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2025 Newsletters

9. November 2025 Documents for the AGM
Draft minutes from the 2024 AGM; President’s report; Treasurer’s report; Performance Report and Reviewer’s report

8. September 2025
Aroha Quartet and Friends; Notice of AGM 9 November

7. August 2025
Tony Yan Tong Chen; Ghost Piano Trio review

6. July 2025
Ghost Piano Trio; Flinders/Houstoun review; Student Musicians Concert; Lavinnia Rae

5. June 2025
Flinders Quartet with Michael Houstoun; Student Musicians Concert; Amici Ensemble review

4. May 2025
Amici Ensemble; Napoli & Carpinelli review; Your Society Still Needs You; Flinders Quartet; Student Musicians Concert

3. April 2025
Lilia Carpinelli & Matteo Napoli – A Touch of Italy; Aurum Trio review; Your Society Needs You

2. March 2025
Aurum Trio – Flute, Harp, Cello; Xing Wang and James Jin review

1. February 2025
Xing Wang and James Jin, Piano/Violin Recital

2024 Newsletters

2. March 2024
Michael Houstoun; Várjon & Simon review; Amici Ensemble 27 April

1. January 2024
Várjon & Simon; Student Musicians Concert review

2023 Newsletters

8. October 2023
NZ String Quartet with Diedre Irons; Argyle Trio review; AGM and Student Musicians Concert 11 November

7. September 2023
Argyle Trio; Ᾱkarana Piano Quartet review; Hristova and Houstoun review

6. August 2023
Ᾱkarana Piano Quartet; special Hristova and Houstoun concert; “Brandenburg” review; Ralph Pyatt obituary

5. July 2023
Amici Ensemble “Brandenburg”; Ᾱkarana Piano Quartet; Michael Houstoun review; change of venue

4. May 2023
Michael Houstoun; Les Voisins review; John Dunmore 1923-2023

3. April 2023
Les Voisins; Theorbo; Programmes for low-vision members

2. March 2023
Armstrong Jacobs Liu Trio

1. February 2023
Aroha String Trio ‘Serenade’

2022 Newsletters

9. October 2022.
NZ Chamber Soloists; AGM; Student Musicians Concert; Wendy van Delden QSM

8. September 2022.
Michael Endres (Piano); NZ Chamber Soloists rescheduled; contact information

7. August 2022.
Strings Amore; Viola d’Amore; Levansa Trio review

6. July 2022.
Damage to Waikanae Hall; Levansa Trio at Southwards

5. May 2022.
NZ Chamber Soloists; Michael Houstoun and Trionique reviews

4. May 2022.
Trionique; Student Musicians’ Concert

3. April 2022.
Michael Houstoun; performers who have received WMS Trust scholarships; Tokowhā review

2. March 2022.
Tokowhā; concert arrangements under Covid; Aroha Quartet with Rachel Vernon

1. January 2022.
Amici Ensemble with Jian Liu; Covid; farewell to Germana Nicklin; Wendy van Delden completes 40 years; Arnold Solomons passes

2021 Newsletters

10. December 2021.
Concert season 2022; minutes of AGM

9. October 2021.
Aroha with Rachel Vernon postponed to 2022; AGM; Student Musician Concert

8. September 2021.
Argyle Trio in doubt, rescheduled to 26 September

7. August 2021.
Argyle Trio

6. July 2021.
Lixin Zhang (Piano); call for Committee members

5. June 2021.
Jade String Quartet

4. April 2021.
Michael Endres; Student Musicians’ Concerts; call for car pooling from Levin and Otaki

3. March-April 2021.
Trio Élan

2. February 2021.
Martin Setchell (Organ)

1. January 2021.
Amici Ensemble with Jian Liu; Lorelle McNaughton replaced by Lixin Zhang in August