2009 Masterclasses & Professional Development


Wellington
New Zealand School of Music
2 June 2009  @  2.10pm – 5.00pm   (Shmuel Ashkenasi)
Admission is free, and classes are open to tMichael Hill International Violin Competitionhe general public. Please contact the NZSM Office (Kelburn) for further information on (04) 463 5369.


 
Auckland
School of Music, University of Auckland

10 June 2009  @  1.30pm
– 3.30pm  (Oleh Krysa)
                         @  4.00pm – 6.00pm  (Pamela Frank)

11 June 2009  @  1.00pm – 3.00pm  (Shmuel Ashkenasi)
                         @  3.30pm – 5.30pm  (Dong-Suk Kang)

Admission is free, and classes are open to the general public. Please contact the School of Music for further information on (09) 373 7999 ext. 87409.





Classroom Conversations
Held in local colleges, these inspirational yet informal sessions with Competition violinists will discuss the pathways taken by international violinists to get where they have.

Queenstown
Monday 8 June
@  9.00am – 10.00am
Wakatipu High School
Bella Hristova (winner 2007) and Sarah Buchan (NZ Development Prize winner 2009). For more information, please contact Wakatipu High SChool on (03) 442 7370.

Auckland
Wednesday 10 June
@  9.00am – 10.30am
Westlake Girls High School
For more information contact Rowan Johnston on +64 21 689 718 or bass2@xtra.co.nz.
Thursday 11 June @  10.00am – 11.30am
Raye Freedman Arts Centre
Epsom Girls Grammar School

International judge Wilma Smith attended Epsom Girls Grammar and will return to work with students and share her journey from EGGS to being concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. For more information, contact Peter Thomas on +64 970 6744 or music@eggs.school.nz.

Student Open Rehearsal Attendance
Secondary students wishing to observe rehearsals 811 June should contact APO Education Manager, Lee Martelli on +64 9 623 5626 or leef@apo.co.nz.

            

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