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Tickets are now on sales for 'Heroes and Villains'
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Our next concert at the PumpHouse Theatre is just around the corner.
Our theme for this one is 'Heroes and Villains'. We will be going on a musical journey through classic stories of heroism and villainy. Featuring a variety of pieces from films, musicals, and classics including Star Wars, Phantom of the Opera, The Firebird, Wicked, and The Incredibles.
There will also be a cash-only raffle so, bring some loose change if you want to be in to win a prize!
Read Full Post »Tickets are now on sale for Festivities!
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We are very excited to be rehearsing for yet another concert at the wonderful PumpHouse Theatre.
This time we are holding a celebration of various festive music and classic tunes as we welcome the Holiday Season. Featuring music by Gustav Holst, Frank Sinatra, sing-a-long carols, Christmas music, and more!
Tickets on sales now at https://pumphouse.co.nz/whats-on/show/festivities/
Bon Voyage Leo Jaffrey and Welcome to our new MD Natalie Paine
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We are very sad to say goodbye to Leo Jaffrey who has been a wonderful MD over the last few years. We wish him every success in his studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in England, where he will soon be starting a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting.
Replacing Leo, we are very happy to introduce our new MD Natalie Paine.
Natalie was born in South Australia and educated at Brighton Secondary School on a music scholarship. She holds a Bachelor of Music - Honours (Clas...
Read Full Post »It's ON! Last Night of the Proms Concert 26th June 2022
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Come and join the North Shore Concert Band for a celebration of the Best of British.
After postponing this concert twice we are very much looking forward to finally putting it on (fingers crossed!)
Sunday 26th June 2pm
The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna
The band will be playing a number of time-honoured favourites such as ‘Land of Hope and Glory’, ‘Nimrod’ and ‘Jerusalem’ plus some great show-tunes and othe...
Read Full Post »Last Night of the Proms postponed until further notice
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Unfortunately due to the extended COVID restrictions in Auckland we have had to postpone this concert again.
We hope to be able to reschedule in 2022.
New Date for Last Night of the Proms
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Due to the arrival of COVID on our shores we had to postpone our big annual concert and rehearsals are on hold until Auckland drops to COVID Alert Level 2.
Last Night of the Proms is now scheduled for Friday 26th November at 7:30 pm
We really hope we will be able to go ahead with it this time and we expect a full house if it does.
Tickets now on sale for Last Night of the Proms
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Come and join the North Shore Concert Band for a celebration of the Best of British.
Sunday 29th August 2pm
The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna
The band will be playing a number of time-honoured favourites such as ‘Land of Hope and Glory’, ‘Nimrod’ and ‘Jerusalem’ plus some great show-tunes and other classics. They will be joined on stage by the very talented Michael Jamieson, principal saxophonist for the NZ Navy Band,...
Read Full Post »Browns Bay Concert 28 March cancelled
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Unfortunately there is too much wind for an outdoor concert today so we have had to cancel.
That went well!
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Our annual concert at the PumpHouse Theatre entitled Exultation! A Musical Celebration held on November 15th at the PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna was a great success.
We had a really good number of audience members who all seemed very appreciative of our performance.
We feel very privileged to be able to perform at all in 2020
Programme for our November 15th concert
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Rehearsals are sounding great and we are really looking forward to our first concert since lock-down.
Here is the programme:
Exultation! (Philip Sparke)
Selections from Sound of Music (R Rodgers, arr. Jim Christiansen)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Movement 1 (W.A. Mozart, arr. T Birkett)
I Left my Heart in San Francisco (George Cory and Douglass Cross, arr. Alfred Reed)
Satin Doll (Duke Ellington, arr. Bob Lowden)
Memory (Andrew L...
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