Final Public Concert 2 pm, Monday June 2, Queen Margaret College Hall: Entry by koha
Groups Participating:
Blühend - voice, flute, piano
Triple Shot - piano trio
The PACT - 2 violins and piano
Virtuoso Strings Septet - 3 violins, 2 violas, bass, piano
The Triple Clefs - 2 violins, cello
QMC Strings - 2 violins, 2 cellos
Bonis ed Edclairvia - flute, violin, piano
Trio Cadenza - clarinet, cello, piano
Sonnen Trio - 2 violins, piano
SyncopaFour - 3 violins and piano
SCRAM - string quartet
6Feet - 2 violins and viola
ANNOUNCING: The 12th Annual Chamber Music weekend! in 2014 I founded the Queen’s Birthday Chamber Music Weekend, which later became the Chamber Music Intensive. Now called the Chamber Music Mega Weekend, presented in cooperation with the Pettman National Junior Academy, it will be held at Queen Margaret College from May 31 to June 2. 12 groups that are entering the NZCT Chamber Music Contest (in its 60th Anniversary year!) have been selected to participate. They will receive intensive coaching and master classes, and all of them will perform in a public concert Monday June 2. Stay tuned for information on the master classes, which are open to the public as well.
2025 CMMW Tutors:
Violinists Helene Pohl, Monique Lapins, Alan Molina, Lynley Culliford
Pianists Richard Mapp, Beth Chen, Nicole Chao (Duo Enharmonics)
Cellist Rolf Gjelsten
Flutist Bridget Douglas
Student feedback from the Chamber Music Intensive May/June 2024
“The weekend gave me different ways to make my music really sound like music and brought enjoyment into the playing factor!”
“I found that I was much more comfortable with the piece that I was playing, and could understand the music more, after and during the weekend.”
“Getting to play for amazing teachers and getting the feedback is so useful! You get to work on details with them and they're all chamber music experts so they teach you so much helpful things!”
“My favourite memory is of the final concert where you get to hear how much everyone has improved since the masterclass and also just getting to share all the music you make!”
“Having lots of coaching sessions, and then having time in between to choose what we liked and didn't like was really useful. Also just having all day to practice the pieces was really helpful and after the weekend, I could hear a vast improvement in our playing.”
“I learnt so much! The tutors could explain everything so well and they talked about details that made such a difference.”
“My favourite memory is of having so much fun making beautiful music and friends.”
“The coaches were so joyful when coaching us, we loved the pieces even more after that!”