First Tuesday Concert - Auckland Grammar School

Our concert on Tuesday 1 June will be showcasing some of the fine achievements of Auckland Grammar Music Department. Many people in New Zealand won’t realise what marvellous music is being developed in our secondary schools, unless they attend the annual competitions. Students are making very serious efforts, always using the previous year’s top standard as a challenge to surpass. Time and again music of astonishing finesse and musicianship is the result. For many years both the numbers participating and the level of expertise have been envied by other countries around the world. Auckland Schools are certainly no exception to this pattern. First Tuesday are very pleased to present a showcase concert by some of this year’s talented and hard-working young people. Many of them will be participating in the Auckland Secondary Schools Band and Orchestra Festival, which is now the KBB Music Festival, and the formidable New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest, and the Big Sing National competition later in the year.

Auckland Grammar Music Department are long time participants in these festivals and have a dedication to excellence. The programme for their First Tuesday debut features their chamber choir performing works including compositions from Christchurch’s Richard Oswin and Auckland’s Takerei Komene. This is followed by their chamber group performing two movements from Olivier Messiaen's demanding and extraordinary Quartet for the End of Time; and to finish their chamber orchestra performing works by Vivaldi and Shostakovich.

Entry by Koha.