St Andrew's Church

Upcoming Concert: St Andrew’s hosts WIDance, 26 July 2025
2025-07-26 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland)

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

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: 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.

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: 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

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!

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

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

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.

Lunchtime Concert: Tubular Harmonies: A Low Brass Showcase -- Mika Hayashi, Kate McGregor, and Byron ‘Buzz’ Newton
2025-06-18 12:15 - 13:00 | 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)

Concert: Taking Off, Farewell Recital Herbert Zielinski and Kathryn Mosley
2025-06-14 19:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Helene Pohl and Rolf Gjelsten, Violin and Cello
2025-06-11 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Prelude from Cello Suite #3 in C Major – JS Bach
Lullaby and Grotesque for Violin and Cello – Rebecca Clarke
Duo opus 7 for Violin and Cello – Zoltán Kodály
Allegro serioso, non troppo
Adagio
Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento
Finale: Presto

Lunchtime Concert: Voces Luce and Jubilate from Queen Margaret College
2025-06-04 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Join us for choral selections from two award winning choirs from Queen Margaret College — Voces Luce and Jubilate.

Lunchtime Concert: Viola Extravaganza -Students from the NZSM
2025-05-29 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM Piano Extravaganza
2025-05-28 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM Cello Ensemble
2025-05-21 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming Concert: Sophia - The Debut Concert
2025-05-16 19:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM Brass/Winds
2025-05-14 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Concert: Ramping it Up at St Andrew's on The Terrace
2025-05-11 15:00 - 17:00
Our 2025 Fundraiser Series to Improve Disability Access continues, this time with a recital by pianist Quang Hong Luu.
This recital is dedicated to Franz Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage, Vol. 2 Italy, composed between 1837 and 1858. This cycle comprises a series of pieces that intricately blend Liszt’s personal experiences and emotions with the rich cultural heritage of Italy, drawing inspiration from esteemed figures such as Raphael. Michelangelo, Petrarch and Dante.
Tickets $30 waged | $25 unwaged | $10 Students
Book at humanitix.co.nz | Door sales available
Sponsored by Jack C Richards

Lunchtime Concert: NZSM String Ensemble
2025-05-07 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming Concert: Eastern Echoes Ensemble
2025-05-03 19:30 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Upcoming Concert: Fanfare and Fantasy
2025-05-03 15:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Koru Trio - Music by Smetana and Dvorak
2025-04-30 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Programme
A. Dvořák – Silent Woods (Waldesruhe) op.68 no.5 for cello and piano
B. Smetana – Piano Trio in g minor op.15
The Koru Trio was formed in 2011 by Rachel, Anne and Sally—three colleagues and friends—while waiting in an airport lounge during a tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. United by a shared passion for chamber music, they set out to explore some of the most beloved works in the piano trio repertoire. Since then, they have enjoyed performing music by Beethoven, Schubert, Shostakovich, Brahms, Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and many others.
Anne Loeser studied violin in Frankfurt and played in the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Hesse State Theatre Orchestra in Wiesbaden and the award-winning Orfeo Quartet. She moved to New Zealand from Germany in 2000 to join the First violin section of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Since then she has left a mark on the New Zealand music scene as a soloist and chamber musician. She is leader and musical director of Camerata, concert master of Days Bay Opera and has been a regular guest concertmaster of the Hawke’s Bay Orchestra and recently guest concertmaster for Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. She is also an active performer on baroque violin, leading the Orion Quartet and performing several cycles of Biber’s Rosary Sonatas, including a well received RNZ Concert broadcast.
Sally Isaac is approaching her 20 year anniversary in the NZSO after joining in 2005. She became a member of the cello section shortly after graduating from Cleveland Institute of Music with a Masters of Music degree. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Australian National University in her hometown of Canberra, Australia. Sally was a fellowship recipient at the Tanglewood Music Center, USA, for the 2004 Summer Festival and has been a member of the Canberra, Akron and Canton symphony orchestras. Sally also enjoys teaching a small number of young students, while also balancing those commitments with being the resident practice coach for her own children’s instrumental lessons.
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 and has toured on numerous occasions for Chamber Music New Zealand. 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. She enjoys the variety of work that comes her way, and spending time with her family and boomeranging children when she can!

NZ Blood Drive - Blood Donation
2025-04-22 08:30 - 13:30

NZ Blood Drive - Blood Donation
2025-04-17 08:30 - 13:30 | St Andrew’s Centre, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Duo Enharmonics, piano duo
2025-04-16 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Samuel Barber – Souvenirs Op.28
I. Waltz
II. Schottische
III. Pas de deux
IV. Two-Step
V. Hesitation-Tango
VI. Galop
Myroslav Skoryk – Three Extravagant Dances
I. Entrance and Dance… Almost Hispano-Moresque
II. Blues… Almost American
III. Can-Can… As If From An Old Gramophone Record
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BIOGRAPHY
Pianists of national acclaim, Beth Chen and Nicole Chao, perform together as Duo Enharmonics. With extensive experience both as performers and educators, they have concertized and taught widely, including in Germany and the UK. Duo Enharmonics is regularly invited to perform in prestigious concert series and major venues across New Zealand, with national tours including with Chamber Music New Zealand.
Known for their dynamic collaborations, they frequently perform with members of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand String Quartet. Between them, they have won first prizes in major concerto competitions, including the National Concerto Competition (NZ) and the North Queensland Piano and Instrumental Concerto Competition (Australia).
Dedicated to nurturing New Zealand’s next generation of musicians, Beth is an Artist Teacher at the New Zealand School of Music, Te Kōkī, while Nicole serves as a mentor and adjudicator for Chamber Music New Zealand. Their repertoire spans both four-hand and two-piano works, and upcoming performances include Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 for Two Pianos with the Wairua Sinfonietta.

Upcoming Concert: Schubert & The Romantics
2025-04-11 19:30 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand

Lunchtime Concert: Samuel Jeon, solo piano
2025-04-09 12:15 - 13:00 | St Andrews Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Wellington, The Terrace, 6011, New Zealand
Programme:
Sonatine (1947) – Carlos Guastavino
Sarcasms, Op.17 — Sergei Prokofiev
Tempestoso
Allegro rubato
Allegro precipitato
Smanioso
Precipitosissimo — Andantino
Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S.162 — Franz Liszt
“Venezia e Napoli”
Gondoliera
Canzone
Tarantella
Samuel Woosol Jeon (b. 2003) is a Christchurch-born pianist currently studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Dr. Natalia Ricci. He began piano at five with his aunt, later training with Michael Endres, earning dip ABRSM, LRSM, and FTCL diplomas. He won the 2018 Ruby Hay Pianoforte Scholarship, reached the NZCT Chamber Music Contest finals multiple times, and won in 2021. In 2024, he won the University of Sydney Concerto Competition, earning a performance with the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra. Samuel has participated in masterclasses with esteemed pianists and was a Sydney Eisteddfod semi-finalist. Supported by the Henderson’s Traveller’s Scholarship and Dr. Jack Richards, he attended the Disentis Summer Academy and Blonay Summer Music Festival in Switzerland, studying with renowned artists Sergei Edelmann, Konstantin Scherbakov, and Edith Fischer. His continued success highlights his dedication and growing presence in the international classical music scene.

Concert: Die schone Mullerin - Schubert's Song Cycle The Maid of the Mill
2025-04-06 16:00 - 17:30
Die schone Mullerin – Schubert’s Song Cycle The Maid of the Mill
A rare opportunity to hear in concert a song cycle that stands at the very peak of the Lieder tradition. Die schöne Müllerin is a work of sustained romanticism, ranging in mood from ecstasy to despair. To bring it to life requires technical brilliance (on the part of both singer and pianist) and a matching musical understanding.
This performance will be given by the distinguished young Wellington tenor (currently based in Germany) Jonathan Abernethy partnered by master accompanist Terence Dennis.
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) was 26 years old when he composed the song cycle, based on a narrative series of poems by Wilhelm Müeller. Despite the title (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill), the protagonist is actually a young apprentice miller. He falls in love with the daughter of a prosperous miller. She is above his pay grade and ultimately, bestows her favour elsewhere. The cycle ends in darkness – and a lullaby sung by the brook into which the young miller will soon cast himself.
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