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With a plethora of events in the next few weeks, the May Dawn Chorus will come to you in two half-editions.
What a first half-Trimester!
We have had some fantastic events already this year and a 'keyboard' theme is emerging. Following the revelation of our new Steinway in March we have already had four fabulous keyboard performances: Iberia from Guillermo González, Beethoven's Emperor Concerto from Diedre Irons and the NZSM Orchestra, Erin Helyard's evening of Bach(s) at the harpsichord and Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak wowing us with an all-Russian programme.
It doesn't stop there....in just the next fortnight we host international fortepianist Bart van Oort, and NZ Arts Laureate Michael Houstoun, with more to come in July and August from our own Jian Liu and Chinese virtuoso Xiang Zou.
By the way, photos from these keyboard events can be found on our NZSM facebook page (and ANYbody can see them - even if you are not a 'facebooker'!) and if you missed the last NZSM Orchestra concert recordings of the works can be found at the bottom of the event listing here. The next NZSM Orchestra concert is on Tuesday 29 May.
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New Zealand Music Month: NZ music and NZ Musicians...
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May is New Zealand Music Month and Michael Norris, NZSM Senior Lecturer in Composition celebrates that with a Composer Workshop presentation called Orbital Bodies. Michael is also one of the artistic directors of contemporary music ensemble Stroma, who will present a concert in the Ilott Theatre the same evening. The group includes many NZSM artist teachers and colleagues and works by alumni Karlo Margetic and Dylan Lardelli will feature alongside 'barnstorming' Chamber Symphonies by Schoenberg and John Adams.
Wednesday 2 May: Composer Workshop: 3:10–4:30pm
Michael Norris: Orbital Bodies
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Entry is free
Stroma Concert: A Chamber of Symphonies: 7:30pm
Ilott Theatre, Wellington Town Hall
Bookings available through Ticketek
The New Zealand String Quartet, NZSM Artists in Residence, continue their performances of the complete Beethoven String Quartets with Chamber Music New Zealand concerts in Wellington, Nelson, Hamilton and Auckland.
Thursday 3 May, BEETHOVEN: Revolution! 7:30pm
Wellington Town Hall
Bookings through Ticketek
The Friday Lunchtime Concert this first week of May will feature the Paul Dyne Trio – Noel Clayton, guitar; Roger Sellers, drums; and Paul Dyne, double bass 'reactivating' their favourite tunes and arrangements from the many years they have spent performing at the Lido cafe in Wellington.
Friday 4 May: Friday Lunchtime Concert: 12:10-1:00pm
Paul Dyne Trio: The Boptet Rhythm Section Reunion
NZSM Concert Hall, Mt Cook Campus, Block 1
Entry is free
And recent NZSM graduate soprano Bryony Williams enlists the help of friends and fellow alumni Bianca Andrew, Kieran Rayner and current postgraduate student Cameron Barclay in a Farewell and Fundraising concert before she embarks on her overseas study in Italy and the UK. NZSM Artist Teacher Mark Dorrell accompanies.
Friday 4 May: St Andrew's on The Terrace: 7:30pm
Adults $35, Students $20
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Bart van Oort: fortepiano specialist
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The second week of May sees visits by several internationally renowned 'Stars' - leaders in their respective musical fields.
Bart van Oort is regarded as a world expert in 'historically-informed performance' and a specialist in the fortepiano - the forerunner to the modern piano.
He presents a special Music Forum on Monday evening: To Speak or to Sing: Translating Early Music in which he will look at the differences between pianoforte and modern piano and the consequences for actual performance today.
Bart will put what he preaches into practice on Wednesday evening with Mozart's World, a public performance on NZSM's fortepiano. The concert will feature works by Mozart, Clementi, J C Bach and Haydn and will include a Mozart Sonata for four hands with NZSM lecturer Erin Helyard.
In between, he will host a masterclass focusing on 'articulation' with an historical perspective with NZSM students.
Monday 7 May: Music Forum: 8:00pm: To Speak or to Sing
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Entry is free - all welcome
Tuesday 8 May: 10:30am-noon: masterclass in articulation
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Entry is free - observers welcome
Wednesday 9 May: 8:00pm: Mozart's World
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Adults $20 online, $25 at the door; Seniors/Students $10;
NZSM staff and students – free
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Houstoun plays Goldberg
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New Zealand Artist Laureate Michael Houstoun will perform Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations in a very special Sunday afternoon concert.
By his own admission, Michael has 'fallen in love' with this famous and popular work. While theories of hidden meanings and esoteric layers within Bach's compositions abound – the Goldberg Variations more than most – the work is undoubtedly profound and appeals to audiences at many levels: emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual.
Michael will perform the variations straight through with no interval. Recent concerts in ACR have been 'packed out', so pre-booking seats through Eventfinder is highly recommended.
Sunday 13 May: 4:00pm: Michael Houstoun: The Goldberg Variations
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Adults $20 online, $25 at the door; Seniors/Students $10;
NZSM staff and students – free
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But (of course) there is MORE.....
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International 'stars' notwithstanding, there is LOTS more happening in the first half of May.
NZSM CiR* Juliet Palmer will discuss recent collaborative works Like an Old Tale (Jumblies Theatre) and Voice-Box ("a performance piece that smashes the boundaries between disciplines...").
[*The full title is: 2011/2012 Jack C Richards/Creative New Zealand Composer in Residence at Te Kōkī, New Zealand School of Music!]
Wednesday 9 May: 3:10-4:30pm: Composer Workshop
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Entry is free
All three of the New Zealand School of Music Jazz Big Bands will take to the stage at the Bristol, led by band director Rodger Fox. The Big Band 1 received the award for the Best New Zealand Jazz Album in 2009 for their album ‘Run for Cover’, and is made up of the top jazz students at the NZSM. The Latin Ensemble and Jazz Choir from the NZSM also perform, making this one of the biggest jazz nights in town. Come early to nab a table before the music starts at 8pm.
Thursday 10 May: from 8:00pm
BIG NIGHT at the BRISTOL
Bristol Hotel, Cuba Street, Wellington
Entry is free - refreshments available
The Friday Lunchtime Concert this week features our visiting Fulbright scholar Professor Claudine Bigelow (viola) alongside head of Strings Martin Riseley (violin) and Cello Lecturer Inbal Megiddo performing Mozart's delicious Divertimento in E flat, K563. The work was described by Albert Einstein as "... true chamber-music ...[it is] one of his noblest works."
Friday 11 May: Friday Lunchtime Concert: 12:10-1:00pm
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Entry is free
Sun Hee Koo from the University of Auckland will present Our Music is Different with an explanatory subtitle of: 'The construction and negotiation of diasporic Korean music among Korean ethnic minority musicians in the People's Republic of China'. Find out more about this complex subject here.
Friday 11 May: Music Forum: 1:30-3:00pm
Room MS209, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Entry is free
SMP Ensemble present a concert called La Harpe de Mélodie featuring alumnus harpist Ingrid Bauer. The works programmed include music by Debussy, Sciarrino and alumnus Anton Killin, former staff member Ross Harris and postgraduate students Tabea Squire and Jason Post.
Saturday 12 May: 7:30pm
Adam Concert Room, NZSM Kelburn Campus
Tickets: Full $10, Students $5
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... and what May still come
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In the next half-edition of Dawn Chorus ...
It is graduation time at both VUW and Massey, we have:
lunchtime concerts from Colin Hemmingsen and the Nikau Trio;
an extended visit from Dutch bass clarinet and new music exponent Marij van Gorkom (pictured left);
voice, jazz violin, flute and bassoon masterclasses;
Music Fora from NZSM's Geoffrey Coker and Loren Ludwig;
and the finals of the NZSM Concerto Competition.
The next NZSM Orchestra Concert conducted by Kenneth Young will feature Deborah Rawson as soloist in Debussy's Rhapsodie for Alto Saxophone, and the world premiere of composition student Sam Logan's Lost Island alongside Ravel's Mother Goose Suite and Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra.
And the SMP Ensemble will give a musical portrait of Composer in Residence Juliet Palmer...
Te Kōkī, New Zealand School of Music, is a joint venture of
Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington.
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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 Te Kōkī, New Zealand School of Music, please contact:
Elizabeth Hudson
NZSM Director
Ph: 04 463 5860
Email: elizabeth.hudson@nzsm.ac.nz
or
Diana Meads
Development Manager -- Planned Giving
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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