Dean Major

DEAN
MAJOR

2ND VIOLIN

Born and educated in Wellington, Dean joined the NZSO organisation as a trainee violinist with the Schola Musica in 1975, and successfully auditioned at the end of 1978 for the ‘big’ orchestra. As a trainee, he studied with the then NZSO Sub-Principal Second Violin, Franco Domaneschi, having previously studied locally with Bill Davies, Ken Magill and Zillah Castle. In 1980 he was appointed a National Artist to the Radio NZ Concert Programme, making many recordings for broadcast with pianists, Rae de Lisle, David Guerin, Katherine Austin and Margaret Nielsen. In 1982, son number one, Nicholas, was born.

In 1987, Dean was invited to be a founding member of the NZ Chamber Orchestra. In 1993 he met his wife, Rosemary Brown (former NZSO Sales and Client Services Manager), and in 1998, sons number two and three, identical twin boys, Alex and Zack, were born. Dean and Rosemary still manage to enjoy food, wine, friends and rugby.

DEAN MAJOR

2ND VIOLIN

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DEAN
MAJOR

DEAN
MAJOR

ANDREW
JOYCE

ANDREW
KASZA

ANDREW
THOMSON

ANNA
DEBNAM

ANNA
VAN DER ZEE

ANNE
LOESER

ANNEMARIE
MEIJERS

BRIGID
O'MEEGHAN

CAROLYN
MILLS

BELINDA
VEITCH

SIMEON
BROOM

SIMON
MILLER

URSULA
EVANS

VESA-MATTI
LEPPÄNEN

VICTORIA
JAENECKE

YURY
GEZENTSVEY

SALLY
ISAAC

DAVID
CHICKERING

DAVID
GILLING

DONALD
ARMSTRONG

ELEANOR
CARTER

ELIZABETH
PATCHETT

ELSPETH
GRAY

EMMA
BARRON

GREGORY
SQUIRE

HAIHONG
LIU

JANET
ARMSTRONG

JENARO
GARITA

JOAN PERARNAU
GARRIGA

JULIA
JOYCE

KATHERINE
ROWE

KEN
ICHINOSE

KRISTINA
ZELINSKA

LISA
BOYES

LUCIEN
RIZOS

LYNDSAY
MOUNTFORT

MALAVIKA
GOPAL

MALCOLM
STRUTHERS

MATTHEW
CAVE

MEGAN
MOLINA

MICHAEL
CUNCANNON

NICHOLAS
SANDLE

OLEKSANDR
GUNCHENKO

PAM
JIANG

PETER
BARBER

REBECCA
STRUTHERS

ROBERT
IBELL

ALANNA
JONES

ROWAN
PRIOR

BEIYI
XUE

YUKA
EGUCHI

NICHOLAS
HANCOX

ALAN
MOLINA

AMY
BROOKMAN

BEATRIX
FRANCIS