Sunday 07 September: Classics on Stage and Screen – fine music at the movies and more.
CAMA
The award-winning CAMA Youth Choir was founded in early 2022 as an open and welcoming artistic group for young people aged 5-20yrs seeking inclusivity and friendship. While fundamentally a musical group, the participants spend time exploring drama, general knowledge, communication skills, movement & dance and other creative/artistic talents. The group performs at many events including Retirement Complexes, private functions, civic and church services such ANZAC and Christmas concerts.
Within the group is the advanced CAMA Ensemble. In various combinations they have won a number of significant awards in The Vocal Groups’ section at the South Auckland Performing Arts Festival, including the highest score of all 22 entries across all categories and ages. They enjoy performing a mixture of classical to modern and speak and sing several languages.
The Clevedon Crooners
The Clevedon Crooners is a brand new choir established by Cara Popping at Clevedon School. The singers are aged between 7 and 13 yrs and very excited to making their debut at the CVMFT concert !
Majors ‘n’ Minors
Majors ’n’ Minors (Pukekohe/Bombay) has been running as a specialist music studio offering tuition in a variety of instruments for young people since 1993. Many hundreds of students have been involved in the Studio often progressing from beginners to professional performers at Diploma and University level. In 2015 the studio introduced a musical theatre programme which has proven to be highly popular and successful, producing up to three shows per year. These have included Annie, The Sound of Music, Shrek, The Jungle Book, Mary Poppins Jnr, Disney’s Cinderella, Aladdin and the classic Fiddler on the Roof. The studio received seven NAPTA nominations for their 2019 production of The Lion King Jr,
Roberto Nascetti
Roberto started playing music at the late age of 15, studying Clarinet at the “P. Bignardi” School of Music in Italy and joining its concert band 8 month later. 3 years later, he bought his first saxophone and played it for the next 12 years in the same concert band.
After nearly 20-year break due to family and work commitments and a huge upheaval caused by the move to New Zealand, he heard the call of music again. This led to him picking up his dusty old saxophone and joining the West City Concert Band in both its concert band and saxophone quartet for the next 9 years, playing in both Theatres and National Music Festivals.
He has also played with the Auckland Wind Orchestra, indipendent saxophone quartets and, more recently, the Hibiscus Coast Concert Band, Choral groups and as a soloist.
Sunday 12 October: Scholarships weekend is coming up !
