Grab your diary and and note these exciting term four music happenings….
Oct 7 – Irish at Tūranga 3pm
Week 1
Oct 17 Westburn Jazz visit our jazz band
Week 2
Oct 21 Jazz/Irish – Pegusus Ladies Group performance 10am
Oct 24 1pm-1.30pm Kids in Town (Tūranga)
Oct 24 2pm-5pm Junior Jazz Jam (Tūranga)
Oct 26 Jazz workshops (Big Band Fest)
Oct 28 Jazz perform in Victoria Square 11.30am
Week 3
Oct 30 North Loburn Band visit
Week 4
Nov 5 Jazz and Irish at Honour Roll dinner 6pm
Nov 7 Schools’ Music Festival (Choir) Town Hall
Week 5
Nov 13 CSO concert – percussionists
Nov 13 Waiata ki te wai
Week 6
Nov 18 3-5pm Chissy Rocks @ Little Andromeda
Nov 20 Jazz/Irish @ Alpine View 1.30pm
Nov 21 12.30-1.30pm Music groups: Orchestra, Irish and Pasfika Girls perform at Tūranga
Week 7
Nov 25 Itinerant Night 2* 6.30pm
Nov 26 Itinerant Night 3* 6.30pm
Nov 30 6-7pm Jazz and Irish @ Ethical Market
Week 8
Talent Quest
Dec 2 Jazz and Irish @ NZEI Graduating and Retiring Teachers ceremony 4pm-7pm
Dec 8 Christmas Parade (Jazz Band) 2pm
Dec 8 Re-Percussion Concert @ Cashmere High 7pm (Marimba group)
Week 9
Prizegivings – choir, orchestra, jazz
Dec 14 New Brighton Christmas Parade 10am
Week 10
Dec 19 Christmas music at Tūranga TBC 12.35pm
*Note the itinerant nights are for all students learning musical instruments or voice at school. It’s a chance to perform something you have been working on with your teacher either as a solo or in a group to s small friendly audience. It’s a chance for parents to meet the teachers. Each night has different instruments performing in simultaneous short concerts in different rooms followed by a short prizegiving.
By Judith Bell
