...unified by their common energy and discipline, and a singular understanding of Shostakovich’s music...
(Lindis Taylor, "Middle-C")
The ASQ International Music Academy 2020 is a happening thing...
Friday, June 5, 2020 - 7:52pm

5 June 2020 - Applications have continued to come in for our sixth ASQ Academy and we have enough enrolments now to be able to confirm that the course will run, unless the Covid-19 alert level rises again. If that happens, and we have to cancel the course, applicants will receive a full refund.

The Academy will take place at Chilton St James School in Lower Hutt from 13 to 18 July. Participants can apply for a short course (13-15 July or 15-18 July) or for the full six days.

The course is aimed at student and adult non-professional string players and pianists of a minimum standard of Grade VI.

As in previous years, the course will include string ensemble (conducted by Donald Armstrong, NZSO Associate Concertmaster), chamber music, group classes, informal concerts and a final gala concert.

The fees are different from those shown on the application form. It now costs $300 for a short course (first or second half) and $600 for the full six-day course, payable on the same date as the application deadline. Applicants should use the existing application form.

The application form, along with the ASQ Academy brochure and further updates, can be found on our website.

We would love you to consider this opportunity for fun chamber music & string ensemble playing, post-lockdown!

Applications close on Friday 26 June.
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Next concerts

Wednesday, May 15 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, St Andrew's in the City, Palmerston North

Our programme begins with the elegant Classicism of Boccherini. In the next work, ‘The Bullet’ by French composer George Onslow, the composer dramatically depicts a hunting accident in which he was almost killed and his subsequent recovery. In the second half, the atmospheric ‘Swim the Sliding Continents’ by Auckland composer Louise Webster and the heartfelt ‘Postlude’ by Ukranian composer Valentyn Silvestrov are followed by Dvorak’s richly Romantic String Quintet No 2 in G. Tickets ($30 General Admission, $25 Concessions, $10 Under 18s, $60 Families - 2 Adults + 2 Under 18s) available from Eventfinda (service fees apply) or at the door from 7 pm.