To promote and foster the performance and enjoyment of music in Northland
Patricia Shelton 
3 rd October, Saturday 7.00 pm John Rae, Drums; Jack Harris, Bass; Ben Wilcock, Piano; Oscar Lavën, Saxophone Award-winning musician and composer John Rae blends music from his Scottish heritage with contemporary jazz, including acoustic renditions of pieces like Robert Burns’ Banks and Braes (named “track of the year” by RNZ Concert’s Nick Tipping) and … Read more
13 September, Sunday, 2.30 pm Chinese-New Zealand pianist Tony Chen Lin returns home from his Budapest base with Hungarian cellist Balázs Dolfin. Trained in Hungary and Germany, this dynamic duo present a diverse and fascinating programme that includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms, Zoltán Kodály and Belá Bartók, Gao Ping and Nathanael … Read more
4th July, Saturday 4.00 pm Jessica Oddie, Violin; Anna van der Zee, Violin; Alexander McFarlane, Viola; Ken Ichinose, CelloBridget Douglas, Flute Programmes PROGRAMME 1: “Mata-Au” Amy Beach | Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op.80 22’Salina Fisher | Mata-Au (for string trio) 8’Arthur Foote | A Night Piece for Flute and String Quartet … Read more
7th June, Sunday 2.30 pm Internationally celebrated pianist, and winner of the Best Classical Artist at the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards, Jian Liu has created a programme that surveys the different ways composers of New Zealand and Chinese heritage paint their worlds in sound. The journey begins with landscapes featuring Douglas Lilburn’s From the Port … Read more
Andrew Beer, Violin; Lorelle McNaughton, Piano; Gordon Hill, Double bass; Sam Swindells, Guita; Grayson Masefield, Accordion Performing in Piazzolla’s original quintet formation, A Century of Tango traverses the evolution of tango from beloved classics such as Ángel Villoldo’s El Choclo, Carlos Gardel’s Por una Cabeza, and Gerardo Matos Rodríguez’s La Cumparsita to the revolutionary nuevo … Read more
12th April, Sunday 2.30 pm Bede Hanley, Oboe, Robert Ashworth, Viola, Sarah Watkins, Piano Award-winning musicians Robert Ashworth and Sarah Watkins (Aotearoa Music Awards 2022 Classical Artists of the Year) join forces with Auckland Philharmonia principal oboist Bede Hanley to present a dynamic and colourful, virtuosic, evocative and thought-provoking programme. Composers August Klughardt and Charles … Read more
Location and date: Saturday, 7.00 pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: David Selfe, pianoJeremy Fitzsimons, percussion Pianist David Selfe and percussionist Jeremy Fitzsimons add live musical accompaniment to two silent Charlie Chaplin films selected from: The Pawn Shop (1916), and The Kid (1921). In the place of synchronised recorded music, the musical … Read more
Location and date: Sunday, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: The Antipodes Quartet is an ensemble of selected top young musicians at the early stage of their professional careers. A focus of a development programme by both Chamber Music New Zealand and the New Zealand String Quartet, this concert is an opportunity … Read more
Location and date: Sunday, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: The Ghost Trio explore the cultural diversity of the piano trio canon, including works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Tōru Takemitsu, Maurice Ravel, and the premiere of a new work by Aotearoa composer Glen Downie. Programme Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in … Read more
Location and date: Sunday, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: Winner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, New Zealand pianist John Chen returns home to present an all-French programme of chefs-d’oeuvre by Francis Poulenc, Henri Duparc, César Franck, Gabriel Fauré, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Programme Francis Poulenc | Three Novelettes 7’Henri Duparc … Read more