NZSO on the Road
The NZSO is on the road in March touring the South Island with an ensemble of 20 musicians into the local communities of Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Christchurch, Timaru and Oamaru, zigzagging across the entire mainland of New Zealand in a series of family concerts featuring much-loved classics and contemporary surprises!
The concerts are part of the NZSO's Community Programmes initiative and will introduce audiences to the instruments, sections and musicians of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Each musician of the NZSO in Miniature and on the Road tour performs a different instrument of the orchestra, allowing them to give individual presentations involving opportunities for audience interaction.
The concerts feature solo performances and a programme of arrangements of classic favourites for this original ensemble, such as Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, other much-loved classics and a few surprises!
As part of the NZSO in Miniature and on the Road tour the NZSO will also perform concerts for schools in Christchurch and Timaru, giving local school children the chance to see the NZSO in action.
Tickets on sale from 19th February!
Further details available at www.nzso.co.nz
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NZSOThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1946, is the country’s leading professional orchestra. It has an establishment of 90 players and performs over 100 concerts annually. Touring within New Zealand looms large in the Orchestra’s activities. All its main symphonic programmes are presented in Auckland and Wellington, and as well as this, the Orchestra visits some 25 New Zealand towns and cities annually.
