Concerts performed in 2009:

 MARCH 

 29 March Sunday, 5.00pm.  Orpheus Choir of Wellington .  Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.  Bach's St JOHN PASSION

APRIL

 4 April Saturday, 1.30pm.  Nota Bene.  The Marae Te Papa.  FRENCH IMPRESSIONS - MUSIC in the TIME of MONET - works by Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and Lili Boulanger.   FREE Admission.  Christine Argyle (conductor) Emma Sayers and Claire Harris(piano).             

 7 April Tuesday, 7.30pm.  Bach Choir of Wellington.  St Andrews on the Terrace.  BACH MOTET & HAYDN MASS.  

 10 April Good Friday, 8pm.  The Tudor Consort.  Sacred Heart Cathedral.   TENEBRAE responsories. Music for Holy Week by Carlo Gesualdo      

 17-19 April Fri-Sun.  Bay of Plenty Music School.  New Plymouth. 

 18 April Saturday, 8pm.  Vector Wellington  Orchestra.   Wellington Town Hall        

19 April Sunday, 2.30pm. Kapiti Chamber Choir. St Paul's Church, Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu. "Handel, Haydn, Mozart"

 22 April Wednesday, 12.15pm.  NZ Secondary Students Choir.  Palmerston North, St Andrews Church, Church Rd.  FREE Lunch-time Concert.  

 25 April Saturday, 7.30pm.  NZ Secondary Students Choir.  Palmerston North, All Saints Church.  The Debut Formal Concert for the 2009/10 choir.  Door sales only; $20 and $10. 

MAY

 1 May Friday 7.30pm.  Wellington Youth Choir.  St Andrews on the Terrace.

 1, 2 May Friday & Saturday.  NZCF Wellington May Workshop.  Salvation Army Citadel Vivian St.  Mendelssohn's ELIJAH.

 3 May Sunday 2pm.  Wellington Youth Choir.  St Albans Church Eastbourne.

 9 May Saturday, 7.30.  Cantoris.  St Peters Church Willis St.  THROUGH AMARYLLIS DANCE AND OTHER MADRIGALS. 

 9-16 May.  NBR NZ Opera.  St James Theatre.  ITALIAN GIRL in ALGIERS.

 10 May Sunday, 2.30pm.  Kapiti Chorale.  St Pauls Church Kapiti Rd.  HAYDN & MENDELSSOHN.   

 15 May Friday, 6.30.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.

 16 May Saturday, 8pm.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.

 16 May Saturday, 7pm.  Wellington Community Choir.  BIG ACTION for BIG CHANGE.  Salvation Army Citadel, Vivian St.

 17 May Sunday, 3pm.  Wellington Youth Orchestra.  MFC

 17 May Sunday, 2.30pm.  Baroque Voices.  St Albans Church Eastbourne.  ALLELUIA: A NEWE WORK.  Medieval European music and Contemporary NZ music for unaccompanied voices. 

 23 May Saturday, 8pm.  Baroque Voices.  Sacred Heart Cathedral Hill St.  ALLELUIA: A NEWE WORK.  Medieval European music and Contemporary NZ music for unaccompanied voices

 24 May, Sunday, 2pm.  Wellington Male Voice Choir.  Old St Pauls Wellington. Mid year subscription concert and fund raiser for Welington Free Ambulance. 

JUNE

 3, 4 June, Wednesday & Thursday.  Wellington Town Hall.  BIG SING 2009 WELLINGTON REGIONAL FESTIVAL

 5 June Friday, 6.30.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.

  13 June Saturday, 8pm.   Vector Wellington  Orchestra.   Wellington Town Hall.   

 20 June Saturday, 8pm.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.    

 21 June Sunday, 2.30pm.   Kapiti Chamber Choir. St Paul's Church Kapiti Rd, Paraparaumu.  A WARM AFTERNOON FOR the SHORTEST DAY. 

 24 June Wednesday, 7.30pm.  Orpheus Choir of Wellington .  Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.  CLOUDBURST - music of Eric Whitacres and Morten Lauridsen

 24 June Wednesday, 7.45pm.  The Tudor Consort.  St James Church, Lower Hutt.  AROUND RENAISSANCE EUROPE in 80 MINUTES.   

 27 June Saturday, 8pm.  Festival Singers of Wellington.  St Andrews on The Terrace.  WELLINGTON SHINES - Jonathan Berkahn's RESURRECTION CANTATA 'The Third Day' and other NZ compositions.

27 June Saturday, 2.30pm.  Wairarapa Singers.  St Lukes  Church Masterton.  HANDEL HIGHLIGHTS 

 28 June Sunday, 2.30pm.  Wairarapa Singers.  St Lukes  Church Greytown.  HANDEL HIGHLIGHTS.

 30 June Tuesday, 7:30pm.  Capital Choir. Central Baptist Church, Boulcott Street.   Mid-year concert. 

JULY

  3 July Friday, 8:00pm.   Wainuiomata Choir. St Stephen's Uniting Church, 106 Main Road, Wainuiomata.  A Cabaret concert, catered by the Wainuiomata High School Hospitality Class.

 4 July Saturday, 7pm.  NZSO National Youth Orchestra.  MFC.

 7 July Tuesday 7pm.   New Zealand Youth Choir.  St Pauls Church Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu.

 11 July Saturday 6.30pm.  Wellington Community Choir with Gondwana Voices.  Wesley Church Taranaki St.

 12 July Sunday, 2.30pm.  New Zealand Youth Choir.  Wellington Town Hall.  Free concert as part of the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the NZ Youth Choir. Items also from choir of ex members.  Tickets from Ticketec. 

 17, 18 July, Friday and Saturday.  Orpheus Choir of Wellington .  Wellington Town Hall.  COME & SING Verdi REQUIEM - come and join in.

 17 July Friday, 6.30.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC

 18 July Saturday, 8pm.  Nota Bene.  Expressions Upper Hutt.  SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - a nostalgic 'radio show' for armchair travellers.  With Christine Argyle, Geoff Robinson, Joanne Hodgson, Julie Coulson and Oscar Bullock.  Entry $25.  

 25 July Saturday, 8pm.   Vector Wellington  Orchestra.   Wellington Town Hall. 

 25 July Saturday, TBA.  Festival Singers of Wellington and Schola Sacra Wanganui.  St Andrews Church Palmerston North.

 30 July Thursday, TBA.  Wellington Youth Choir.   Wesley Church Taranaki St. 

AUGUST

 1 Aug Saturday, 8pm.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC. 

 2 Aug Sunday, TBA.  Wellington Youth Choir.   St Andrews Church Paraparaumu.

 8 Aug Saturday, 7.30pm.  Cantoris.  St Peters Church Willis St. SIMPLE SONG - Songs of Brahms, Britten, Body, Gillian Whitehead, Schumann and  Ravel.    

 16 Aug Sunday, 2.30pm.  Kapiti Chorale.  St Pauls Church Kapiti Rd. Haydn's CREATION.                                                                                              

 27-29 Aug Thursday-Saturday.  Dunedin Town Hall.  The BIG SING National Finale.

 SEPTEMBER

 12 Sep, Saturday, 4pm.  The Tudor Consort.  St Andrews on the  Terrace.  Bach's THE SIX MOTETS. 

 12 Sep, Saturday, 7.30pm.  Festival Singers of Wellington and Wellington Organ Society.  St Johns Church Willis St.  Dvorak's Mass in D, Purcell trumpet concerto, pieces by Sweelinck, CPE Bach, Mendelssohn etc.  Also organists Paul Rosoman and others.

 12 Sep Saturday, 8pm.   Vector Wellington  Orchestra.   Wellington Town Hall.  

 16, 17, 18,19 Sep.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.  Sibelius Festival

 20 Sep Sunday, 7.30 pm.  Nota Bene.  St Andrew's on The Terrace.  GHOSTS, FIRE, WATER - music of the elements by Douglas Mews, John Taverner, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Schütz, Jonathan Crehan, Pepe Becker etc. Guest conductor Robert Oliver, Donald Nicholson Keyboards .   www.notabene.org.nz

 26 Sep Saturday, 8pm.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.

OCTOBER 

 9 Oct Friday, 7 pm.  NZ Secondary Students' Choir.  Sacred Heart Cathedral Hill St.  Music by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Richard Oswin, Douglas Mews and Gershwin.

  10-17 Oct.  NBR NZ Opera.  St James Theatre.  EUGENE ONEGIN

 17 Oct Saturday.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   Te Papa. A DAY with NZSO at TE PAPA.

 18 Oct Sunday, time tba. Wellington Male Voice Choir.  Expressions, Upper Hutt. 

 20 Oct Tuesday, 5.30 pm.   Conductors and Administrators Meeting.  Loaves and Fishes Wellington Cathedral.

 31 Oct Saturday, 8pm.  NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.

 NOVEMBER

 7 Nov, Saturday, 8pm.  The Tudor Consort.  Sacred Heart Catheral.  A REQUIEM for PHILIP II - music by Morales and Lobo. 

 7 Nov, Saturday, 7pm.  Vox Serbicus.  Philosophy House 33 Aro St.  Evening of Orthodox Serbian and Slavic music

 7 Nov Saturday, 7.30pm. Wainuiomata Choir and Arcadian Singers of Taihape.  Reformed Church 98 Wainuiomata Rd, Wainuiomata.  Haydn’s LITTLE ORGAN MASS and a chorus from THE SEASONS.  Also music of Mozart, and Salieri.  Soprano Loretta Lander.

 13 Nov Friday, 6.30pm.   NZ Symphony Orchestra.   MFC.

 14 Nov Saturday, 7.30pm.  Wairarapa Singers.  St Lukes  Church Masterton.  AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES

 14 Nov Saturday, 7.30pm.  Wellington Community Choir.  Wesley Methodist Church, Taranaki St.  ALL OUR NEIGHBOURS.

 15 Nov Sunday, 3pm.  Northern Chorale.  Khandallah Presbyterian Church.  AMERICAN SAMPLER Jane Keller - Spirituals.

 15 Nov Sunday, 2.30pm.  Wairarapa Singers.  St Lukes  Church Greytown.  AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES.

  21 Nov Saturday, 7.30pm.  Cantoris.  St Peters Church Willis St.  SING MY SOUL an AMERICAN JOURNEY - music by Ned Roren, Copeland, Ives, Barber, Randall Thompson and Matthew Harris.    

 22 Nov Sunday, 2pm.  Wellington Male Voice Choir.  St Andrews on the Terrace.  End of year subscription concert, charity fundraiser for Wellington Free Ambulance.

 22 Nov Sunday, 2pm.   Kapiti Chamber Choir joined by former members of Bel Canto.  St Paul's Church, Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu.  Handel's MESSIAH.  Joined by former members and friends of Bel Canto: Lesley and Barbara Graham, Janey MacKenzie, Alison Hodge, Denise Wilson, Ed Hintz, John Beaglehole, Rodney Macann, Roger Wilson.

 22 Nov Saturday, 8pm.   Vector Wellington  Orchestra.   Wellington Town Hall.  

 28 Nov Saturday, 7.30pm.  Orpheus Choir of Wellington .  Wellington Town Hall.  ANYTHING GOES - music of Cole Porter  

 29 Nov Sunday, 2pm.   Kapiti Chamber Choir joined by former members of Bel Canto.  Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill Street, Wellington.  Handel's MESSIAH.   Joined by former members and friends of Bel Canto: Lesley and Barbara Graham, Janey MacKenzie, Alison Hodge, Denise Wilson, Ed Hintz, John Beaglehole, Rodney Macann, Roger Wilson.

DECEMBER

 1 Dec Friday, 7.30pm.  Capital Choir.  Central Baptist Church Boulcott St.  Cantata HOLY MOSES, as well as some spirituals and Advent music.

 4 Dec Friday, 8pm.  Wainuiomata Choir.  St Stephen's Uniting Church, 106 Main Road, Wainuiomata: Free Christmas concert.

 6 Dec Saturday, TBA.  Festival Singers of Wellington.  Venue TBC.  Christmas concert.

 6 Dec Sunday, 2.30pm.  Kapiti Chorale.  St Pauls Church Kapiti Rd.  A CELEBRATION of CHRISTMAS.   

 6 Dec Sunday, TBA.   The Hutt Valley Singers.  Our Lady of Grace Church, Heretaunga, CHRISTMAS MUSIC   

 9 Dec Wednesday, 6.30 - 8pm.  Nota Bene.  St James Theatre Foyer.  CHRISTMAS at the JIMMY - an informal 'cabaret style' Christmas concert at the Jimmy Bar.  Admission  FREE.  

 13 Dec Sunday, 2.30pm.  Bach Choir of Wellington.  St Andrews on The Terrace.  Music of Handel and Purcell.