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Competition Finals: A Feast of NZ Music for Double Reed Ensemble



The New Zealand Double Reed Society invites you to
A Feast of NZ Music for Double Reed Ensemble
featuring the Final of the NZDRS Composition Competition


Saturday 21 July 2018
3-6pm


Mt Eden Village Centre
449 Mt Eden Rd
Cnr Mt Eden Road & Ngauruhoe St
Mt Eden
Auckland 1024


3pm | Double Reed Band*
Suitable for oboists and bassoonists of all ages
Leonard Bernstein | Excerpts from Westside Story – America, Maria and Tonight

Anthony Young | Suite for Double Reed Band (2014 NZDRS Commission)



4.30pm | A (Free) Public Concert

Performance of the six pieces chosen as finalists for the NZDRS Composition Competition
The brief: five minutes in length, for 3-4 players of oboe and/or bassoon, Grade 5/6 level

Performance of the winner of the High School Division

Leonie Holmes | Suite for two oboes, cor anglais and bassoon (2018 NZDRS Commission)

5.45 | Awards

First, second and third prizes winners announced
Audience award: high school students will vote for the piece they would most like to play
Performance of Double Reed Band pieces


*To register for Double Reed Band, please email nzdoublereeds@gmail.com
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the New Zealand Double Reed Society.
Email: nzdoublereeds@gmail.com


Generously sponsored by Ute Decker and an anonymous donor.