Singaporean-born Yid-Ee Goh is former Concertmaster of Orchestra Wellington (formerly Vector Wellington Orchestra), violinist for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and New Zealand String Quartet. In 2004, Yid-Ee helped setup and run The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre for children with special needs (www.rmtc.org.nz). He has taught violin and viola at St. Cuthbert’s College, Diocesan Girls […]
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Meet the viola section of the Manukau Symphony Orchestra! MSO provides a unique opportunity for youth and community musicians to work alongside and receive mentoring from professional players. MSO also provides scholarships to talented youth players which has seen a boost to the Viola section in the past two years!
Having performed around the world including at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Dunedin-based soprano Anna Leese will next be on stage at the Due Drop Events Centre in Auckland with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra in Mahler 4. Have you performed with the MSO before? I’ve performed with Uwe Grodd before. I did the Haydn Nelson Mass with him a
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A Mahler symphony is a symbol of maturity for any orchestra. Together with soprano Anna Leese, Manukau Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will perform Mahler’s Fourth Symphony on Saturday 28 August, 7.30pm at the Vodafone Events Centre. Leese, a sought-after Kiwi soprano, says the challenge is conveying the sense of child-like wonderment in Das himmlische Leben (The Heavenly Life) in the last movement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. ‘There are few
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Auckland-born, US-based pianist Henry Wong Doe has made a trip half way around the world to perform with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra and to visit family. From his MIQ hotel, Henry reveals some of his fondest memories, what to listen out for in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and the other musical instrument that he plays. How do
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE14 April 2021 The Manukau Symphony Orchestra (MSO) begins its 2021 season with renowned New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun in the twice-rescheduled concert Houstoun Plays The Egyptian on Sunday 2 May, 5pm at the Vodafone Events Centre. Houstoun always tries to avoid picking favourites, although he does ‘love the charm, exoticism and virtuosity’
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Manukau’s symphony orchestra makes welcome return — William Dart
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From a toddler conducting with chopsticks at the dinner table, to leading orchestras around the world, Guest Conductor Ray Chan talks to the MSO about his musical journey thus far. What was your first encounter with music? Music had always been a part of me since young as per tradition of most Asian families –
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In 2019 an international journal of community music published an article by Professor Uwe Grodd and Associate Professor David Lines, University of Auckland on the success story of the orchestra. Grodd, U. & Lines, D. The Manukau Symphony Orchestra: Reflections on a sustainable model for a community orchestra in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of
