String Together – a three-day musical project bringing together professional musicians and the next generation of talent to connect, learn, and inspire.
STRING TOGETHER - THE CONCERT
NZTrio performs alongside the next generation of New Zealand musicians as the Great Hall of Kāhui St David’s comes alive with the sound of strings.
SUNDAY 22 MARCH at 3pm
In collaboration with NZTrio, University of Auckland School of Creative Arts, Tironui Music Trust, and Sistema Aotearoa.
“By stringing together today’s musicians, we are future-proofing live musical performance in Aotearoa, ensuring young artists have the opportunities and mentorship they need to thrive.”
With thanks to our project partners, Sir William and Lady Manchester Charitable Trust, Kerrin and Noel Vautier,
Sir Stephen & Lady Tindall, and the volunteers of Kāhui St David’s.
Insights from Amalia Hall, NZTrio
Music festival String Together a sonic springboard for young Kiwi musicians
A three-day music festival at Kāhui St David’s, Auckland’s newest centre for music, is an opportunity for the next generation of New Zealand children to develop technique and skills and to experience performing with others in public.
“We’re creating a gala concert, the crescendo of a three-day festival that brings together some of our most celebrated musicians – New Zealand Trio (NZ Trio) and others,” said Paul Baragwanath, a director of Kāhui St David’s and Friend’s of St David’s Kāhui Rangi Pūpū.
“They’re providing these extraordinary workshops for musicians of all levels, from university level right through to kids who have been playing for just a few years.”
Image courtesy New Zealand Herald
Stringing together generations of chamber musicians
Four years ago, an old Presbyterian church on the fringe of Auckland's CBD was saved from demolition and bought by a charitable trust.
String Together is a three-day celebration of chamber music taking place in Kāhui St David's this weekend.
It's bringing together the legendary NZ Trio with a team of young aspiring musicians, from university scholars to primary-aged children, to collaborate and workshop, culminating in a public concert this Sunday.
Paul Baragwanath, the director of Kāhui St David's speaks to Emile Donovan.
Project Partners
NZTrio He Taonga Wairere
Described as a “national treasure” and “New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble” (William Dart, NZ Herald), NZTrio He Taonga Wairere is renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm kiwi stage presence. Bringing together three incredibly accomplished artists: Amalia Hall (violin), Matthias Balzat (cello) and Somi Kim (piano), every NZTrio performance powerfully reaffirms the importance and cathartic nature of a live musical experience in today’s digital world. Expect to be affected.
Tironui Music Trust
Committed to empowering young New Zealanders through the transformative potential of music education. The Trust provides fully funded instrumental music programmes to students with limited access to musicalopportunities, fostering discipline, self-assurance, and a lifelong appreciation for music. The programme supportsyoung New Zealanders in Papatoetoe and Mt Wellington, South Auckland, providing access to instrumental learningfor those who might otherwise not have the chance. They offer a comprehensive String, Band, Musicianship and Scholarship programme for their students, commencing in our seven partner primary schools and continuing to supportākonga at Intermediate and High Schools.
Sistema Aotearoa
Works to unleash the potential of tamariki, whānau and communities through orchestral music making. Based in Ōtara for 15 years, the programme works with more than 20 partner primary schoolsand early childhood centres and runs an afterschool music programme for 400 students. The programme is deliveredby qualified senior teachers, academically qualified musicians, professional performers, rangitahi alumni tutors andyouth development staff.
Based at the Ōtara Music and Arts Centre, our free, intensive, ensemble-based music lessons.
Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland School of Creative Arts
New Zealand's largest tertiary music school, offers a dynamic environment for studying and investigating a wide range of
musical disciplines, including performance, composition, musicology, music education, popular music, and jazz.
The School of Creative Arts offers a Bachelor of Music (BMus) with specializations in Creative Practice (Classical, Jazz,Composition, Popular Music) and Music Studies.
Postgraduate programs are available in various music disciplines, including classical performance, jazzperformance, popular music, composition, sonic art, musicology, music education, studio pedagogy, and ethno-musicology.
Poulima Salima
Poulima Salima is a celebrated composer, educator and teacher of music. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Composition, with a dissertation on Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung. He also published two Samoan choral songbooks: Lau Afioga Ali’i e, matou te naunau i ai (2006) and Ua toe tu mai le Ali’i(2008).
Salima is the Owner and Director of SALIMA MUSIC LTD (est. 2010). His work spans theatre, opera, dance and film, including the internationally acclaimed Pasifika musical The Factory, the Pacific opera Alofagia, and theatre productions such as Things That Matter and In Transit. His music has featured in internationally screened films including Maria and Urchin. He continues to create and champion Pacific stories through music for stage and screen. Poulima has recently written the first opera in the Samoan language.
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