ASQ International Music Academy 2025
...The audience could not have been more satisfied with this debut concert of the Aroha Quartet....
(Margot Hannigan, Nelson Mail)
(Margot Hannigan, Nelson Mail)
ASQ International Music Academy 2025 - 7-12 July
The eleventh ASQ International Music Academy will take place in Wellington from Monday 7 until Saturday 12 July 2025.
Applications will close on Sunday 30 March.
The 2025 Academy is situated at St Andrew's on The Terrace and will begin on Monday 7 July at 9:30am. Each day, participants will be busy with chamber music coaching and rehearsals taken by members of the Aroha String Quartet. Guest tutors will direct ensembles and classes in technique and musicianship.
The ASQ International Music Academy will culminate in a Gala Concert in St Andrew's on the evening of Saturday 12 July.
The timetable includes time to practise, to relax and socialise with other participants. In the evenings, there will be time for informal concerts, workshops, and a sight-reading soiree, as well as other social events.
Academy participants may wish to arrive early in Wellington to attend a performance of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra on the afternoon of Saturday 5 July at the Michael Fowler Centre.
The ASQ International Music Academy is ideally suited to string players with a minimum standard of Grade VI. Pre-formed chamber ensembles are encouraged to apply. Participants not in an existing group will be organised into ensembles for coaching. Music will be sent out in advance.
Our guest tutors will be:
Donald Armstrong (NZSO Associate Concertmaster) - Violin & string orchestra conductor
Belinda Veitch (NZSO) - Viola
David Chickering (NZSO Section Principal Emeritus) - Cello
Oleksandr Gunchenko (NZSO) - Double Bass
For further information, please contact: Cathie McCallum, ASQ International Music Academy Administrator, academy@arohaquartet.co.nz.
The brochure, flyer and application form for the 2025 Academy will be available early in 2025. Click on the links to download the documents for the 2024 Academy: the e-flyer, the brochure, and the application form and the 2024 timetable.
Follow the links to watch videos of the string orchestra at the 2024 ASQ International Music Academy play works by Boccherini and Elgar.
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