The Whakatipu Music Festival is taking place this Easter, with workshops from Tuesday April 15. An great opportunity for students to learn beside their teachers in an intimate setting.

Tuesday April 15 5:30-7:30pm at Te Atamira, Queenstown

Open Piano Class with Bernadette Harvey and Stephen De Pledge

Stephen and Bernadette are not only internationally-renowned soloists and collaborating pianists, they are also sought-after piano teachers and on faculty at the University of Auckland and the Sydney Conservatorium.   

Wednesday April 16 5:30-7:30pm at Te Atamira, Queenstown

Singing in an Ensemble with Dr. Karen Grylls and Elise Bradley

Legendary choral educators Karen and Elise work with singers in an informal setting to develop blending, voicing, articulation and other necessities for singing in a choir.  Dr Karen Grylls is Artistic Director of Choirs Aotearoa and led the NZ Youth Choir to win the ‘Choir of the World’ in 1992. Elise Bradley, is the co-founder (with Karen) of New Zealand’s Choral Academy. 

Thursday April 17 5:30-7:30pm at Te Atamira

Open Strings Class with Ioana Cristina Goicea and Julian Smiles

After winning the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Ioana Cristina has made her home in Vienna where she is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts as well as maintaining a busy solo career.  Cellist Julian Smiles has occupied some of the most prestigious chamber music and orchestral leadership positions in Australian including Head of Strings at the Sydney Conservatorium.  

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