Alexa Still and the Hawkes Bay Orchestra in Concert
30 May 2010: 3pm – Hastings Opera House
Conductor: Michael Joel
This is an opportunity to hear one of the world's finest flautist's!
The Hawkes Bay Orchestra is thrilled to be hosting international Flautist Alexa Still and Wellington based conductor Michael Joel. The pair will conduct five days of coaching, workshops and rehearsals culminating in a family concert at 3pm on Sunday May 30th at the Hawke's Bay Opera House.
A native of NZ, Alexa Still is based in Sydney, Australia, as head of flute at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and maintains a busy concert schedule.
For more information about Alexa’s Flute workshops visit :www.hbo.org.nz
Michael Joel is known in HB particularly as a conductor. In August 2006 he conducted an enthusiastically received and successful production of Die Fledermaus for Opera Hawke’s Bay and in 2009 he conducted concerts with renowned flute soloist, Alexa Still and the Hawke’s Bay Orchestra, and piano soloist Catherine McKay and the Wellington Chamber Orchestra.
Other guests in the programme will be Tessa Peterson and Heleen du Plessis- who will perform Anthony Ritchie’s Concert for Violin and Cello. Mr Ritchie will be in attendance in the audience.
Tessa Petersen,as an undergraduate student at The University of Otago, won numerous prizes, and led the New Zealand Youth Orchestra. After extensive studies and work overseas, Tessa is currently the William Evans Executant Lecturer in Violin at the University of Otago.
Cellist, Heleen Du Plessis has been well known in the South African music world for some time, as soloist, chamber musician and teacher and has, while living in the USA for the last 4 years, furthered her studies in Performing Arts, at the highly prestigious Conservatory of Music: The Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University in Baltimore.
PRICES: Adults: $25.00
Seniors 65+ or Students with ID: $15.00 / Family (2 Adults & 2 children): $60.00
SERVICE FEES APPLY Tickets available through the booking office- HastingsOperaHouse / or TicketDirect outlets
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