at Amherst College.
Public are welcome to attend as observers.
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2011: Previous masterclasses
The following Masterclasses have already taken place this year:
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Clarinet masterclass: Manos Achalinotopoulos
Tuesday 15 March
8:00pm Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Public welcome to attend and observe: no fee
More details are available here.
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Guitar masterclass: Fabricio Mattos
(with support from the Brazilian Embassy)
Wednesday 18 May: 11:00-2:00pm
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
NZSM warmly invites interested students, teachers and public to attend and observe this masterclass.
Fabricio will also present a concert tomorrow evening (Thursday 19 May) in the NZSM Concert Hall on the Mt Cook campus. More information here.
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Classical Voice masterclass: Lisa Harper-Brown
Tuesday 24 May, 2011
5:30-7:30pm: Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University Wellington
Public welcome to attend and observe: no fee
Te Koki, the New Zealand School of Music, is delighted invite the public to attend and observe a 2-hour masterclass with Lisa as she works with our talented voice students.
Critically acclaimed as 'radiant both vocally and visually', British born Lisa Harper-Brown is a unique and commanding performer. Equally at home on the recital platform or the operatic stage, Lisa has wowed audiences from Sydney to London in a range of repertoire from Bach to Bernstein.
More details are available from Lisa Harper-Brown's website.
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Jazz workshops
with Joe LaBarbera, Tom Warrington, Larry Koonse, Denise Perrier, Bruce Foreman, Charley Davis, Alex King and Jake Reed from Cowbop and Phil Salazar
Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June, 2011
NZSM Mt Cook Campus
Visiting artists, here for the Queen's Birthday Jazz and Blues Festival at Expressions in Upper Hutt are hosting 13 workshops for NZSM Jazz students this week. These will be for Big Band, Combo, Trumpet, Bass, Drums, Guitar and Jazz/Bluegrass Violin.
Observers to these sessions are welcome – contact Sarah Smythe, Jazz Performance Programme Administrator for details of times and venues for these workshops. More details can be found here.
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Chamber Music / Flute / Guitar masterclass: Duo Saxe
Wednesday 1 June, 2011
5:00pm–6:00 separate instruments; 6:00–7:00pm together
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Duo Saxe was established in 2001. Flautist Charlotte Udø Kjeldsberg and guitarist Runar Kjeldsberg have since performed in Norway, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Montenegro. In April 2011 Duo Saxe will release the CD Duetto Concertante of Italian music from the 19th century.
Observers are welcome at no fee, but please contact Michelle Lewis, the Classical Performance Programme Administrator for venue and time confirmation.
Guitarist extraordinaire Runar Kjeldsberg aims to share his warm and energetic personality through his music. He holds a Master of music and he studied with guitar maestros Carlo Marchione, Alexis Muzurakis, Gerard Abiton and Jan Erik Pettersen.
Flutist Charlotte Udø Kjeldsberg is an outgoing and intuitive musician that enjoys playing with the music and sharing her expressive personality through the timbre of her flute. Charlotte holds a Master of music and studied with Marc Grauwels, Mario Caroli and Jørn Schau. Charlotte is a reknowned chamber musican who also works with the flute quartet '4 tempi' based in Brussels and 'The Norwegian flute ensemble'. With this latter group Charlotte has released the CD Music of the Baroque.
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Violin masterclass: Cho-Liang Lin
Thursday 2 June, 2011
4:00pm: Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Violinist Cho-Liang Lin, is lauded the world over for the eloquence of his playing and for the superb musicianship that marks his performances. In a concert career spanning the globe for thirty years, he is equally at home with orchestra, in recital, playing chamber music, as in a teaching studio.
He visits the NZSM to work with our young violinists, on his way to the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, where he will take his place on the International Jury. NZSM would like to thanks the organisers of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition for facilitating this Masterclass.
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Piano masterclass: Isabelle O'Connell
Thursday 2 June, 2011
6:15pm: Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Originally from Dublin and currently based in New York City, Isabelle O’Connell is one of Ireland’s most successful pianists, with a growing international career that has taken her across four continents. Since her acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in 2002, she has performed as soloist and chamber musician around the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy and Ireland.
Isabelle O’Connell has a reputation for being a dynamic interpreter and energetic advocate of music by 20th and 21st century composers. Isabelle has performed with the CRASH ensemble, joining them on tours of Australia and the United States, performing at the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival, Sydney Conservatoire, Kennedy Center and Le Poisson Rouge in New York. She has also performed with John Adams at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, Meredith Monk at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Alarm Will Sound, the New Zealand String Quartet and has appeared as concerto soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
For more information check out: www.isabelleoconnell.com
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Jazz workshops with Bob Cranshaw and Peter Bernstein
Friday 10 June, 2011 at 10:30am and 1:00pm respectively
NZSM Concert Hall, Mt Cook Campus
Bob Cranshaw (bass) and Peter Bernstein (guitar) are here to play with Jazz giant Sonny Rollins in his only New Zealand Performance. Through the generosity of the Wellington Jazz Festival and New Zealand International Arts Festival, these two vastly experienced musicians will work with NZSM students, and some visiting Jazz students from Christchurch. Observers are welcome and admission is free, but please contact Sarah Smythe, Jazz Performance Programme Administrator to ensure a place for what are likely to be highly popular workshop sessions.
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Guitar masterclass: Isabel Siewers
(with support from the Argentinian Embassy and Savarez)
Monday 27 June, 2011
11:00am: Massey University Theatrette, Wellington Campus
A pupil of María Luisa Anido, her international performance career began after winning the 2nd Prize at the Concours International de Guitarre de Paris in 1974.
María Isabel Siewers has performed all over the world: in Wigmore Hall (London), the Vienna Konzerthaus, Martinu Hall (Prague), Carnegie Hall (New York), the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris). She has appeared as soloist with, amongst others, the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Virtuosi, the Radio/TV Orchestra of Zagreb, the Bohemian Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, the Kraków Philharmonic, and the Chamber Orchestras of Mayo and Morón (Argentina).
She has regularly toured, taught, and served in juries for international competitions throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Isabel has occupied several teaching posts in Argentina and, since 1989, she has been head of a guitar department in the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria. In seeking to expand the repertory of the guitar she has commissioned new works and has premiered numerous solo and chamber works and concertos.
"Maria Isabel Siewers is a total player, incredibly flexible but with disciplined perimeters, highly sensitive, a master of tone color, with style and pacing that drip atmosphere...." (French Gilbert, American Record Guide)
Maria Isabel Siewers is beimng supported in her New Zealand tour by the Embassy of the Republic of Argentina and by Savarez.
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Guitar masterclass: Guilherme Vincens
(with support from the Brazilian Embassy)
Thursday 7 July, 2011
11:00am: NZSM Concert Hall, Mt Cook Campus
Dr. Guilherme Vincens is a full-time professor of guitar and coordinator of the superior degree in music at the Federal University of São João Del Rei (UFSJ), in Minas Gerais, Brazil and is frequently invited to perform, teach, research and lecture in music festivals, universities and concert series in his country and abroad. He has received awards in national and international competitions, including the 1st Prize in the XI Portland International Guitar Competition. Guilherme studied at the University of Arizona with Prof. Thomas Patterson and guest-artist David Russell, under a CAPES/Fulbright scholarship. An expert in popular and classical music alike, he has recorded with many groups and performs regularly as a soloist and with the flute & guitar Duo Tramanduá.
Guilherme Vincens is being supported in his New Zealand tour by the Embassy of Brazil.
NB: Guilherme is presenting a public concert at 7:00pm, on Wednesdya 6 July (yesterday!) in the NZSM Concert Hall on the Mt Cook campus, Massey University. Seating is limited: please email cultural@brazil.org.nz to ensure a place.
He will also give a lecture: 'The Modernization of Brazilian Popular Music: Garoto, Guinga and the Bossa Nova' at 6pm, Thursday 7 July, at the Embassy of Brazil: RSVP cultural@brazil.org.nz if you wish to attend this.
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Piano masterclass: Dr Anna Kijanowska
Friday 15July, 2011
1:15–3:15pm Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Gate 7, Kelburn Parade
Polish-born pianists Anna Kijanowska, currently on the music faculty at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, visits Wellington to give a piano masterclass to students at the New Zealand School of Music. This will take place in the Adam Concert Room on NZSM's Kelburn Campus. Observers are welcome.
More information here.
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Chamber Music masterclass: NZTrio
Friday 29 July, 2011
3:30–5:30pm Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Gate 7, Kelburn Parade
Auckland-based NZTrio (violinist Justine Cormack, cellist Ashley Brown and pianist Sarah Watkins) give a masterclass in chamber music to students at the New Zealand School of Music. This will take place in the Adam Concert Room on NZSM's Kelburn Campus: observers are welcome (free entry).
NZTrio thrives on connecting with audiences through intimate and exhilarating performances. The trio’s refreshing programmes juxtapose classical masterpieces with brilliant contemporary works, mix musical cultures and genres, and involve collaborations with a broad range of international artists.
Admission free: observers welcome. More information here.
NB: To hear NZTrio in concert, come a few hours earlier. They present a concert on the Friday Lunchtime series from 12:10–1:00pm in the same venue.
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Piano masterclass: John Chen
Monday 1 August, 2011
5:15–7:15pm Huinter Council Chamber, Victoria University of Wellington
Hunter Building off Kelburn Parade
New Zealand pianist John Chen visits Wellington and, under the auspices of Chamber Music New Zealand, gives a masterclass in piano for students of the New Zealand School of Music. John is currently on a Chamber Music New Zealand concert tour to 10 centres with the Saguaro Trio. The Los Angeles-based trio cosists of John Chen and his colleagues Luanne Homzy and Peter Myers.
This event will be held in the Hunter Council Chamber, on Victoria University's Kelburn Campus: observers are welcome and admission is free.
More information here.
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Guitar masterclass: Ricardo Gallén
Wednesday 17 August, 2011
10:00am,
Massey University Theatrette,
Old Museum Building, Entrance D, Buckle Street, Wellington
The Embassy of Spain in New Zealand and the New Zealand School of Music are delighted to present a masterclass given by Ricardo Gallén, one of Spain’s most outstanding guitarists. Ricardo is visiting New Zealand alongside early music specialist John Griffiths from Melbourne.
Riccardo Gallén started playing classical guitar at the age of four, performing in public just a year later. At the age of ten he entered the Conservatory of Music in Cordoba, receiving his first formal music education from the Conservatory's director and founder Tomás Villajos Soler. He continued his studies at the Conservatories of Jaén, Cordoba, Madrid and Granada, and studied guitar and ancient music at the University of Salzburg (Mozarteum) and Munich. He was, until 2009, an Assistant Professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, under the direction of Eliot Fisk and is currently a Professor of Guitar at the Hochschule für Musik 'Franz Liszt' in Weimar, Germany and a Professor at the University of Extremadura in Spain.
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Vocal masterclass:Warwick Fyfe
Monday 29 August, 2011
1:00pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
The New Zealand School of Music host a masterclass from Australian baritone Warwick Fyfe.
Warwick was born in Canberra and obtained his musical education at the Canberra School of Music and the Victoria College of the Arts. He took part in the Victoria State Opera and Opera Australia Young Artist programs, later becoming a full time soloist with Opera Australia. Warwick was a McDonald’s Aria winner (1998), and has been the recipient of a Green Room Award (for his Schaunard in La bohème). Other awards include: the Moniuszko aria prize (Warsaw), a Bayreuth Bursary, the Dame Mabel Brooks, and the prestigious Bayreuth Scholarship (2007).
NZSM classical voice students will take part in this masterclass, but observers and audience are welcome to attend. Free admission.
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Guitar masterclass: Xuefei Yang
(courtesy NZSO Foundation and NZSO)
Monday 29 August 2011
5:00pm, Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Through the generosity of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Foundation and the NZSO, the New Zealand School of Music are able to host a masterclass featuring Xuefei Fang. The guitar virtuoso is currently performing Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez' with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in their 'Sketches of Spain' touring programme.
Xuefei Fang is the first guitarist of international stature to emerge from China’s classical music “boom”.
Born following the Cultural Revolution, an era where Western music & instruments were banned, the fascinating story of Fei’s rise to the world stage, is that of a musical pioneer. She was the first ever guitarist in China to enter a music school, and became the first to launch an international professional career.
NZSM guitar students will take part in this masterclass, but observers and audience are welcome to attend. Free admission.
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Classical voice masterclass: Simon O'Neill
Wednesday 21 September, 12:00 noon: Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Simon O'Neill will host a masterclass with postgraduate NZSM Classical Voice students.
New Zealander Simon O’Neill has rapidly established himself as one of the finest helden-tenors on the international stage. He is a principal artist with the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, La Scala and both the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals, appearing with a number of illustrious conductors including James Levine, Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davis, Daniele Gatti, Edo de Waart, Bertrand de Billy, Donald Runnicles and Pietari Inkinen.
Simon is an alumnus of Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Otago, the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard Opera Center. He is a Fulbright Scholar, is an Arts Laureate of New Zealand (2005) and was a grand finalist in the 2002 Metropolitan Opera National Auditions returning as guest artist in 2007. He also appears on the 1998 New Zealand one-dollar performing arts postage stamp.
The last 30 minutes of this masterclass will be a question and answer time - Simon is very friendly and will be happy to answer all sorts of queries. Observers are welcome.
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Flute masterclass: Dieter Flury (principal flute, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
Sunday 25 September, 6:30pm: Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Dieter Flury is principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The Vienna Phil are touring Australia towards the end of September and Dieter, together with his chamber music partner Maria Prinz (piano) will 'cross the ditch' to present this masterclass at the New Zealand School of Music.
[The duo will present a concert in the same venue tomorrow evening, Monday 26 September 7:30pm.]
Admission to this masterclass is free and observers are welcome.
Praised by the press for his “soft, sensitive sound, perfect technique and his musical intelligence”, flutist Dieter Flury has been called a “flute Paganini” thanks to his “phenomenal finger and breath-technique”. Solo flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic since 1981, and the orchestra’s general manager since 2005, he enjoys a multi-faceted career as a leading soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, teacher, and orchestral leader.
Mr. Flury is a Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. He previously served on the faculty of the Vienna Music Academy and the Vienna Conservatory, and leads master classes around the world.
For more information, visit www.flury.at
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