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Come and enjoy live piano
We
are sad to report the passing of our dear friend Harry Hazewinkel,
aged 82, who generously volunteered to share his music with
us every Wednesday for the past 4 years. There will be no
Wednesday piano lunch hour until further notice.
Penny
Brown plays on Friday from 12.30 - 1.30pm.
Come and enjoy!
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Saturday
27 June 2009
UPPER
HUTT SALON
ART
AUCTION
Expressions
is pleased to welcome back all previous exhibitors to the
2009 Upper Hutt Salon.
You
are invited to sample a selection of visual art from a diverse
range of artisans alongside featured works from the Pumpkin
Cottage Collection.
Artworks
excluding works from the collection are available
for purchase by Tender or Auction.
The
Upper Hutt Salon Art Auction will be a night to remember!
Guests are invited to dress in 19th Century period costume
and soak up the atmosphere of the evening.
6.30pm
Please
join us for musical performances on the Expressions Steinway
Concert Grand Piano in the Genesis Energy Theatre prior to
the auction commencing.
7pm
Guests
Auctioneer Wayne Shindler from Shindler Auctions will begin
auctioning works from the Upper Hutt Salon.
Contact
us now for your buyer number.
A
fundraising event for the newly gifted
Pumpkin
Cottage Paintings Collection
Exhibition
- Mount Marua Gallery
15
May 2009 - 28 June 2009
Free
Entry
Art
Auction - Genesis Energy Theatre
Saturday
27 June 2009
Gold
Coin Entry
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Tuesday
7 July 2009 at 11am & 1pm
Expressions
Arts & Entertainment Centre
presents
The
Capital E National Theatre for Children
TALE
OF A DOG
It's
time to learn new tricks from an old Dog!
Meet
Dog: our much-loved, excitable circus performer!
Dog
is eager to wow his audience with inspired new tricks, much
to the vexation of the ill-tempered Ring Master who is determined
to keep Dog on a short leash.
Be
mesmerised as Dog faces challenges - some trickier than tight-rope
walking - that teach him to always shoot for the moon!
Tale
of a Dog is a tail-wagging, toe-tapping tale of triumph over
adversity that is bound to leave you begging for more.
From
the creators of the much-loved PAPER SHAPER and BOXES comes
this delightful new circus-inspired production drawing skills
of Circus Oz's Deborah Pope and written by Peter Wilson.
Genesis
Energy Theatre
All
tickets: $10.50
Groups
of 6+ $8.00
Circus
Master
Dog
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Saturday
18 July 2009 at 7.30pm
Nota
Bene Inc
presents
SENTIMENTAL
JOURNEY
"The
audience enjoyed an untroubled, funny, simpler world, tinged
with nostalgia, sustained by Geoff Robinson’s subtle
balancing of style and substance and excellent singing"
- Lindis Taylor, Dominion Post, 18 June 2007
Don’t
miss Wellington’s most innovative vocal ensemble, Nota
Bene. Their Wellington performance of Sentimental Journey
was a sell-out, and the choir now brings this ‘old-time
Saturday night request show’ to Upper Hutt’s Expressions
Arts and Entertainment Centre.
Geoff
Robinson, from Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report, will
guide you on a Sentimental Journey around the world, with
music by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Debussy, Vaughan Williams
and many more.
Directed
by Jacqueline Coats (director for the popular Nimby Opera
production of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen) the show
also features singer Joanne Hodgson and pianist Julie Coulson
in a collection of jazz standards, with Irish fiddle tunes
from Oscar Bullock.
"This
concert will appeal to lovers of choral, jazz and folk music
alike. Our audience can sit back, relax and let us transport
them to another time and place," says musical director
Christine Argyle, a presenter with Radio New Zealand Concert.
Nota
Bene combines the world’s best vocal music with a theatrical
twist. Its singers include many former members of the New
Zealand National Youth Choir as well as current members of
the Voices NZ Chamber Choir.
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$25 Adult, $15 Concession, $15 Child
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Wednesday
22 July 2009 at 6pm
Experience
Upper Hutt
presents
UPPER
HUTT
BUSINESS
EXCELLENCE
&
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Join
us for a prestigious mid-winter celebration of the achievements
of local businesses.
This
is a black tie/cocktail dress event. You will be treated to
complimentary bubbly on arrival, a delicious three-course
meal, entertainment, a cash bar for further drinks and the
award presentations.
Guests
will be seated in tables of 10.
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$80 Adult or $750 for a table of 10
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Monday
27 July 2009 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2009
presents
JOHN
CHEN - piano
Award-winning
New Zealand pianist, John Chen is building an impressive international
career from his current base in Los Angeles where he studies
at the Colburn School of Performing Arts. His Expressions
programme ranges from a Gallic first half of Poulenc's miniature
Melancolie, Debussy's Images of 1894, and Ravel's monumental
Gaspard de la nuit. This contrasts with Beethoven's 'Late
Period' Sonata Op 101 and, from Tchaikovsky's Six morceaux,
the Theme and Variation Op 19.
| Poulenc |
Melancolie
(1940) |
| Debussy |
Images Book 2 |
| Ravel |
Gaspard de la nuit |
| Beethoven |
Sonata in A major Op 101 |
| Tchaikovsky |
Theme and Variations Op
19 No 6 |
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$40 Adult & $35 Concession
Concessionary
tickets available to Friends of Expressions, Members of the
Upper Hutt Music Society and Expressions Piano Club Members
John
Chen
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Friday
28 August 2009 at 8pm
Seethrewmusic
presents
THE
PIONEERS
Ex-pat
Kiwis The Pioneers have wowed audiences in Britain with their
multi media portrayal of their ancestors' journeys to New
Zealand. Now, they're about to repeat that journey themselves,
bringing their acclaimed show to this country.
Using
original acoustic music, texts by leading New Zealand poets,
story telling and character portrayal, The Pioneers, tell
the stories of three of their ancestors who travelled from
England and Ireland to a very different New Zealand from the
one they had imagined.
Set
against a backdrop of stunning New Zealand scenery and rarely
viewed archival images, this powerful poignant show features
the combined talents of vocalist Angeline Conaghan, Ben Brewer
on guitar and David Leahy on double bass. Interweaving the
stories they heard growing up in new Zealand with poetry and
song, the trio brings to life the experiences of early European
settlers attempting to create a place they had imagined.
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$25 Adult, $20 Child
&
$20 Concession
The
Pioneers
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Thursday
3 September 2009 at 2.30pm
Friday
4 September 2009 at 7.30pm
Saturday
5 September 2009 at 7.30pm
Massive
Company
presents
WHERO'S
NEW NET
by
Albert Belz
featuring
an adaptation of short stories
by
Witi Ihimaera
Directed
by Sam Scott
Designed
by Tracey Collins
Lighting
Designed by Jeremy Fern
Original
Music by Tama Waipara
CAST
Wesley
Dowdell
Kura
Forrester
Natalie
Medlock
Bree
Peters
Jarod
Rawiri
Blair
Strang
Tainui
Tukiwaho
London.
Auckland. Gisborne.
Whero
Mahana is a musician with songs of grit and tears pulsing
through her veins. In London to chase a dream far away from
New Zealand , she is presented with a diary that confirms
her longing for home. As the lines between her past and present
fracture, her father’s stories force Whero to make painful
choices about where her dreams really lie. A play about Aroha.
“Whero’s
New Net
will be a New Zealand classic. Be one of the first to see
it” - Renee Liang, Lumiere Reader.
EARLY
BIRD TICKET OFFER
$22.40
per ticket
for
tickets booked before
FRIDAY
14 AUGUST 2009
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$28 Adult, $24 Children,
$24
Concession (Student, Senior, Freinds of Expressions, Actors
Equity Members)
$22.50
Groups of 6+
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Monday
21 September 2009 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2009
presents
JACK
LIEBECK - violin
STEPHEN
DE PLEDGE - piano
The
London-born violinist, Jack Liebeck's career has included
appearances with such orchestras as the Philharmonia and the
London Philharmonic. New Zealander Stephen de Pledge, based
in the UK, has given solo performances around the world from
Beijing to New York.
Beethoven's
'Spring' Sonata was completed in 1801 and West of England
composer, Herbert Howells, wrote music reflecting a pastoral
setting. During a happy summer holiday in 1886 Brahms composed
his Op 100 and Elgar wrote his 1918 Violin Sonata in war-time
England.
| Beethoven |
Sonata in F
major Op 24 'Spring' |
| Howells |
Sonata No 1 in E major |
| Brahms |
Sonata No 2 in A major Op
100 |
| Elgar |
Sonata in E minor Op 82 |
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$40 Adult & $35 Concession
Concessionary
tickets available to Friends of Expressions, Members of the
Upper Hutt Music Society and Expressions Piano Club Members
Jack
Liebeck
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Monday
5 October 2009 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2009
presents
DIEDRE
IRONS - piano
NEW
ZEALAND STRING QUARTET
Canadian,
Diedre Irons moved to New Zealand in 1977 and tours extensively
for Chamber Music New Zealand. The New Zealand String Quartet
is the country's premiere classical music export undertaking
regular tours to America, Europe and Asia.
JS
Bach's Goldberg Variations for harpsichord was written around
1740 and this arrangement was performed to much acclaim by
the NZSQ in 2007. Elgar's Piano Quintet was composed in the
peaceful Sussex countryside during 1918 prior to writing his
famous Cello Concerto.
| J S Bach |
Goldberg
Variations arr William Cowdery |
| Elgar |
Piano Quartet in A major |
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$50 Adult & $45 Concession
Concessionary
tickets available to Friends of Expressions, Members of the
Upper Hutt Music Society and Expressions Piano Club Members
Diedre
Irons
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All
tickets are available by phone (04) 527 2168, by visiting
Expressions, or by booking online. Transaction fees apply
to online bookings.
Door
sales from one hour prior to performance. Genesis Energy Theatre
doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance. Latecomers
may not be admitted.
To
book pre-show meals at Café Cibo
ph
527 3020.
The above descriptions
of presentations are supplied by the individual promoters
of events. The promoters reserve the right to alter
the artists and content of these programmes.
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