The Dunedin Youth Orchestra has resumed rehearsing for our upcoming concert ‘Night Ringing with Unseen Larks’ after a couple of weeks off for Easter and school holidays. We are working hard towards our next concert, which will take place on Wednesday 27th May, at Knox … Continue readingDYO prepares for “Night Ringing with Unseen Larks” concert
Today, the Dunedin Youth Orchestra resumes rehearsing for our upcoming concert after a couple of weeks off for Easter and Anzac Day. We are working hard towards our next concert, which will take place in just three weeks: our concert is 7:30pm, Saturday 24 May, … Continue readingAn update: three weeks to the concert
Tonight the Dunedin Youth Orchestra performs its final concert for 2013. Come along to Knox Church at 7:30pm to hear a delightful range of music from every musical era. The concert will be conducted by Anthony Ritchie, with soloists Maple Goh (violin) and Modi Deng … Continue readingTONIGHT: Dunedin Youth Orchestra presents “Musical Portraits”
We spent Friday the 13th at Marama Hall, one of the historic concert venues at the University of Otago, to rehearse with our harpsichord soloist Modi Deng before our upcoming concert Musical Portraits. As far as I know, this beautiful, 90-year-old building is not haunted! … Continue readingHarpsichord rehearsal at Marama Hall
The last time the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra offered to run a coaching session with the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, the weather gods had other ideas. Fortunately the sun was shining last Wednesday so the NZSO were able to get into Dunedin for their concert “Magnificent … Continue readingSectional Rehearsals with NZSO
Last week the Southern Sinfonia roused us with their concert “From Russia With Love,” conducted by Nicolas Braithwaite and featuring guest pianist Nikolai Demidenko. Next week Dunedin gets another musical treat as the NZSO are in town on their Magnificent Mozart tour. And DYO gets … Continue readingNZSO: Magnificent Mozart
