Education
Music for Schools
Through our Music for Schools programme, NZSO provides opportunities for students all around the country to access the orchestra. Whether it is by attending one of our Schools Concerts or through receiving an in-school visit by NZSO players; the NZSO seeks to add value to the Music and Sound Arts curriculum and support the delivery of music in New Zealand schools.
Sonnets Unplugged – Shakespeare in Music
NZSO Schools Concerts
NZSO School Visits
Sonnets Unplugged – Shakespeare in Music
The NZSO is delighted to announce an exciting new concert for students. Sonnets Unplugged is project exploring Shakespeare's Sonnets featuring a newly commissioned symphonic work This Holy Fire of Love by New Zealand composer Gareth Farr which sets 20 of Shakespeare’s sonnets to original music. The concert will be presented through drama and song by acclaimed kiwi actors Rima Te Wiata and Kristian Lavercombe.
Teaching resource:
Accompanying the Sonnets Unplugged concert is a teaching resource for years 9 – 13 exploring the history of the relationship between Shakespeare and Music through an exploration of programmatic music, opera and film. It also includes a module for Drama and English teachers.
Download teaching resource HERE
The production of this resource was made possible by the outstanding support of the Wellington Friends.
Auckland Town Hall / Fri 18 June / 1.30pm
Book at THE EDGE / 0800 289 842
Christchurch Town Hall / Thurs 24 June / 9.30am
Book at TICKETEK / 0800 842 538
Wellington Town Hall / Wed 30 June / 12 noon
Book at TICKETEK / 0800 842 538
• Each concert lasts approximately 1 hour
• Tickets are priced at $5 per student, with no charge for accompanying adults (1 adult per 8 children, extra adults at $5 each)
• For further information email musicforschools@nzso.co.nz
• to make a booking please download and complete a booking form HERE
NZSO Schools Concerts
Received with enthusiasm by students and teachers alike, NZSO Schools Concerts act as a lively and informative introduction to the symphony orchestra.
This year’s programme is targeted at students from Year 5 through to Year 8 but would be well received by students of all ages. The concerts will introduce the different sections of the orchestra and look at how composers have used them to create a diverse variety of exciting orchestral sounds and colours.
Teaching resources:
NZSO Music for Schools will provide interesting and creative teaching resources assisting teachers in preparing students for the Schools Concerts as well as providing suggested classroom activities that will help students get the most out of their NZSO concert experience
These resources will be available to download HERE
JULY
Wellington
Thursday 1 July, 13:00
Wellington Town Hall
Palmerston North
Friday 2 July, 13:00
Regent on Broadway
Napier
Wednesday 21 July, 10:00
Napier Municipal Theatre
Hamilton
Thursday 22 July May 13:00
Founders Theatre
SEPTEMBER
Auckland
Friday 10 September, 13:00
Auckland Town Hall
• Each concert lasts approximately 1 hour
• Tickets are priced at $5 per student, with no charge for accompanying adults (1 adult per 8 children, extra adults at $5 each)
• For further information email musicforschools@nzso.co.nz
• to make a booking please download and complete a booking form HERE
NZSO School Visits
NZSO could come to your school! 2010 will see small groups of players from the NZSO visiting schools across the country to bring students a first hand ‘up close and personal’ experience of orchestral instruments. Whether it’s a performance based on a classic picture book for Year 1 through to 3, a percussion workshop for Year 9 and 10 or a session on string techniques for senior composition students; your school and students will benefit from these visits greatly.
These visits will be delivered free of charge and at no cost to the participants or the school.
Case Studies
- Gendie Jury Rotary Education Award
Every year, players from the NZSO visit a Special Schools in the Auckland region to give bespoke performances to the students and their carers. The response they receive is immediate and exuberant.
“It is such a gift to be able to share our music with these children. Many of them have limited motor skills and communication skills but you can see that music speaks to them. There are moments, like when a beautiful melody is being played, that they are still and all is peaceful, and then the next moment a fun rhythm kicks in on the percussion and they are all dancing and waving!” NZSO cellist
These visits are made possible by the generous support of Gendie Jury and the NZSO Foundation
- Percussion Passion
In October 2010 the percussion section of the NZSO was joined by Brazilian percussionist Ney Rosauro and delivered a series of loud, fast paced performances to high schools in the Wellington region. After the NZSO percussion section opened the show with Cook Island drumming, the students went onto learn about the difference between Western music and Latin American rhythms. One of the shows ended with a spontaneous conga line around the school hall to an infectious Samba beat!
To register your interest in receiving a visit by members of the NZSO, please compleate the relevant section of the booking form HERE
