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Queen's Birthday Chamber Music Weekend 2021
Students take a bow at the end of an intensive and inspiring weekend The future of chamber music is looking bright! Earlier this month we...
Jun 29, 20212 min read


Job Opportunity: Marketing and Digital Engagement Manager
The New Zealand String Quartet Trust seeks a dynamic and creative individual to manage and develop our marketing activity...
Apr 30, 20212 min read


NZSQ Trust Announces New General Manager
The NZSQ Trust are delighted to announce the appointment of Marcus Norman as General Manager. Marcus will join us after eight years...
Apr 29, 20212 min read


Students blossom with musical promise
The 27th Adam Summer School for young chamber musicians took place earlier this month in Nelson and offered 25 of the country's top young...
Apr 6, 20216 min read


Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - This, one hopes, is just the beginning (Christchurch)
From the moment that dancer Laura Saxon Jones stepped onto the stage to quizzically inspect the music stands already positioned...
Mar 20, 20215 min read


Dominion Post: Artistic passion touches hearts of appreciative audience (Wellington)
This was the inaugural performance of BalletCollective Aotearoa in Wellington. They join forces with Chamber Music New Zealand to bring...
Mar 17, 20212 min read


Five Lines: Transfigured Night - from saucy games to passionate desire (Wellington)
The stage in Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre is set with music stands and a large white sail-like backdrop painted in multi-coloured...
Mar 17, 20214 min read


Theatre Review: Unique piece of theatre and a privilege to see (Wellington)
For all of my life when attending orchestral performances, I have wished that music could be visually amplified with movement...
Mar 15, 20212 min read


Jennifer Shennan: Transfigured Night. Ballet Collective Aotearoa & Chamber Music New Zealand (Wgtn)
This was an evening of triumph on several levels. Transfigured Night is the first of six concerts in Chamber Music NZ's nationally...
Mar 15, 20214 min read


Dance Aotearoa NZ: Transfigured Night (Wellington)
Chamber Music New Zealand has boldly incorporated a theatre element into their national tour, Transfigured Night, by commissioning...
Mar 15, 20213 min read


Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - beautiful, intimate, uplifting (Palmerston North)
When an audience leaves with smiles on their faces and chattering about the performance then you know it’s a hit...
Mar 13, 20213 min read


Tabea Squire on ‘I Danced, Unseen’
Tabea Squire‘s ‘I Danced, Unseen’, with choreography by Loughlan Prior, will be performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and dancers....
Mar 10, 20215 min read


Five Lines: Celebrating chamber music in Nelson
Curated by artistic directors Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell of the New Zealand String Quartet, the rich programme offered fourteen events.
Mar 3, 20214 min read


National Tour 2021
Our 2021 National Tour will take us around Aotearoa in August and September. Immerse yourself in astounding beauty, inspire your senses...
Feb 1, 20212 min read


Chamber Music NZ: Transfigured Night
Returning from summer break in January, the first rehearsal for the NZSQ was more unusual than most: a movement session to begin...
Jan 29, 20212 min read


Join our Board of Trustees!
The NZSQ is looking to appoint a new Trustee to our Board. At this time we are seeking interest from people residing in Christchurch...
Jan 22, 20211 min read


Job Opportunity: General Manager
The New Zealand String Quartet has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Arts Manager to continue to build our reputation...
Jan 19, 20212 min read


Zoom Concerts & Lockdown Music
Helene finds unexpected bonuses during the making of lockdown music. Fourteen weekly zoom concerts co-hosted with Wellington Suzuki violin..
Dec 15, 20204 min read


Playing Viola Quintets with New Zealand String Quartet violist | ANZVS Journal Issue No. 48
It is always of great interest for a full-time string quartet... when one or more additional members joins the group for quintets/sextets...
Dec 15, 20205 min read


National Tour 2020 | Beethoven
This year we’re celebrating a massive composer with a massive tour. The 2020 National Tour brings Beethoven back on his 250th birthday...
Nov 13, 20202 min read
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