2025 Previous Events

January 2025

Afternoon of Jazz with

Dan Robertson Piano

Reuben Derrick  Clarinet & Saxophone

Thelonious Monk

Gabriel Baird  

Selected Piano works 2025

Special Guests:

Ben Hoadley

Aya McLarty

Yumeka Hildreth

February  2025

The 21st Annual West Melton Art Event

2025 Nut Point Art Awards

18 Canterbury Artists

Renaissance                               

Lute, Viol , Flute, Recorder Directed by Roger Buckton  

16th Century - a century

of song, music and dance

March  2025

Songs of the New Zealand Bohemians

Illustrated talk by       

Roger Buckton

Animal Parade

A musical Fairytale

Student Concert

Sophie (Suu Fei) Tong

A taste of French Music Jazz

Margo Askin Flute     

Mike Kime Bass     

John Bevin Piano.

April 2025

Natasha Chernousova Reeves

Students Concert  2025

May 2025

University of Canterbury

Selected Performing  

Ensembles 2025

Louise Shen

Flute Recital

Piano Accompanist

Singing  Lin

June 2025

Lixin’s Students Concert

2025

Tony Ferner & Friends

Specially composed music for

a special   Birthday Celebration

Joined by:

Marlene Verwey–Cooper- Flute,

Kyoto Takashima– Piano

last but not least wife Ai Ando-Ferner– Flute

Featuring favourites by Bach, Fauré, Debussy, Morlacchi, Doppler, Chopin, and more.

The highlight  world premiere of       

a special birthday composition written  by longtime friend, composer Chris Cree-Brown Music left to mature like  fine wine the past five years; now dusted and ready to be uncorked.

Canterbury Cellists

A Cello Storm

Canterbury Cellists: A cello ensemble of cello enthusiasts, performing everything cello

Classical, pop, tango and other easy listening pieces. 2025  concert, with pianist Kyle Hsieh for a few pieces, including "Mountains Wild against the Sky". This is a captivating new composition composed especially for the ensemble by Anthony Ritchie,  which celebrates the majestic beauty of North Canterbury.

Ensemble for this concert: Janet Cubey, Naomi Harmer, Rachel Standring, Joy Gilbert, Tim Prickett, Morag Macpherson, Anne Clark, Angela Nicholls. Guest Pianist: Kyle Hsieh.

July 2025

Mata-Au'

The Elouan Quartet with Bridget Douglas

Jessica Oddie - Violin

Anna Van der Zee- Violin

Alexander McFarlane-Viola

Ken Ichinose-Cello

Bridget Douglas- Flute

A captivating programme of music for flute and string quartet featuring an outstanding chamber music group of NZSO Principal players. Highlights include works by Mozart, Beethoven, Ginastera, Amy Beach and Salina Fisher. These works are paired together in such a way as to compliment and contrast each other. Many of the works have a strong connection to the natural world, especially water, this most essential and beautiful compound that is our very lifeblood. Christchurch composer Salina Fisher’s work Mata-Au (the Clutha river) provides the title of the concert.

Muddy Mama’s

Blues Band

Live & Bluesy Seasoned

with Jazz

August 2025

Schubertiade

Works by Schubert, Bach, Faure

Elgee Leung-Cello

Originally from Hong Kong, where he has served as an orchestral cellist in Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Pan Asia Orchestra, and Hong Kong Bach Choir Orchestra, Elgee Leung has enjoyed a diverse musical career, performing extensively for over two decades also as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor in Asia, Europe, and New Zealand.

Michael Tsalka-Piano

Tsalka was the Artistic director of festivals in Mainland China, Sweden, Spain, Finland, and the Netherlands.

Tony Ferner – Flute

Principal Flute Emeritus of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, lecturer in flute at the School of Music University of Canterbury and conductor. He has been a frequent soloist with the CSO and is a recitalist and chamber music player.

An exciting concert with a focus on Schubert chamber including something frtom his piano trios which are written for violin, Cello and piano, the violin part taken by the flute. Also including  some Bach and Faure.

Valeriy Maksymov  Iryna Maksymova

Selected Piano & Violin Students 2025

Viola Ambush

Phil Lodge Viola and

Gabriel Baird Piano

September 2025

Henry Nicholson & Friends

Henry Nicholson (Violin)

Luka Reardon (Oboe)

Sára Kádas (Violin)

Rebecca Harris (Viola)

Ingrid Kosaka (Cello)

Perform works for string quartet and oboe.

Works include Interlude for String Quartet and Oboe by Gerald Finzi, Oboe Quartet and Violin Concerto No. 3 by Mozart, and Langsamer Satz by Anton Webern.

The Ferner’s

Selected Students 2025

Mike Bickers

Classical Jazz Band

October 2025

Naomi Harmer

Cello Students 2025

Andrew Robinson &

Anna Maksymova

Solos & Duets

November 2025

West Melton Native Plants 2025

Annual Workshop and guided tour on site.

Morning Tea.