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Jun 13, 20232 min read

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...

Apr 17, 20235 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 &...

Sep 23, 20226 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...

Aug 16, 20222 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...

Jul 19, 20224 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...

Apr 12, 20225 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...

Dec 14, 20212 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...

Mar 20, 20215 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 17, 20212 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, 20214 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 15, 20212 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 15, 20214 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 15, 20213 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 13, 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 10, 20215 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 3, 20214 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.

Jan 29, 20212 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...

Dec 15, 20205 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...

May 15, 20201 min read

Online May Lunchtime Concert at NZSM

We present a concert of all NZ works which will broadcast online.

Mar 10, 20202 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...