Though the Prime Minister had announced earlier that an unused FM frequency was in fact available, which meant that Concert could continue to use its existing frequencies, while the proposed youth network would use the till-now unused ones, many other important aspects of the service that have been eroded over the past year or so, still look at risk.
What of the plans to fire all 18 existing Concert presenters...
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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...
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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
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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