Lunchtime Concert: Tubular Harmonies: A Low Brass Showcase -- Mika Hayashi, Kate McGregor, and Byron ‘Buzz’ Newton
2025-06-18 12:15 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Tubular Harmonies: A Low Brass Showcase
Mika Hayashi (Tuba)
Kate McGregor (Baritone horn)
Byron ‘Buzz’ Newton (Euphonium)

Lunchtime Concert: Wellington Branch IRMTNZ Youth Music Festival Award Winners Recital
2025-06-25 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
In this concert, selected award winners from this year’s Youth Music Festival will perform. The annual festival is organised by the Wellington Branch of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers NZ, and has become an institution in the calendar of local instrumental and vocal teachers and their students. The festival features more than 200 performers, with most students presenting a selection of music that includes at least one work by a New Zealand composer.

Concert: An Afternoon of Mozart
2025-06-28 14:30 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming Concert: Young Women's Choral Project from San Francisco
2025-07-01 12:30 - 13:45 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: NZSO National Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Concert
2025-07-02 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Members of the 2025 NZSO National Youth Orchestra present a concert of chamber music at St. Andrews on the Terrace. Featuring a diverse range of styles, composers and instrument combinations, this concert promises to be a vibrant and exciting showcase of our young musicians’ talents that you won’t want to miss!

Lunchtime Concert: ASQ International Music Academy 2025 Tutors Concert
2025-07-09 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The Aroha String Quartet plays Mozart’s String Quartet in Bb K589. The ASQ is joined by guest tutors and players at the 2025 ASQ International Music Academy to perform Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No 9.
Aroha String Quartet: Haihong Liu, Konstanze Artmann, Zhongxian Jin & Robert Ibell
Guest players: Christine Wang, Donald Armstrong, Alexander Mcfarlane, David Chickering and Oleksandr Gunchenko

Concert: Aroha String Quartet International Music Academy 2025
2025-07-12 17:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Johanna Dann and David Neild, cello and piano
2025-07-16 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for a gorgeous concert of cello and piano music, including Beethoven’s Sonata no 4, in C major, opus 102/1 and Schumann’s Fantasiestucke, op 73.

Music futures presents: Wellington Youth Music Concert
2025-07-20 17:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Otis Prescott-Mason, solo piano
2025-07-23 08:00 - 17:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Otis Prescott-Mason is a pianist from Wellington and a current classical performance student at Victoria University of Wellington’s New Zealand School of Music. He currently studies under Dr. Jian Liu and Professor Boris Berman.
In 2022 Otis was awarded 1st prize, Best Performance of a Classical Sonata, and the Audience Choice Award at the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition. In the same year he was awarded 1st prize at the PACANZ National Piano Competition. Otis was also awarded 1st prize at the 2020 New Zealand Junior Piano Competition.
Otis is a grateful recipient of generous support from Professor Jack Richards and the Royal Over-Seas League which assists him to perform and study in Europe and the United States of America.
Programme:
Schubert – Impromptu in Gb major, Op. 90 No.3
Schubert – Sonata in G major, D.894

Upcoming Concert: St Andrew’s hosts WIDance, 26 July 2025
2025-07-26 16:00

Lunchtime Concert: Lockdown Quartet with Donald Maurice and Rupa Maitra
2025-07-30 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The Family Lockdown Quartet (Rupa, Lucy, Gemma and Donald) presents an exciting programme of pop and rock favourites from the golden era of the late twentieth century.

Concert: Wellington Youth Orchestra presents - Northern Bloom
2025-08-03 15:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Classical Voice Students of the NZSM
2025-08-06 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Don’t miss this afternoon of art song and opera including a selection of French, German, Italian and English pieces performed by the talented students of the New Zealand school of music.

Concert: Cautionary Tales - a song anthology
2025-08-09 19:00 - 20:30
Songbook presents a winter pop-up concert! Join us for a rich feast of folk stories and legends – in which we come, of course, to a wild variety of sticky ends. With music by Schumann, Shostakovich, Finzi, Rebecca Clarke, Manuel Rosenthal, Britten, Wolf and more.
Tickets $30/$15 at humanitix.com or at the door.

Lunchtime Concert: Bridget Douglas and Michael Tsalka - flute and piano
2025-08-13 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for a lunchtime recital of music for flute and piano, featuring works that span the Baroque to the contemporary. The program opens with J.S. Bach’s masterful Flute Sonata in B minor, a cornerstone of the flute repertoire. Internationally renowned visiting pianist, Michael Tsalka, showcases two solo works for piano: Pauline Viardot-Garcia’s charming Sérénade and Gavotte, followed by the World Premiere of Two Poems, One Meditation by British composer Prof. Nicholas Smith. The recital concludes with Schubert’s virtuosic and deeply expressive Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen”, a dramatic tour de force for both flute and piano.
Photo credits:
James Roberts and Beefcroft
Michael Tsalka is currently serving as a Professor and a Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Music, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), Salzburg, Austria, The Chairman of the Board (and faculty) of the European Fortepiano Museum and Academy (EFM) in Germany. As a pianist and early keyboard performer, he has won numerous prizes in Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America. He is a versatile musician, who performs repertoire from the early Baroque era to our days. Dr. Tsalka maintains a busy concert schedule, performing circa 100 concerts a year worldwide. Together with musicologist Dr. Angélica Minero Escobar, he has prepared a critical edition of Daniel Gottlob Türk’s 30 keyboard sonatas for Artaria Editions in New Zealand. Additionally, ten of his scholarly articles have been published by music journals, in Italy, the U.S.A., and the Netherlands.
He has recorded 40 critically acclaimed CDs, with repertoire from the Baroque period to the Contemporary Era (including many world premiere recordings) for NAXOS, Grand Piano, Paladino, Brilliant Classics, IMI, Sheva Collection, Wirripang, Tempus Clasico, and Ljud & Bild. Circa 85 contemporary compositions (which he premiered) were dedicated to him by composers from all over the world.
Bridget is Section Principal Flute of the NZSO and an Artist Teacher in Flute at the New Zealand School of Music – Te Kōkī. She collaborates on diverse performance projects with a wide variety of local and international musicians throughout Australasia. Bridget particularly enjoys playing chamber music with her musical friends and is regularly featured on Radio NZ Concert.
Bridget has released five albums, four of which were finalists for Best Classical Album at the Aotearoa Music Awards. She encourages the next generation of musicians in Aotearoa through teaching and mentoring at universities and schools nationwide. In 2020 she was awarded the CANZ (Composers Association of NZ) Citation for Services to NZ Music.

Photo credits:
James Roberts and Beefcroft

Lunchtime Concert: Wellington City Chorus – Women’s Barbershop
2025-08-20 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Wellington City Chorus is a group of dedicated and talented women (and one man) who perform one of the few musical art forms that originate in the United States – Barbershop Harmony. Wellington City Chorus is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International. This non-profit organisation is dedicated to teaching, learning and singing four-part harmony, barbershop style, through performances and teaching, perpetuating and creating a love for this style of A Cappella singing in our community.
Wellington City Chorus is fortunate to have David Brooks as our Director – skilled in and enjoys the craft of barbershop and willingly passes on his knowledge. As previous national champions Wellington City Chorus has represented New Zealand on
2024 National champions Wellington City Chorus will showcase a blend of traditional barbershop and contemporary a cappella songs. The concert will also feature their winning set from last year’s national competition.

Local Govt Living Wage Election Forum!
2025-08-20 18:00

Lunchtime Concert: Wellington Viola Academy
2025-08-27 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The Wellington Viola Academy presents a programme for viola ensemble including music by Albinoni, Bach, Bartók, Elgar, Telemann and Vivaldi.

Lunchtime Concert: Christine Wang, violin, and Rachel Thomson, piano
2025-08-28 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for Ravel’s Violin and Piano Sonata No. 2 and de Falla’s Suite Populaire Espagnole based on “Siete canciones populares españolas,” along with Ginastera’s hauntingly beautiful Pampeana No. 1, Op. 16 – Rhapsody for Violin and Piano.
Christine Wang, violin
Christine has been a member of the second violin section of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra since 2022. 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. Before coming to New Zealand, Christine was Assistant Concertmaster of San Antonio Symphony and has worked in orchestras in the United States and Australia.
Rachel Thomson, piano
Rachel Thomson was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and grew up in Wellington where she began her piano studies with her mother. She went on to study with Judith Clark, graduating from Victoria University of Wellington before continuing her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the United States, where she gained a doctorate in piano performance. Rachel regularly performs with some of the country’s leading musicians. She has toured on numerous occasions for Chamber Music New Zealand and is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio. She has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Rachel is also active as a teacher, adjudicator and accompanist, and is a music examiner for Trinity College London.

Upcoming Concert: NZTrio presents Fantastique
2025-08-30 19:30 - 21:30 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/nztrio-presents-fantastique/wellington

Chamber Music New Zealand – Sunday Concert
2025-08-31 15:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Andrew Beer & Ingrid Bauer (violin/harp) 31 August
Andrew Beer, violin; and Ingrid Bauer, harp – respectively Concertmaster and harpist with Auckland Philharmonia – bring a varied programme of solos and duos. Louis Spohr Sonata for Violin and Harp in E flat major Op 114 J.S. Bach Sonata for violin No. 2 in A minor BWV1003 Movements 3 & 4 Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango Thomas Goss Matins Claude Debussy La plus que lente Gabriel Fauré Impromptu for Harp Op 86 Camille Saint-Saëns Fantaisie Op 124

Lunchtime Concert: Inbal Megiddo (cello) Paul Altomari (bass) & Friends
2025-09-03 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for a spectacular concert of chamber music and duets, including Beethoven’s ‘Eyeglass’ Duo, Rossini’s Duetto and a Bach solo cello suite!

Living Wage Movement - Show Up Be Heard
2025-09-03 18:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Kirstin Eade and Beth Chen, Flute and Piano
2025-09-10 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Kirstin Eade and Beth Chen, Flute and Piano –
NZSO Associate Principal flutist Kirstin Eade performs a delightful duo programme with NZSM artist teacher Beth Chen on the piano.
Sonata for Flute and Piano – MEL BONIS (1858-1937)

Andantino con moto
Scherzo – Vivace

III. Adagio

Finale – Moderato

Fantasie for Flute and Piano Op. 55 – CARL FRÜHLING (1868-1937)

Upcoming Concert: Wellington City Orchestra
2025-09-13 15:00
Conductor: Ian Ridgewell
Liszt – Les Préludes
Copland – Quiet City with Brendan Agnew and Rodney Ford
Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM String Ensemble
2025-09-17 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
The NZSM String Ensemble presents:
Sheen and Shadow by Penny Axtens (World Premiere)
St. Paul’s Suite Gustav Holst

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM Cello Ensemble
2025-09-24 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
This popular annual concert of the NZSO Cello Ensemble is back! Performing Schubert’s March Militaire, Vivaldi’s Spring, Elgar’s Nimrod, Dance of the Soma ( a traditional melody arranged for cello ensemble by James Barrellet) and Blaise Dejardin’s Variations on a New World.

Upcoming concert: Double Helix with Benjamin Baker and Yura Lee
2025-09-24 18:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Duo Tapas - Rupa Maitra and Owen Moriarty
2025-10-01 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for the delightful combination of Duo Tapas – Rupa Maitra, violin and Owen Moriarty, guitar.
Feel free to bring a bag lunch to enjoy. Koha.
