The benefits for you are: to learn about the fascinating and mysterious world of the Honeybee; Pollination of a your plants , flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables;
Helping the most important living being on earth, the Bees.
And coming up in 2024.
February 20th: Dr Justine Cormack Freelance Violinist.
At this point in her career, Justine Cormack is deriving great artistic fulfilment performing as soloist, chamber musician and guest-concertmaster with a broad variety of her favourite musicians and ensembles.
In October 2021, she launched At the World’s Edge Festival (AWE Festival) with London- based kiwi violinist Benjamin Baker, fulfilling a long-held dream to create a chamber music festival within the stunning landscapes of New Zealand’s Queenstown Lakes.
Performing with leading international chamber musicians from around the globe is now an annual performing highlight for her each October.
In February 2020 they performed their first cycle in her gorgeous Central Otago neighbourhood, performing all ten sonatas over just three days. Three years passed before they were able to repeat the cycle in the Northern Hemisphere as originally planned, delayed due to covid disruptions.
Their second performance of the cycle took place at Butler University, Indianapolis in January 2023.
From 2002 to mid-2017, Justine was a founding member and violinist of NZTrio, performing throughout New Zealand, Australia, Asia, South America, the USA, Europe and Scandinavia.
Justine is hugely proud of the legacy NZTrio built during her15 years with the ensemble.
They commissioned and performed close to 40 works from NZ composers and showcased these compositions within diverse programmes on the world stage.
At their final performance with NZTrio, they were awarded the Lilburn Trust Citation for Outstanding Services to New Zealand Music.
Justine performed recently at the Mt Aspiring U3A monthly meeting.
February 27th: To be confirmed: Marc Taddei.
Marc is celebrated for his magnificent contribution as Musical Director by “The Press” and lauded as a real interpreter of boldly romantic inclinations and attention to detail by “the Capitol Times”
Conductor Marc Taddei is Musical Director of Orchestra Wellington in NZ and the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra in the United States. He regularly works with the National Ballet and Opera Companies and the International festival of Arts.
There is a long list of Orchestras he has worked with from the Czech Republic through to Hong Kong, the NZSO and many major orchestras in Australia where he is routinely re- invited to guest conduct and returns every year to do so.
For many years he was Musical Director and Principal guest conductor of the Christchurch
Symphony. Recently he has taken up the role of Musical Director of the Vector Wellington Orchestra.
He has made many CD’s and his work with thew Wellington Orchestra for 2024 looks very exciting.
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