Previous Concerts

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

Location Saturday 2.30pm, 15th October 2022Old Library Building Arts Centre7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview The Orion Piano Trio chose their name after the constellation of Orion, one of the few stars that is recognisable in the night sky, and is visible from both hemispheres. They wanted to symbolise the combined musical experience and passion cultivated … Read more

Location 2:30PM, Old Library Arts Centre, 7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview Based in Wellington, Ensemble Gô brings together New Zealand String Quartet’s violinist, Monique Lapins and Japanese percussionist, Naoto Segawa, in their pursuit and discovery of new music.Lapins and Segawa present an eclectic programme of compositions from across the globe including South Africa, Denmark, United … Read more

Location 2.30 PM, Old Library Arts Centre, 7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview Considered one of the most technically demanding and brilliant works for solo piano, Albéniz’s Iberia is a sumptuous musical evocation of Spain. Together with works by fellow Spanish composers, Granados and de Falla, New Zealand pianist Lorelle McNaughton takes us on a colourful … Read more

Location 7PM, Old Library Arts Centre, 7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei Overview The Aroha String Quartet is firmly established as one of New Zealand’s finest chamber music ensembles. A Wellington-based group, founded in 2004, the Quartet is known for its passionate musicality, impressive technique, and multicultural innovation. Performing regularly around NZ in centres from the Deep … Read more

Overview Tokowha presents opera, musical theatre favourites, waiata and pese from four strong, harmonious, young singers. Tokowhā has been performing together since 2020, formed while studying at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music’s Classical Performance programme. They first collaborated as an ensemble in the first scenes of Puccini’s La bohème. Coming from a wide … Read more

OVERVIEW The Noveltones are an improvising chamber jazz quartet based in Wellington, featuring the unexpected instrumentation of violin, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and double bass. With a sound that is melodious, beguiling and sometimes startling, the Noveltones fuse spontaneous improvisation with the lush sonorities of chamber music. The balance of carefully designed sonic architecture and … Read more

OVERVIEW Vieux Amis (“Old Friends”) reunites three friends, neighbours and long-standing colleagues, to perform together for the first time in over 20 years. Violinist, Justine Cormack, cellist, James Bush, and pianist, Sarah Watkins, three of New Zealand’s most accomplished musicians, have newly formed the trio, Vieux Amis. The trio members all grew up together in … Read more

Stephen de Pledge, a New Zealand pianist, has been described as one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation, and as being “a pianist of exemplary taste and chutzpah”, after his performance as soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at their September Auckland concert ( NZ Herald 24/09/2020). The Whangarei Music … Read more