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CSO Concertmaster takes role of both director and soloist
Friday, 1 April 2016, 12:07 pm | Christchurch Symphony
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Martin Riseley takes the stage as both director and soloist in the first of a brand new series of concerts. Martin helms the first of the Artist Series in association with the Friends of CSO, which features ... More >>
A Capital Debate
Monday, 9 November 2015, 11:37 am | Christchurch Symphony
What makes a capital city? Location? Population? International reputation? Does Christchurch fill any of the criteria? More >>
Conductor returns to perform with CSO
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 12:16 pm | Christchurch Symphony
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra welcomes back an old friend for its next Masterworks concert, España. Conductor Emeritus Tom Woods returns to conduct the fourth concert in the Lamb & Hayward Masterwork series, features the work of prominent Iberian ... More >>
Winter holidays are coming and so is CSO Kids
Friday, 19 June 2015, 12:35 pm | Christchurch Symphony
The popular concert is tailored especially for 2 to 6 year olds with catchy songs to boogie down to, singalong nursery rhymes and classics such as The Hall of the Mountain King and Flight of the Bumblebee. It will be conducted by Christchurch conductor ... More >>
Get ready for a swashbuckling high seas adventure
Monday, 15 June 2015, 10:59 am | Christchurch Symphony
Get ready for a swashbuckling high seas adventure with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. From Disney comes the second instalment of Captain Jack Sparrow’s epic and darkly magical adventures with his crew of miscreants in Pirates of the Caribbean: ... More >>
First ever concerto for taonga puoro in Christchurch
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 12:09 pm | Christchurch Symphony
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra will mark a milestone in the cross-cultural fusion of music in a concert fitting for Matariki More >>
Anika Moa and Julia Deans join forces with the CSO
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 11:52 am | Christchurch Symphony
Anika Moa and Julia Deans join forces with the CSO It’ll be a triumphant homecoming for two Canterbury rock divas when Julia Deans and Anika Moa join forces with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this June. Rock Divas is a celebration of the friendship ... More >>
Baroque concerts to be performed in restored heritage church
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 11:06 am | Christchurch Symphony
The splendour and opulence of Baroque music will fill the newly restored Knox Church to the eaves in some of the first concerts ever to be played there since it reopened. More >>
Spellbinding piano duo takes stage again with CSO
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 1:05 pm | Christchurch Symphony
The spellbinding Silver-Garburg Piano Duo returns to Christchurch to combine forces with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in the second of the Lamb & Hayward Masterworks series on April 18. More >>
James Morrison brings that swing back to Christchurch
Monday, 30 March 2015, 12:28 pm | Christchurch Symphony
Australian virtuoso James Morrison is returning to Christchurch with his vast array of instruments to perform an encyclopaedic repertoire of jazz with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. More >>
CSO’s 2015 season opening concert a “concert of firsts”
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 9:06 pm | Christchurch Symphony
It will be a concert of firsts for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra when the 2015 season opens on March 21. More >>
Jazz Festival and CSO band together for Christchurch
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 12:06 pm | Christchurch Symphony
The Cavell Leitch New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO) are banding together to bring James Morrison to the city next month. More >>
Southern Strings
Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:44 am | Christchurch Symphony
Residents of the South are in for a treat this month when players from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra take to the road. A string quartet from the CSO is scheduled to perform in Gore from 9th August as part of the orchestra’s Outreach & Education ... More >>
Virtual Field Trip with Christchurch Symphony
Monday, 26 July 2010, 1:33 pm | Christchurch Symphony
Over 3000 students from around New Zealand will soon be able to experience all the intricacies of running a professional orchestra, without leaving their classroom, through the Ministry of Education supported LEARNZ virtual field trips and with additional ... More >>
Christchurch Symphony's Winning Partnership
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 4:01 pm | Christchurch Symphony
AMI Insurance and the Christchurch Symphony have received the top award at this year's prestigious National Business Review Sponsorship of the Arts Awards. More >>