

Arts on Tour: Reflecting on a Rewarding Tour
Gill and Helene look back on one of our largest ever national tours. Presented by Arts on Tour NZ, a wonderful organisation supporting...
Jun 13, 20232 min read


Reflecting on Irish Airs & Graces by Dave Flynn
We were thrilled to be able to spend the month of March working with our close friend and collaborator, Dave Flynn, on Irish Airs &...
Apr 17, 20235 min read


A Composer in This Day and Age: An Interview With Sarah Ballard
“I was fascinated by the way music can transport the listener to another place.” To celebrate our upcoming concert with her, we sat down...
Sep 23, 20226 min read


Music Leadership Project Launched for Aspiring Young Musicians
The NZ String Quartet (NZSQ) and Orchestras Central (OC) are excited to announce the launch of a new music leadership project for the...
Aug 16, 20222 min read

A COMPELLING, MULTI-LAYERED WORK - Ad Parnassum – Purapurawhetū
Dr Ian Lochlead, Theatreview | 23 June 2022 This article was originally published by Theatreview on 23 June 2022. Click here to view the...
Jul 19, 20224 min read


Composing with taonga puoro (Otago Daily Times)
This article was originally published by Otago Daily Times on 17 March 2022. Click here to view the original article. Rebecca Fox, Otago...
Apr 12, 20225 min read

2022 Season Preview
There's plenty to get excited about in our 2022 Season from festivals to masterclasses, familiar favourites to world premieres - one our...
Dec 14, 20212 min read


Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - This, one hopes, is just the beginning (Christchurch)
From the moment that dancer Laura Saxon Jones stepped onto the stage to quizzically inspect the music stands already positioned...
Mar 19, 20215 min read


Dominion Post: Artistic passion touches hearts of appreciative audience (Wellington)
This was the inaugural performance of BalletCollective Aotearoa in Wellington. They join forces with Chamber Music New Zealand to bring...
Mar 17, 20212 min read


Five Lines: Transfigured Night - from saucy games to passionate desire (Wellington)
The stage in Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre is set with music stands and a large white sail-like backdrop painted in multi-coloured...
Mar 16, 20214 min read


Theatre Review: Unique piece of theatre and a privilege to see (Wellington)
For all of my life when attending orchestral performances, I have wished that music could be visually amplified with movement...
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Jennifer Shennan: Transfigured Night. Ballet Collective Aotearoa & Chamber Music New Zealand (Wgtn)
This was an evening of triumph on several levels. Transfigured Night is the first of six concerts in Chamber Music NZ's nationally...
Mar 14, 20214 min read


Dance Aotearoa NZ: Transfigured Night (Wellington)
Chamber Music New Zealand has boldly incorporated a theatre element into their national tour, Transfigured Night, by commissioning...
Mar 14, 20213 min read


Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - beautiful, intimate, uplifting (Palmerston North)
When an audience leaves with smiles on their faces and chattering about the performance then you know it’s a hit...
Mar 13, 20213 min read


Tabea Squire on ‘I Danced, Unseen’
Tabea Squire‘s ‘I Danced, Unseen’, with choreography by Loughlan Prior, will be performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and dancers....
Mar 10, 20215 min read


Five Lines: Celebrating chamber music in Nelson
Curated by artistic directors Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell of the New Zealand String Quartet, the rich programme offered fourteen events.
Mar 3, 20214 min read


Chamber Music NZ: Transfigured Night
Returning from summer break in January, the first rehearsal for the NZSQ was more unusual than most: a movement session to begin...
Jan 29, 20212 min read


Playing Viola Quintets with New Zealand String Quartet violist | ANZVS Journal Issue No. 48
It is always of great interest for a full-time string quartet... when one or more additional members joins the group for quintets/sextets...
Dec 15, 20205 min read


Online May Lunchtime Concert at NZSM
We present a concert of all NZ works which will broadcast online.
May 15, 20201 min read

2020 NZ Festival: Secrets of Sea and Space
As part of the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts programme, we're joined by soprano Jenny Wollerman to present Secrets of Sea and Space...
Mar 9, 20202 min read