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information on Sessions, Events & Festivals for Celtic Musicians
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ScotStringNZ 2019 · Hosted by Anne-Marie Forsyth Apr 20 at 4 PM – Apr 27 at 7 PM Bella Rakha Retreat Centre & Creative Venue 581 West Coast Rd, Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand 0604 Join us for another fabulous Scottish music camp in lovely west Auckland! This year's tutors are the amazing Adam Sutherland (fiddle), the magnificent Maggie Adamson (fiddle) and the scintillating Sandie Brechin (accordion, mixed instruments)! Enrolments have been rolling in already so don't delay - numbers must be capped at 40. Registration page and FAQs found at www.scotstring.nz |
It's getting closer!Hi everyone, 28/2/19
Just under two months to go and things are looking really great. We do still have a few more spaces available and it would be lovely if we could fill these with a balance of fiddles, accordions and young people - or even some young people (young at heart?) who can play both accordion and fiddle! If you know of anyone who hasn't registered yet but should, please persuade them to come and have a go! Remember also that part-time and casual students are welcomed. Who knows, maybe someone will give it a go for a day this year and love it so much that they come for the whole camp next year! So there's room for more people whichever way they want to take part. For those who have misplaced the information from my January email, payment is due and the bank account details are: Scottish Celtic Music Group 12-3484-0024634-00 And the camp dates are Saturday 20 - Saturday 27 April. There will be an Auckland concert in the afternoon of Saturday 27 April and although I realise that some people have flights to catch, everyone else is incredibly strongly encouraged to take part. I'll be in touch closer to the time with a roster for transfers - both drivers and passengers - and a list of people who have requested linen/towels. In the meantime, we will need volunteers to help with food preparation before the start of camp. Is that you? Best wishes, Anne-Marie |
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Hawkes Bay Autumn Workshop
New Zealand Sukuki Institute 
Dates: Wednesday 24th April - Saturday 27th April 2019 Instruments offered: Cello, Flute, Guiar, Piano, Violin, Viola Registration is open to current members of the Suzuki Institute (2019/20 year) learning with a registered teacher on the instrument of participation. To sign up, go to our website www.suzuki.org.nz/calendar or https://goo.gl/forms/VETjV2od4inLUmE33 Registration closes at midnight, Friday 22nd February 2019. |
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New Zealand String Quartet
Calling all string players and pianists: it’s time to apply for the next Adam Summer School, 9-17 February 2019, in Nelson! Deadline is 5pm Friday 19 October. See our application form for more details and how to apply
>> https://nzsq.org.nz/about-us/adam-summer-school/adam-summer-school-form/— with Helene Pohl, Monique Lapins, Rolf Gjelsten and Gillian Ansell.
2018
NZ Gaidhealtachd January
New Zealand's Celtic Summer School
First week of January
Whangarei Heads
www.nzgaidhealtachd.org/
ScotStringNZ 21 – 27 April 2018
Come and immerse yourself in the music and traditions of Scotland! ScotStringNZ is a week-long residential camp held in west Auckland, New Zealand. Specialist teachers from Scotland will offer lessons for strings, keyboards and accompaniment instruments, as well as band work. Your fee includes seven nights’ accommodation, all meals, classes and optional activities. Transfers to and from camp to the airport or central city can also be arranged.
Teachers:
In 2018 our teachers will be Gordon Gunn (Wick), Gregor Borland (Edinburgh) and Angus Lyon (Scotland).
Classes:
Choose from fiddle, keyboard/accordion and accompaniment instruments. We will also feature band work and guest speakers.
http://www.scotstring.nz/
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Angus Lyon is the keyboard player for the other Scottish supergroup “Blazin’ Fiddles”, who has also recorded & performed alongside Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Paul McCartney, Bobby McFerrin, Craig Armstrong, Blue Rose Code, Eliza Carthy, Matt Costa, Bella Hardy & many more!
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Gordon Gunn has been described as “one of the most exciting and innovative fiddle players of the times.” He is a founding member of Scottish super-group “Session A9”, who were voted best live act at the 2012 Trad Awards, as well as being a respected fiddle tutor, composer, session musician and producer. His playing has featured on more than 50 albums.
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Gregor Borland has also toured and recorded with many great bands and artists - Kathryn Tickell, Davy Steele, Jim Malcolm and Burach, to name just a few. He now has his own teaching studio in Edinburgh, runs annual fiddle weeks in stunning locations, teaches at clubs all around Scotland and is in demand as a guest instructor at fiddle schools as far afield as the USA and New Zealand.
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Together these three superb musicians will be teaching fiddle and accompaniment classes at a Scottish music week at Bella Rakha in west Auckland (www.scotstring.nz) and will then present concerts in various North Island locations. As part of the ScotStringNZ music week we would like to invite you to come along and experience the music and dance of Scotland:
Saturday 21 April at 7.30pm
A concert by Gordon Gunn, Angus Lyon & Gregor Borland
Friday 27 April at 7.30pm
A family ceilidh (dance) with musical performances by the three tutors and the students of ScotStringNZ. No experience or talent necessary!
Come one, come all! $20 on the door and children are free of charge.
Email info@scotstring.nz for additional information.
Saturday 21 April at 7.30pm
A concert by Gordon Gunn, Angus Lyon & Gregor Borland
Friday 27 April at 7.30pm
A family ceilidh (dance) with musical performances by the three tutors and the students of ScotStringNZ. No experience or talent necessary!
Come one, come all! $20 on the door and children are free of charge.
Email info@scotstring.nz for additional information.
Ceol Aneaus Queen's Birthday Weekend in Nelson New Zealand 1st - 4th June 2018
Ceol Aneas 2018 to be held at Nelson Centre for Musical ArtsGreat news, Ceol Aneas is to be held at the newly revamped Nelson Center for Musical Arts. This will bring all our classes, ceili, workshops and concert into the one venue.
Refurbished and rebranded, the old Nelson School of Music has become The Nelson Center of Musical Arts. This rebranding includes a welcome for all aspects of the musical community. We are very happy to be included in this new vision, it seems like a perfect match for us.
The concert will be held in the magnificent historic auditorium built in 1901. Some of you will remember the amazing tutors' concerts that we used to hold there in the early days of Ceol Aneas. There is also a smaller, brand new performance venue that we will use for "Meet the Tutor" workshops and the Ceili. Our classes will be held in a range of purpose built classrooms and practice spaces.
The Nelson Center for Musical Arts is at 48 Nile Street (on the corner of Collingwood Street) which is nice and central to all of our other venues. It is an easy 10 minutes walk from the YHA and all of our session venues are even closer.
Irish Music Classes
All classes are taught in the traditional style, by ear, and students are
expected to be familiar with playing traditional Irish music and comfortable
learning by ear. The classes are not suitable for beginners. Most classes will
be taught at an intermediate to advanced level. If you have any questions, or
would like advice in evaluating your playing level, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Tutors:
Tutor Line Up
We announced our full tutor line up in the last newsletter, if you missed it or want to check out their full bios, links to video clips and other information, then visit our website here: http://www.irishmusic.org.nz/ceol-aneas-irish-music-festival/classes-tutors/
We are very happy to add Robert Zielinski as a fiddle tutor to our line up. We are anticipating good numbers of fiddle students and so it's great to have two classes to be able to keep the group sizes nice and small. We stream the two classes and swap the tutors after day two so that all students get to experience both tutors.
Robert Zielinski, Fiddle, Australiawww.irishmusic.org.nz
Robert grew up in Perth Western Australia. He learnt to play by ear from his mentors, Mick Doherty and Sean Doherty (no relation.) Mick hails from a long line of travelling fiddle players, storytellers and tin smiths from Donegal. His Uncle the iconic Fiddler Johnny Doherty was featured on RTE’s documentary “The Fiddler On The Road”.
At age seventeen Robert moved to Ireland and spent fourteen years on the west coast - immersing himself in the traditional music of the older players, including ten years with one of his most loved mentors Andy Davey, master of the Sligo style.
Robert taught for three years at the Galway School of Traditional Irish Music and in the year 2000 he won Ireland’s Michael Coleman Traditional Fiddle Player of the year Award.
He has toured in both the USA and Europe and played at Fairbridge festival, National Folk Festival, Flybynite Musicicians club and recently was guest soloist with the Perth Chamber Orchestra.
In 2013 Robert and Mick Doherty recorded their debut Album “Out West” released by the National Library of Australia to preserve the musical legacy of Mick's family
Bodhrán Class - Michael Dewes This year we are offering a one off, afternoon Bodhrán class, run by Micheal Dewes. It will run for 1 hour and will be limited to 10 students. It's free for any registered students and $20 for anyone else. If you are interested, please contact enquiries@irishmusic.org.nz - first in first served.
Introduced to Irish traditional music when living in Brisbane in 2010. Michael instantly fell in love with it. Upon moving back home to NZ he took up the bodhrán, finding it a natural move from previous years playing the drum kit. After a year of being self taught he traveled to Ireland to attend the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy. Junior has been highly influential in Michael's playing style, which incorporates a combination of modern techniques while intertwining a rich variety of tones. As well as playing in sessions around the country, Michael is now making his own line of bodhráns.
Sponsorship We would like to thank the generous support of our sponsors who help make Ceol Aneas possible.
Ceol Aneas 2018 to be held at Nelson Centre for Musical ArtsGreat news, Ceol Aneas is to be held at the newly revamped Nelson Center for Musical Arts. This will bring all our classes, ceili, workshops and concert into the one venue.
Refurbished and rebranded, the old Nelson School of Music has become The Nelson Center of Musical Arts. This rebranding includes a welcome for all aspects of the musical community. We are very happy to be included in this new vision, it seems like a perfect match for us.
The concert will be held in the magnificent historic auditorium built in 1901. Some of you will remember the amazing tutors' concerts that we used to hold there in the early days of Ceol Aneas. There is also a smaller, brand new performance venue that we will use for "Meet the Tutor" workshops and the Ceili. Our classes will be held in a range of purpose built classrooms and practice spaces.
The Nelson Center for Musical Arts is at 48 Nile Street (on the corner of Collingwood Street) which is nice and central to all of our other venues. It is an easy 10 minutes walk from the YHA and all of our session venues are even closer.
Irish Music Classes
All classes are taught in the traditional style, by ear, and students are
expected to be familiar with playing traditional Irish music and comfortable
learning by ear. The classes are not suitable for beginners. Most classes will
be taught at an intermediate to advanced level. If you have any questions, or
would like advice in evaluating your playing level, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Tutors:
Tutor Line Up
We announced our full tutor line up in the last newsletter, if you missed it or want to check out their full bios, links to video clips and other information, then visit our website here: http://www.irishmusic.org.nz/ceol-aneas-irish-music-festival/classes-tutors/
We are very happy to add Robert Zielinski as a fiddle tutor to our line up. We are anticipating good numbers of fiddle students and so it's great to have two classes to be able to keep the group sizes nice and small. We stream the two classes and swap the tutors after day two so that all students get to experience both tutors.
Robert Zielinski, Fiddle, Australiawww.irishmusic.org.nz
Robert grew up in Perth Western Australia. He learnt to play by ear from his mentors, Mick Doherty and Sean Doherty (no relation.) Mick hails from a long line of travelling fiddle players, storytellers and tin smiths from Donegal. His Uncle the iconic Fiddler Johnny Doherty was featured on RTE’s documentary “The Fiddler On The Road”.
At age seventeen Robert moved to Ireland and spent fourteen years on the west coast - immersing himself in the traditional music of the older players, including ten years with one of his most loved mentors Andy Davey, master of the Sligo style.
Robert taught for three years at the Galway School of Traditional Irish Music and in the year 2000 he won Ireland’s Michael Coleman Traditional Fiddle Player of the year Award.
He has toured in both the USA and Europe and played at Fairbridge festival, National Folk Festival, Flybynite Musicicians club and recently was guest soloist with the Perth Chamber Orchestra.
In 2013 Robert and Mick Doherty recorded their debut Album “Out West” released by the National Library of Australia to preserve the musical legacy of Mick's family
Bodhrán Class - Michael Dewes This year we are offering a one off, afternoon Bodhrán class, run by Micheal Dewes. It will run for 1 hour and will be limited to 10 students. It's free for any registered students and $20 for anyone else. If you are interested, please contact enquiries@irishmusic.org.nz - first in first served.
Introduced to Irish traditional music when living in Brisbane in 2010. Michael instantly fell in love with it. Upon moving back home to NZ he took up the bodhrán, finding it a natural move from previous years playing the drum kit. After a year of being self taught he traveled to Ireland to attend the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy. Junior has been highly influential in Michael's playing style, which incorporates a combination of modern techniques while intertwining a rich variety of tones. As well as playing in sessions around the country, Michael is now making his own line of bodhráns.
Sponsorship We would like to thank the generous support of our sponsors who help make Ceol Aneas possible.
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Dermot Byrne Free Reed - Ireland
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Maggie Carty Banjo/Mandolin - Ireland
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Beth McCracken Flute - Australia
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Jody Moran Whistle - Eng / Aus
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Kate Burke Guitar - Australia
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Robert Zielinski Fiddle - Australia
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Máirtín Staunton Sessions - Ireland
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Michael Dewes Bodhrán NZ
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Bríd Harper Fiddle - Ireland
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Aneaus Scolarship If you are passionate about your music but need some help to make the trip to Nelson, we have just the thing for you! Lamp Post (http://www.lamppost.co.nz/) is a great hub for the folk and acoustic music community, organising and publicising gigs and events and other good things!. This year they are offering a sponsorship to a first time or deserving musician to attend Ceol Aneas! Thanks to Louise for the very generous commitment to supporting up and coming Irish music in New Zealand. Here are the criteria:
The sponsorship covers the tuition fee and a contribution towards travel if the recipient is outside of Nelson. Applications will be judged by a panel comprising of Ceol Aneas committee members and Lamppost staff. But you need to be quick, applications close on Thursday April 4th. Please checkout the full details here: http://irishmusic.org.nz/scholarship.html For other Ceol Aneas information, check out the Ceol Aneas website orjoin our Facebook page |
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Ceol Aneas - Concert of Irish Traditional Music
The Ceol Aneas 2018 Concert is New Zealand’s only traditional Irish music festival presents a showcase concert featuring all the guest tutors for the festival:- Beth McCracken (flute), Bríd Harper (fiddle), Robert Zielinksi (Fiddle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Maggie Carty (banjo), Kate Burke (guitar), Jody Moran (whistle), Máirtín Staunton (flute) Last years concert nearly sold out so be in quick to avoid disappointment. When: Sunday, 3 June 2016 at 7:00pm Where: Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile Street. Tickets: Adults $30 (booking fees will apply), Students (with ID) or 18 & under $20 (if you're attending the master-classes, your concert ticket is including as part of your registration) |
Wellington Branch Suzuki Spring Workshop 2018
Sep 30 - Oct 3
Wellesley College (New Zealand)
Eastbourne, Wellington Region, New Zealand
Instruments offered: Violin, Viola, Piano, Cello, Guitar and ECE music classes.
Registration closes midday on Monday 13th August 2018.
Registration is open to current members of the Suzuki Institute (2018/19 year) learning with a registered Suzuki teacher on the instrument of participation.
It is expected that all children attending will have a supervising parent with them, both for safety, and to support them.
Auckland Branch Spring Workshop 2018
Oct 11 at 8 AM – Oct 13 at 5 PM
Rosmini College, 36 Dominion St, Takapuna, Auckland
NZSI Auckland Branch is holding a Spring Workshop for Suzuki students in the second week of the 2018 October School Holidays and a warm invitation is extended to all NZSI members. The programme will cater for cello, flute, guitar, piano and violin students who are learning from a NZSI Registered teacher and have completed twinkles on their instrument through to post-repertoire, or for preschool siblings who are pre-instrument.
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2019
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WELLSO
(Summer Orchestra Intensive) |
From 16th to 20th January 2019, Rata Studios School of Music is hosting 5 days of orchestral and chamber music workshops. Come and have a Summer holiday with a difference and enjoy playing music with like-minded adults from around New Zealand, here in Wellington. Based on the principles of our Wellington Late Starters Orchestra (WELLSO), no audition is required and we welcome players of all abilities. We will most likely have two orchestras , one for grades 1 to 4 levels approx. and one from grade 5 upwards but following the principles of WELLSO we will also be playing some pieces all together as one larger orchestra with music arranged according to levels. We will be contracting top level NZ professional musicians to come and coach and conduct. The programme will be based at Scots College in Wellington which has state of the art teaching and rehearsal spaces. Tea, coffee and lunches are provided. We hope you can join us for some fantastic music making. It’s a great opportunity to advance your orchestral skills and repertoire in a relaxed and friendly environment. TimingStart: Wednesday 16th January 2019 Finish: Sunday 20th January 2019 9.30am- 5.00pm each day. LocationScots College Creative and Performing Arts Centre Music Rooms TeacherMark Bobb and guest musicians. Target MarketAdults Price/Musician (incl GST)$500. Fee includes course tuition and morning tea and lunch each day. Please note any dietary requirements you may have to assist us with our menu planning: RegistrationNew enrolments: enrol online http://ratastudios.co.nz/wellso-summer-orchestra-intensive/ |
Boxwood Waipu N Z D - 5 days of classes,
activites & meals5 NZD - Daily rate for classes, activites & melP
