AUSCO Presents: Folklore & Fantasy

Name: AUSCO Presents: Folklore & Fantasy
Start: 2024-05-17T19:00:00+1200
End: 2024-05-17T21:00:00+1200
Location: St Andrews Presbyterian Church

Fri, 17 May, 7pm - 9pm NZST

St Andrews Presbyterian Church

auckland, new zealand

Auckland Uni Student Chamber Orchestra

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Auckland University Student Chamber Orchestra (AUSCO) is proud to present:

Folklore and Fantasy

Get ready to experience a fantastical tale of classical melodies … ✨

The Auckland University Student Chamber Orchestra is excited to bring you our first programme for 2024 in support of Sistema Aotearoa. Join us at St. Andrews Church for an unforgettable evening of music featuring a wondrous repertoire that includes works by Prokofiev, Bach, Mendelssohn, and others.

Don't miss out - buy your tickets for a good cause! All proceeds will be donated to Sistema Aotearoa to help support children and their communities through orchestral music-making.

Programme:

Four Canzonas - Douglas Lilburn

Fantasia Op. 79 - Gabriel Fauré (ft. flute soloist Leon Reynolds)

Overture on Hebrew Themes - Sergei Prokofiev (ft. clarinet soloist Billie Hart)

Introduction and Allegro - Maurice Ravel (ft. soloists Harrison Chau (harp), Billie Hart, Leon Reynolds)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - J.S. Bach

String Symphony No. 10 - Felix Mendelssohn

St Paul's Suite - Gustav Holst

Tico Tico - Zequinha de Abreu

More about Sistema Aotearoa:

Sistema Aotearoa works to unleash the potential of tamariki, whānau and communities through orchestral music-making. The programme fosters confidence, teamwork, pride and aspiration in the children and their wider community, bringing about social change, community empowerment and supporting the wellbeing of tamariki and whānau. Since its inception in 2011, over 3000 children have been impacted by the programme. In 2023, over 1,200 Māori and Pasifika students, aged 2 to 20 years, participated in diverse activities including lively early childhood music sessions, in-school musicianship lessons, instrumental tuition, orchestral rehearsals and concert performances.

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About AUSCO:

The Auckland University Student Chamber Orchestra (AUSCO) has been run since 2019 with the goal of bringing students together to perform and bond as a group with like minded interests in classical music and beyond. AUSCO puts on a range of social events like an orchestra camp, dinners, games nights, pub quizzes, and so on for our members. We also have weekly rehearsals leading up to our many orchestral performances throughout the year that our members highlight as the best part of AUSCO. We pride ourselves in creating a fun and enjoyable space for those who predominantly don't study music at University but played instruments all throughout High School.

Our 100% charity concerts are the heart and soul of AUSCO. Each concert importantly donates 100% of all proceeds to a charity of our choice. In Semester 1, 2023 we combined with the Auckland University Student Choir to make our first ever collaborative concert which went in support of the Red Cross Disaster Fund following the Auckland anniversary flooding. With over 200 ticket sales we were extremely grateful to have raised $4,065 for this important cause! In Semester 2 we created a full symphony orchestra, performing "To The Oscars" - with iconic pieces from Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dvorak, and so many more. This concert was in support of Youthline and was a raging success, selling out our venue with over 280 people in attendance and raising $4,737 for Youthline. Feel free to watch our entire concert in the video below to get a sense of the calibre and size of our orchestra.