Previous Concerts

Location and date: Sunday, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: The Acoustique Guitar Ensemble is comprised of Sasha Witten-Hannah, Len Matthews and Yolanda van den Bemd. Playing original music composed by Yolanda, the music can be described as contemporary classical, at times meditative and soulful, at times energetic and joyful, and at … Read more

Location and date: Sunday, 25th August, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview:  This versatile and highly talented duo of Hannah Darrock ( flutes) and Justin DeHart ( percussion) have mastered various instruments to play a combination of newer and more classical pieces. Their repertoire highlights the alluring timbral combination of flutes (piccolo, soprano, … Read more

Location and date: Sunday, 28th July, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: Pianist, Stephen de Pledge, returns after a hugely successful concert in Whangarei in 2021. Currently Senior Lecturer in Piano at Auckland University, Stephen has won the coveted Gold Medal from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. … Read more

Location and date: Sunday, 16th June, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: This duo of top musicians, principal NZSO cellist Andrew Joyce, formerly player in both the London Symphony and Philharmonic orchestras, and Dr Jan Liu, internationally acclaimed pianist, and currently Programme Director and Head of Piano studies and the NZ School … Read more

Location and date: Sunday, 24th March, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: Renowned for its exhilarating performances, catering for both traditional and modern tastes, the Jade String Quartet of Miranda Adams and Charmian Keay (violins), Robert Ashworth (viola) and James Yoo (cello), are one of New Zealand’s most established chamber ensembles. All highly … Read more

Location and date: Sunday, 24th March, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview: This unique trio of three women, three nationalites, and a very different combination of instruments, TrioNique, have been playing to audiences around New Zealand. Presenting Agnes Harmath-Parkin (flutes), Gabriela Glapska (piano), and Tomomi Johnston (saxophone), these highly skilled and talented … Read more

 Location Saturday, 2nd September, 2.30pm.Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview     Debuting for the first time in 2023, the Akarana Piano Quartet has been formed by award-winning musicians Andrew Beer, violin, and Sarah Watkins, piano (Best Classical Artist 2020, NZ Music Awards), joined by two outstanding colleagues from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra—principal … Read more

Location Saturday 7.00 pm, 22nd July, 2023Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview Audiences can expect to hear a harmonious mix of contemporary takes on jazz standards and original melodies, and refreshed rearrangements of classics such as 1930s show tune Star Eyes and Dizzy Gillespie’s Groovin’ High. Some of Aotearoa’s best known and … Read more

Location Saturday 7.00 pm, 27th May,2023Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview Double Shot provide a colourful mixture of percussion instruments based around marimba and vibraphone. Playful contemporary pieces include Steve Reich, and John Psathas, alongside an arrangement of Debussy’s ‘La boîte à joujoux’. The duo’s strength lies in the wonderfully variety of … Read more

Location Saturday 2.30pm, 15th April, 2023Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview Les Voisins take us on an intriguing journey through French music from the court of Louis XIV to the 1930s jazz world of the Hot Club de France through a wide ranging programme. Featured is New Zealand’s composer, Alex Taylor’s response … Read more