Event Horizon

SEASON TWO ANNOUNCED!

NZ's hottest young singer in Schoenberg's classic Pierrot Lunaire? CHECK

The world's leading contemporary flute player in a world premiere? CHECK!

Australasia's funkiest bearded multi-instrumentalist in a blues-fest? CHECK!!!!
Let us count the ways in which Stroma's second season 2012 will cap off a Stromatastic year of new musical experiences:

9 Oct: TIMEDANCE (Chch) - a new dance film with live score by Michael Norris
11 Oct: LUMINOUS HORIZON - flute legend Roberto Fabbriciani in concert with Stroma
17 Oct: TIMEDANCE (Auck)
25 Nov: PIERROT LUNAIRE – Schoenberg's classic, starring Madeleine Pierard
9 Dec: BLUE PAGE - A blues-themed evening with bearded multi-instrumentalist Adam Page

Ensemble Manager

Stroma is one of New Zealand’s finest contemporary chamber ensembles, comprising players from the NZSO and other Wellington-based performers. Since its inaugural concert in 2000, Stroma has performed regularly, with a repertoire of fresh, cutting-edge compositions.

Stroma are looking for a flexible and organised individual to help manage the ensemble for the remainder of 2012, featuring four concerts. The applicant should have with experience in the following roles:

• Management of arts organisations
• Concert planning and operations
• Budget management
• Funding applications
• Contracting and payments

The position is part-time, covering a set number of hours across the period August–December 2012. Applicants should be available to work during some weekends and nights in the lead-up to specific concerts.

To apply, please email your CV in MS Word format to Michael Norris at michael.norris@xtra.co.nz by no later than 5pm, Tuesday 7 August 2012.

A full role description is available for download from: http://www.stroma.co.nz/downloads/role_description_ensemble_manager_2012.pdf

Stroma has just unveiled its 2012 Season (Part 1: April–June) — jam-packed with more intrigue, brilliance and unadulterated sonic bravura than ever before.

Our 2012 season is divided into two complementary series: HEADLINERS, in which ‘big’ is the word: BIG pieces, BIG ensembles, BIG names and BIG sounds, wrapped in a traditional 2-hour concert format. These concerts will sate even the most voracious musical appetites... SOUNDBYTES, a series of aural appetizers, featuring smaller ensembles, unusual venues, and compact 50-minute concerts. This is the perfect way to introduce friends to the Stroma experience.

Although we haven't finished planning our 2012 season, we can reveal that it's going to be bigger and better than ever before. You'll also be lead to unusual locations within Wellington - Philosophy House, a dealer gallery, City Gallery — as well as the venerable Ilott Theatre. Music will include: The Mirror of Time, a show intermingling the avant-garde of the Middle Ages with the avant-garde of the twentieth century. Shadow/Double, a concert for clarinet and electronics featuring the brilliant Richard Haynes. A concert featuring radical music for percussion quartet. And, most excitingly, a concert featuring one of the leading flute players internationally, Roberto Fabbriciani, for whom numerous works have been written by composers such as Maderna, Berio and Sciarrino. We will announce the dates and programmes in more detail in late October/early November, so you will have plenty of time to book your tickets!