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RNZ Chief plans to destroy RNZ Concert
By Lindis Taylor, 06/02/2020
We reproduce below a report on Stuff website about the unbelievably barbaric plans of Radio New Zealand to sack all RNZ Concert staff, broadcast music without presenters, either live or recorded, transmit on only AM radio which is virtually defunct in New Zealand and throughout the world.
We know no country in the western world that does not have a classical music broadcaster of the kind New Zealand has had... read more
Chamber Music Hutt Valley to submit a winding-up motion at the 2019 AGM
By Lindis Taylor, 15/03/2019
The agenda of Chamber Music Hutt Valley’s AGM on Wednesday 27 March includes a motion that would wind up the society and bring its history of forty years of chamber music concerts in Lower Hutt to an end.
The motion reads:
“That the Executive is given the authority by this AGM to make CMHV inactive after the end of the 2019 season: the decision being based on a lack of committee... read more
Il Corsaro – a New Zealand premiere, but not the Australasian one
By Lindis Taylor, 07/09/2013
In the review I sent to Opera magazine (London) of the New Zealand School of Music’s production of Il Corsaro in July, I wrote not only that was it the New Zealand premiere but surmised that it was probably the Australian premiere too.
Browsing for something else I have come across a listing of earlier performances of Il Corsaro in Australia, by the small Melbourne City Opera – in November... read more
Elizabeth Hudson steps down as director of the NZSM
By Lindis Taylor, 29/08/2013
Professor Elizabeth Hudson has stepped down from her role as the inaugural Director of Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.
The School was launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington, and has become a leader in tertiary music study. On behalf of the NZSM Board of Directors, the Hon Steve Maharey, Vice-Chancellor of Massey University, and Victoria Vice-Chancellor Professor Pat Walsh thanked... read more
Old Saint Paul’s lunchtime concerts
By Lindis Taylor, 09/05/2012
May 29 Paul Rosoman – organ
June 5 NZSM Guitars
June 12 David Trott - organ
June 19 Megan Corby - VoxBox vocal group
June 26 TBA
July 3 Capital Harmony Chorus
July 10 City Jazz
July 17 Carolyn Mills - Harp
July 24 Duo Tapas – guitar and violin
July 31 NZSM Woodwind
August 7 Valerie Rigg & Richard Mapp – violin & piano
August 14 Klezmer... read more
Singing for Children: Young Angel Voices at St Mary of the Angels
By Lindis Taylor, 15/04/2012
We’re looking for children aged between 8 and 12 years old, who are looking for a group to sing in.
Young Angel Voices started a year ago, and is always welcoming new members.
It’s open to all comers, there is no audition.
The only qualification is the desire to sing.
Children learn all sorts of songs: folk songs, rounds, gospel songs, part-songs, some accompanied, some unaccompanied. They learn to read, and how to... read more
Christopher Doig
By Rosemary Collier, 13/10/2011
In the review of the second Brahms concert from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Rosemary included a few paragraphs about Christopher Doig who had died that morning. The concert master had dedicated the concert to his memory.
Concertmaster Vessa-Matti Lepännen spoke to the audience before the conductor entered, dedicating the evening’s concert to the memory of Christopher Doig, who had died that morning. Among his many, many roles in... read more
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