...The audience showed the visitors their deep-felt appreciation for an evening of exquisite music. The Aroha String Quartet made the evening unforgettable. (16 April 2013)...
(Audience Member, Palmerston North)
Full steam ahead for 2020 ASQ Academy
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 9:31pm

29 June 2020 - Despite (or maybe because of!) the restrictions imposed under the recent Covid-19 lockdown, 34 keen musicians from all around New Zealand will assemble at Chilton St James School in Lower Hutt next month for the sixth ASQ International Music Academy. Ranging in age from 8 to 80 and hailing from Invercargill to Auckland, the participants will prepare chamber and string orchestra works over six days from Monday 13 July, coached by the members of the ASQ along with guest tutors Donald Armstrong (NZSO Associate Concertmaster), David Chickering (NZSO Cello Section Principal Emeritus) and Tom McGrath (Teaching Fellow in Piano Accompaniment at the University of Otago).

The 2020 Academy will culminate in a free public Gala Concert in Expressions Whirinaki, Upper Hutt at 5 pm on Saturday 18 July.
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Next concerts

Sunday, September 21 2025, 2:30pm - 4:30pm, Waikanae Memorial Hall

For this programme we are joined by four wonderful guest artists - Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Alexander Hambleton (horn) and Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) - to present a programme enlivened by the varied timbres of wind instruments. Beginning with the Mozart String Quartet in B-flat K589 we move on to 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. This characterful work depicts a short and unsuccessful attempt at seduction. We finish with Schubert's mighty and virtuosic Octet, a work filled with jaunty dances, singable melodies and heart-rending moments. Tickets $40 Members, $50 Non Members, $10 Students.