Thursday, June 14, 2012

Music news June 14


SMOKE FREE PASIFICA BEATS - Saturday June 16th 4.30pm - 5.30pm at the Jack Mann
Auditorium 7pm Solway Ave. Free entry. Chisnallwood band: "True Culture" will be
performing.

ROCKQUEST REGIONAL FINALS
Sunday 17th June at the Jack Mann Auditorium 7pm Solway Ave. The Chisnallwood band
"50-50" made it through to the next level despite being one of the younger bands in
Rockquest. All the other bands on Sunday night will be from high schools. Each band gets
to play for a maximum of 7 minutes. Supporters very welcome! $20 entry to non-band
members.

THURSDAY 28th JUNE 1.45pm-3pm The "Afternoon Delights" series will feature our
Chisnallwood jazz bands, ukuleles etc in a special concert designed for an older audience
(but anyone is welcome). This series is hosted by the ChCh Music Centre and the venue is
the Salvation Army Citadel, 250 Colombo St, Sydenham. $5 entry. Details at
http://www.musiccentre.org.nz/concerts/

Want to write a School Radio Jingle? Entries are now open and close July 23rd. If
yours is chosen it will run on air! More than one may be chosen eg. one in English and one
with Maori or Pasifica content.
Those who have taken computer music at school can use SuperDuperMusicLooper,
Mixcraft, GarageBand or Audacity at school. At home you can use MYNA (there is a link on
the music website on the “Useful music links” page).
The frequency is FM 107.7 and you need a catchy short memorable Chisnallwood jingle.

Fantastic UPCOMING CONCERTS which may be of interest.....

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra "La Mer" Sat 23rd June. Free student tickets. Sign up on the
orchestra page of the ChisnallwoodMusic website.
This will be an amazing concert at the Wigram Airforce museum featuring water drums and
orchestra, a harp concerto, Debussy's La Mer and Gareth Farr's From the Depths Sound the Great
Sea Gongs

US Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band in concert: Fantastic concerts - all free!
20 June 2012, 2pm at La Vida Centre, Hanson Lane, Riccarton – joint concert with NZ Army Band
20 June 2012, 7pm at GeoDome, Hagley Park Events Village
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 10:30am, Geo Dome, Hagley Park Events Village (open to schools and
public)
details http://newzealand.usembassy.gov/marine_band.html