NZSM Friday at 5: Reed All About It

Te Kōkī, the New Zealand School of Music present the third of our five Friday at 5 concerts for 2011.

This concert celebrates the 'reed' family of instruments from the perspective of both classical and jazz music.

From the jazz 'side of the tracks', a saxophone quintet consisting of Alex Nyman, Colin Hemmingsen, Andre Paris, Hayden Hockley and Mike Isaacs will play a set of three works: 'Are we Keeping You Up Sir?' by Dick Walter, 'Bird' by Harry South and 'Saxology' by Dick Walter. They will be accompanied by a rhythm section of Dan Hayles (piano), Rom Smith (bass) and Shaun Anderson (drums) – all members of the Wellington Jazz Orchestra.

Exploring reed instruments from the classical perspective, clarinetist Nick Walshe will perform two works by NZ Composer (and ex-School of Music lecturer) Ross Harris: 'Klaga' and 'Vaygeshray'. Classical saxophone will feature with 2011 NZSM Concerto competition winner Reuben Chin performing a movement from each of two Sonatas for Alto Saxophone: 'Recitative' from NZ composer John Elmsly's and the 1st Movement of Paul Creston's Sonata. Both works will be accompanied by Emma Sayers (piano).

Completing the programme, the NZSM Clarinet Sextet (Marcus Norman, Nick Walshe, David McGregor, Athene Laws, Hannah Sellars and Patrick Hayes) will perform two works arranged by Marcus Norman: 'Andante' from Mozart's 'Serenade in c minor for Winds', and 'Three Preludes' by Gershwin.

The free one hour concert will start promptly at 5:00pm on Friday 15 July, 2011.

The Friday at 5 series are concerts in which the NZSM comes 'downtown' sharing with Wellington audiences music which reaches out and connects us to our past, future, other cultures and to each other. The concerts all feature the extraordinary talent of NZSM staff, students and friends.

The remaining Friday at 5 concerts in 2011 are on September 9 and October 7.

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