St Andrew's Church

Recital: "Dark Shapes Against The Sky" - Old and New Songs from Aotearoa and Europe
2024-11-02 14:30 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
“Dark Shapes Against The Sky” – Old and New Songs from Aotearoa and Europe

Friends and frequent collaborators Barbara Paterson (soprano) and Gabriela Glapska (piano) present a concert of luminous art songs from past and present Aotearoa and Europe. This new programme highlights the duo’s gleeful, keen interest in contemporary art music, while staying true to their deep affection for the lush romanticism of 19th century Lieder.

Featuring works by Dame Gillian Karawi Whitehead, Robert Schumann, Kaija Saariaho, György Kurtág, Salina Fisher and Rosa Elliott

Sat 2. November 2:30 – 4:00pm
$40/$20
Tickets available from Eventfinda or in cash on the door from 2pm

Te Tiriti Workshops Belong to This Land
2024-10-30 19:00 - 21:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Change of date: Belonging in this Land – Te Tiriti workshops – Wednesday 30th October and Wednesday November 6th 7-9pm
The Social Justice Education Group is hosting two evening workshops on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and responding as people of faith in this land. We invite you to attend both parts of the workshop.
Conversation about the Treaty is happening all around us.
There is an important opportunity right now to dive into our shared story so that we know our place to stand and how we can belong, wherever our ancestors came from.
‘Belonging in this land: Treaty basics from a Christian perspective’ is an opportunity for our faith community to explore the story of the Treaty of Waitangi over two 90-minute video sessions. Whether you know a lot, or a little, let’s be curious together.
Brought to us by Common Grace Aotearoa in partnership with Karuwhā Trust and Te Manu Hononga – the Sir Paul Reeves Centre, we will hear from expert presenters, including Dean of Taranaki Cathedral Jay Ruka and former Anglican Archbishop David Moxon, to help you refresh or expand your knowledge.
You can view a short trailer on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/kWVM4T7tiCo?si=41IRrUx0RGrkXdpW
Please register for these workshops so we can plan capacity and some catering. RVSP to office@standrews.org.nz (04)4729211
We look forward to welcoming you to these workshops.
Paul Barber and David Douglas, SJ Coordinators.

Lunchtime Concert: Kugels
2024-10-30 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Debbie Rawson, Ross Harris, Anna Gawn, Nick Tipping and Robin Perks
Take 3 former NZSO players, an Arts Laureate composer, a jazz bass player, and a charismatic singer, and you have The Kugels ! The ensemble has been together for 15 years now, and has completed nationwide tours for Arts on Tour NZ and Chamber Music New Zealand, as well as performing as guest artists at several NZ festivals.
The Kugels are looking forward to the next appearance at St Andrew’s! We will thrill you with an intoxicating mix of cutting edge art song, laced with high end instrumental folk, wild improvisation, and a zesty premiere or 2…

Upcoming Concert: Horizons
2024-10-26 08:00 - 2024-10-28 17:00
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Lunchtime Concert: Katrin Eickhorst, recorder and Michael Stewart, harpsichord
2024-10-23 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Katrin Eickhorst, recorders, and Michael Stewart, organ and harpsichord, present solo and chamber music works from the Renaissance and the Baroque, including works by Fontana, van Eyck (Staeps), Frescobaldi and Telemann.
The highlight of the programme is Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach’s Sonata in g minor for flute or violine and obligato harpsichord. One of the gems of 18th century literature, it was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach as his BWV 1020. But recent research suggests it to be a work of Johann Sebastian’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

Concert: The Organist Entertains - Martin Setchell
2024-10-19 15:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Duo Zweisamkeit – Piano Duo
2024-10-16 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for a piano four-hands performance of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, and The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a.

Upcoming Concert: Life's a Breeze
2024-10-13 14:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming concert: Jack!@80
2024-10-12 19:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Sat 12 October 2024, 7pm St Andrew’s on the Terrace, Wellington (Entry by koha)
A concert to celebrate the achievements of Jack Body composer, impresario, teacher
Jack would have turned 80 this October, and a number of those who worked with him, learned from him, and were inspired by him, are putting on a concert of his music, to celebrate his extraordinary achievements.
The programme, in the welcoming surroundings of St Andrew’s on the Terrace, will include some of his most beautiful compositions, performed by singers, pianists, percussionists, string players, a flautist and a guitarist.
The concert celebrates the life and work of one of our most original and gifted composers. His operas, choral, orchestral, electro-acoustic and chamber works are internationally acclaimed and recorded.
It marks his achievements in mounting large-scale events, such as the Sonic Circuses of the 1970s and the more recent multicultural events. In developing these events he greatly strengthened cultural links with Indonesia, China, Cambodia and throughout Asia, and his achievements in this are celebrated in those countries to a greater extent than they are celebrated here.
Such an influential life, such creative genius, is a rare and precious taonga, and we invite you to join us in recognising his achievements.
We look forward to seeing you at this very special 80th-birthday concert!
You’re welcome to join us for supper in the hall afterwards too.
RSVP & enquiries to Robert Oliver: chant4robert@gmail.com

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM Piano Extravaganza
2024-10-10 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Viola Extravaganza — Students from the NZSM
2024-10-09 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

NZ Blood Donation
2024-10-08 08:30 - 13:30 | St Andrew’s Centre, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Divisiveness and Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand: a conversation
2024-10-07 12:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming Concert: Music Futures 'The Art of Performance' with The Queen's Closet
2024-10-06 16:00 - 18:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming Concert: Aotearoa Academy Choir
2024-10-06 14:30 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM String Ensemble
2024-10-02 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Martin Riseley, violin and Kathryn Mosley, piano
2024-09-26 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Music of Alfred Hill and other New Zealand composers

Lunchtime Concert: Joanna Dann, cello and David Neild, piano
2024-09-25 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Joanna Dann, cello and David Neild, piano present Beethoven’s Cello Sonata Op. 5, No. 2 in G minor and Grieg’s Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36.

Wellington City Orchestra Concert
2024-09-22 15:00 - 17:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime concert - Quang Hong Luu, solo piano
2024-09-19 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The program starts with Franz Liszt’s Funérailles, a dramatic work that captures the revolutionary spirit of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. It is followed by Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood, op. 15, a collection of miniature works that expresses the more intimate and delicate charm of the piano repertoire. The final work is the monumental f-minor Sonata by Brahms, a grand symphonic-scale work that mixes passion with nobility.
Luu has won numerous prizes at competitions in Italy, Germany and Japan and has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra of England, the Wuhan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Orchestra of Australia. He has given recitals in Australia, Vietnam, Japan, China, Malaysia, the USA and France.
He will soon release a CD of Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Studies under the Rattle recording label. Quang is now completing a Doctor of Musical Arts at
the New Zealand School of Music in New Zealand under the guidance of Dr Jian Liu.

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM Cello Ensemble
2024-09-18 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Program will include popular favorites, including Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and España, by Chabrier.

Gale Force Gospel Spring Concert
2024-09-15 15:30 - 17:30 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
In the Light
Sunday 15th September
3.30pm
Door sales: $20, Concession $10, Kids free

Lunchtime Concert: Afternoon Serenade: Johanna Gruskin, Sophia Acheson and Christine Wang
2024-09-11 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join Joanna Gruskin, Sophia Acheson and Christine Wang for a programme of music for flute/piccolo, viola and violin.
Piccled by Michael Norris
Piccolo
Fantasia in F major, from 36 Fantasias for Harpsichord
By Telemann arr. Jan Sielemann for violin and viola
First madrigal from Three Madrigals, H.313 by Martinu
Violin and viola
Serenade in D major, Op. 25 by Beethoven
Flute, violin and viola
Biographies:
Sophia Acheson
Sophia, from Christchurch, studied with New Zealand violist Donald Maurice. She was
subsequently awarded scholarships to study at the University of Southern California with
Donald McInnes and the University of Texas at Austin with Roger Myers.
In 2023 Sophia began her permanent role as section player with the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra. She has enjoyed playing in many chamber groups and as a soloist with Kāpiti
Concert Orchestra.
Johanna Gruskin
Johanna Gruskin joined the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as Principal Piccolo in 2022.
Previously she was a member of the New World Symphony (Florida) and the Knoxville
Symphony Orchestra. Originally from Minnesota, she studied flute and piccolo at the
Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, and Colburn Conservatory.
Christine Wang
Christine has been a member of the second violin section of New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra since 2022. Prior to this, she was Assistant Concertmaster of San Antonio
Symphony. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Eastman School of Music and Master of
Music at Rice University, studying under Oleh Krysa and Kathleen Winkler respectively.
Photos courtesy of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa.

Lunchtime Concert: Chamber Music with Inbal Megiddo and Paul Altomari
2024-09-04 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Performers:
Anna van der Zee – violin
Christine Wang – violin
Chris van der Zee – viola
Inbal Megiddo – cello
Paul Altomari – double bass

Repertoire:
Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981) – ‘Strum’ for string quintet
Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885) – String Quintet No. 3 in D Major

Allegro Moderato
Menuet – Moderato quasi Andante

III. Finale – Allegro

Lunchtime Concert: Flute Squadron
2024-08-28 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Members of the RNZAF Symphonic Band – Rebecca Steel, Karen Batten, Elizabeth Bush-King and Mitch McEwan – present an eclectic programme including a delightful work for cat lovers, “Cats” by Marc Berthomieu in five movements:- Persian Blue, Puma, Siamese, Lynx and Perching Cat.
Can it be a coincidence that the composer’s name has a mieu (meow) in it?
Add to this, some arrangements of favourites by Grieg and Debussy for a most delightful lunchtime feast.

Concert: Ghost Trio (Piano Trio)
2024-08-25 15:00 - 17:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The trio consists of Monique Lapins (violin), also a member of the NZ String Quartet, Ken Ichinose (cello) – associate principal with NZSO and Gabriela Glapska (piano). Named for Beethoven’s famous work for piano trio, the Ghost Trio was founded in mid-2019 as one of Gabriela’s PhD recital projects.
Having quickly realised that they immensely enjoy playing together, they decided to continue working as a trio. All three are accomplished soloists and chamber musicians with diverse backgrounds. They have toured nationwide for Chamber Music New Zealand’s Music Up Close series, a tour where their performances were described as possessing “elan and unfailing attention to musical detail” Leon Gray – Tauranga Musica.
For this concert, Ken Ichinose has become unavailable so will be replaced by Andrew Joyce, Principal Cello of the NZSO. Two violin/piano duos are bookended by two great piano trios
Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No 1, Op 63 (1847)
Leonie Holmes, “Dance of the Wintersmith” (2017)
Kaija Saariaho, “Calices” (2009)
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor (1914)

Lunchtime Concert: Middle Fiddles - Wellington Viola Academy
2024-08-21 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The Wellington Viola Academy meets monthly to provide a performance platform and rehearse music for viola ensemble. This all-Bach programme features Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb major, BWV 1051.

QMC Annual Founders Day Service
2024-08-16 16:00 - 18:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Classical Voice Students of the NZSM
2024-08-14 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Jia Ling - Chinese Guzheng (zither) and Pei-Ying Pan, piano
2024-08-07 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join Jia Ling (Guzheng) and Pei-Ying (Piano) on a Romantic journey to the east, sharing an exquisite blend of Eastern and Western music, ranging from Traditional Chinese music to modern interpretations of Guzheng.
Jia Ling is a GuZheng lecturer of China Cultural Centre and the Confucius Institute of Victoria University in Wellington. She graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Majored in GuZheng Performance. Jia Ling has been learning Gu Zheng with Chinese National Gu Zheng Master, Educator, Professor Sun Wenyan. Jia Ling moved to New Zealand in 2018. She has lectured in more than 50 schools in and around the Wellington area from primary to tertiary institutes. Jia Ling has been invited to perform by Weta Studio, Wellington Jazz Festival and the NZ government at the Parliament, with around 100 multicultural performances all over NZ.
Pei-Ying completed her M.Mus (Piano Performance) in 2005 with Diedre Irons and Maurice Till at the University of Canterbury. She has worked as a rehearsal accompanist alongside Dame Malvina Major and performed with several soloists including Hayley Westernra, Yoomia Sim and Wolfgang Kraemer. Pei-Ying currently works as a piano teacher from her studio and as a collaborative pianist, working alongside members from NZSO and Orchestra Wellington.
