Waiheke Island Choral Society P O Box 333, Oneroa, Waiheke Island 1840, New Zealand

History of Concerts and Performances

2024

• 6 & 7 July 2024, Rocky Bay Hall and St Peter’s Church:
  Potpourri 2024
  A musical variety show
  [Anne Willmann, director]
  

2023

• 3 December 2023, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Gloria Hallelujah
  Classics and traditional carols
  [Anne Willmann, director]
  Proceeds donated to the Waiheke Budgeting Services
  


• 26 October 2023, Waiheke Public Library, Oneroa:
  Retirement party for Fiona Kralicek, Waiheke’s long-time librarian
  


• 6 October 2023, Waiheke Musical Museum, Oneroa:
  Songs of Peace, Love and Protest
  (as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival)
  


• 10 August 2023, MORRA Hall:
  Celebration of Life for Richard Melville (1950-2023), our director for 25 years
  Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus
  Verdi, Speed Your Journey
  


• 23 & 25 June 2023, Rocky Bay Hall and St Peter’s Church:
  Potpourri III
  A musical variety show
  [Anne Willmann, director]
  

2022

• 11 December 2022, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Classic Christmas
  Classics (including Schubert’s German Mass) and traditional carols
  [Anne Willmann, director]
  Proceeds donated to the Waiheke Budgeting Services
  

2021

• (An end-of-year concert scheduled for November 2021 was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.)


• 3 & 4 July 2021, Rocky Bay Hall and MORRA Hall:
  It’s Glorious
  Vivaldi’s Gloria and other songs
  [Richard Melville, director]
  

2020

• 20 December 2020, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Christmas concert
  Joint concert and sing-along with the V12 men’s group.
  [Anne Willmann and Richard Melville, directors]
  Proceeds donated to the Waiheke Budgeting Service


• 12 December 2020, Artworks complex, Oneroa:
  Thirty-minute performance as part of the Christmas Festival.
  [Anne Willmann, director]
  


• (Two concerts scheduled for earlier in the year were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.)
  

2019

• 7 & 8 December 2019, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
  Christmas concert with carols sing-along
  [Richard Melville, director]
  Proceeds donated to the Waiheke Resources Trust


• 23 November 2019, MORRA Hall, Oneroa:
  Freedom Land — Songs for Summer
  A joint concert with Sister Shout and V12
  [Richard Melville and Rachel Derham, directors]
  


• 20 November 2019, Waiheke Retirement Village:
  Celebration of Kara Nelson’s 100th Birthday
  [Richard Melville, director]
  


• 29 & 30 June 2019, Rocky Bay Hall and MORRA Hall:
  Potpourri — Here We Go Again
  A musical variety show
  [Anne Willmann, director]
  


• 23 & 24 March 2019, MORRA Hall, Oneroa:
  Puccini, Messa di Gloria, and Brahms, Alto Rhapsody
  Dedicated to the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings
  [Richard Melville, director]
  

2018

• 16 December 2018, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Messiah and Christmas Carols
  


• 11 November 2018, 11AM at the Waiheke RSA:
  Elgar, Lux Aeterna
  Marking 100 years of the Armistice that ended World War I
  


• 22 July 2018, at the Matiatia headlands:
  “E Pari Ra” (with other island choral groups)
  as part of “Maumahara Flames”, closing ceremony of the Matariki festival (Maori New Year)


• 26–27 May 2018, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  “Mozart & More”
  Featuring movements from Mozart’s Requiem in D minor
  [Ariane Duclos, director]

2017

• 12 December 2017, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  “A Christmas Special”
  Proceeds donated to the Waiheke Budgeting Service


• 3 September 2017, Rocky Bay Hall, and 10 September 2017, Palm Beach Hall:
  “Potpourri” — a musical variety show
  [our first concert with Anne Willmann as director]


• 7 & 8 April 2017, Te Huruhi School Hall:
  Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana
  A joint production with the Kaleidoscope Performance dance troupe

2016

• 29 October 2016, Ostend Hall:
  Performance for inauguration of the newly-elected Waiheke Local Board.


• 26 May – 18 June 2016, Artworks Theatre, Oneroa:
  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music


• 21 February 2016, MORRA Hall, Oneroa:
  “Sing Waiheke” — A joint performance with Auckland Choral during their Waiheke workshop
  [not to be confused with the Waiheke singing group of the same name (fl. 1998–2010)]
  Selected movements from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Handel’s Messiah

2015

• 28 & 29 November 2015, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  A joint Christmas Choralfest with Canto Isola and Sister Shout
  Selected choruses and solos from Handel’s Messiah
  Sing-along with popular (and less well-known) Christmas carols


• 25 & 26 July 2015, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Beethoven: Mass in C major, opus 86
  

2014

• 8 & 9 November 2014, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  “War and Peace” — a concert to mark the centenary of World War I
  Haydn: Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War), H. XII:9
  Handel: Te Deum for the Peace of Utrecht, HWV 278
  


• 20 & 21 April 2014, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Handel’s Messiah.
  


• 29 March 2014, Town Hall, Auckland:
  “Sing with the APO” (a concert in conjunction with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and other area choirs)
  David Hamilton: “’Eiki ’alo’ofa e” (from his Missa Pacifica)
  John Wells: Gloria Tonga
  Vangelis: Theme from the film 1492
  

2013

• 15 December 2013, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Christmas carols.


• 29 November – 9 December 2013, Artworks Theatre, Oneroa:
  Cinderella: The Panto by Stuart Ardern and Bob Heather.


• 19 & 20 October 2013, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Vivaldi: Gloria
  Handel: Zadok the Priest
  Vivaldi: Beatus Vir
  


• 11–12 May 2013, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Two Mozart masses: Credo Mass (K 257) and Great Mass in C minor (K427)
  

2012

• 1–16 June 2012:
  Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado
  Rocky Bay Hall, 1 & 2 June
  Onetangi Hall, 8 June
  Palm Beach Hall, 9 June
  Artworks Theatre, 15 & 16 June
  

2011

• 10 & 11 December 2011: Christmas concert, Waiheke High School Auditorium
  Schubert: “Zum Sanctus” from Deutsche Messe
  Bach: Sleepers Wake and Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  Mozart: Laudate Dominum
  Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
  


• 29 July – 13 August 2011, Artworks Theatre:
  Fiddler on the Roof (by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick)


• Saturday, 16 April 2011, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Handel’s Messiah (complete)
  in conjunction with members of Sing Waiheke, Sister Shout, and V12

2010

• Sunday, 12 December 2010, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Concert of Mozart masses: Coronation Mass (K 317) and Credo Mass (K 257)
  


• Saturday, 11 December 2010, Little Oneroa Beach:
  “Carols by Candlelight”


• 9–25 September 2010, Artworks Theatre:
  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart, and Stephen Sondheim)

2009

• 12–13 December 2009, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Handel’s Messiah (complete)
  in conjunction with Sing Waiheke, Sister Shout, and V12


• Sunday, 19 July 2009, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  “A Little Afternoon Music”
  From Mozart and Fauré to the Teddy Bears’ Picnic


• 15–24 May 2009, Artworks Theatre:
  Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie


• April 2009:
  Music Day at the Waiheke Public Library

2008

• Saturday, 13 December 2008, Little Oneroa Beach:
  Carols by Candlelight


• Sunday, 7 December 2008, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Handel’s Messiah, Part 1


• Saturday, 18 October 2008, Whittaker’s Musical Museum:
  “Music from the Tudor Court”.


• 26 June 2008, Rocky Bay Hall, and
  27 & 28 June, 4, 5, 6, 18, & 19 July 2008, Artworks Theatre:
  Last Panto in Little Oneroa (based on David Tristram’s Last Panto in Little Grimley).


• Saturday, 10 May 2008, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices.

2007

• Tuesday, 18 December 2007, Palm Beach Hall:
  Christmas concert


• Saturday, 6 October 2007, Palm Beach Hall:
  “Voices for Hospice”: fundraiser for the Waiheke Hospice.


• 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 August, and 7 & 8 September 2007, Artworks Theatre:
  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I.


• Sunday, 29 July 2007, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  A Cappella evensong concert, to mark Anglican/Catholic church-sharing agreement.

2006

• Saturday, 2 December 2006, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  A Cappella Christmas Concert.


• 17, 18, 19, 24, and 25 November 2006, Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe (lightly modernised by Brenda Vale).


• Friday, 3 November 2006, 12 noon, 64 Korora Road, Oneroa:
  Fundraiser for Starship Hospital (private function).


• Sunday, 27 August 2006, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  “Mostly Mozart” concert, celebrating Mozart’s 250th birthday; featuring Vesperae solennes de confessore (K 339).
  Dedicated to the memory of Sister Joan Timpany.


• Sunday, 23 July 2006, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  A Cappella vespers concert. Hymns from the 16th to 20th centuries.


• Sunday, 16 July 2006, St Peter’s Church, Onehunga:
  A Cappella vespers concert. Hymns from the 16th to 20th centuries.


• Saturday, 13 May 2006, Artworks:
  Two short concerts (each involving three songs from the regular choir and two from the A Cappella choir) to celebrate the reopening of Artworks Theatre.
  12:45 PM at Artworks Library; 1:00 PM at Artworks Theatre.

2005

• Sunday, 18 December 2005, Palm Beach Hall:
  Christmas Carols concert: both the regular choir and the A Cappella choir.
  Joint concert with Sister Shout.


• Friday, 25 November 2005, Rocky Bay Hall, and
  2, 3, 4 December 2005, Artworks Theatre:
  Last Tango in Little Oneroa — celebrating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II
  (based on Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram).


• Saturday, 11 June 2005, and Sunday, 12 June 2005, Palm Beach Hall:
  Variety show, similar in style to the MORRA Hall fundraiser in August 2004.

2004

• Sunday, 12 December 2004, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  A concert of Christmas carols, in conjunction other island groups.


• Tuesday, 7 December 2004, Seaside Sanctuary, Surfdale:
  Half-hour Christmas concert for Sanctuary residents.


• Last weekend in November and first two weekends of December:
  Christmas Pantomime at Artworks (Oneroa Town Musicians), with participation of Choral Society members.


• Sunday, 7 November 2004, Artworks courtyard:
  French songs (sung by a Francophonic subset of the Choral Society) for the French Market run by the Waiheke French Club.


• Sunday, 17 October 2004, St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Oneroa:
  A Cappella group sings Gustav Holst and J. S. Bach.
  Joint concert with the Island Pipers (a local group of recorder players).


• Saturday, 11 August, and Sunday, 12 August 2004, MORRA Hall:
  Fundraising concert for the renovation of MORRA Hall.
  Carl Orff, Mozart, Beatles, ABBA, Rogers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gilbert & Sullivan, etc.

2003

• Saturday, 13 December 2003, Artworks courtyard:
  Christmas carols after the Santa Parade


• 12–15 November 2003, at Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial By Jury: The Director’s Cut (slightly mangled and Waihekeised by Brenda Vale)


• Saturday, 26 July 2003, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa, and
  Sunday, 27 July 2003, St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland:
  Beethoven: Mass in C major (with the St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra)


• Saturday, 28 June 2003, Whittaker’s Musical Museum, Oneroa:
  A Cappella choir and the Waiheke Writers Group on the theme of “Journeys”


• Saturday, 5 April 2003, Te Huruhi School:
  New Zealand Choral Federation Conference and 18th Annual General Meeting
  Edwin Carr: Seven Waiheke Lyrics

2002

• Saturday, 21 December 2002, Seaside Sanctuary and Little Oneroa Beach:
  Carols by Candlelight


• Sunday, 8 December 2002, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell:
  Christmas carols with several choirs from around the Auckland area


• Tuesday, 26 November 2002, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Bach: Magnificat


• Wednesday, 11 September 2002, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Concert in commemoration of those who died on 11 September 2001


• 14–18 August 2002, Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience


• Sunday, 28 July 2002, Ostend Hall:
  A Cappella group concert in conjunction with the Waiheke Orchestra


• March 2002, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa, and St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland:
  Handel & Mozart Concert
  Mozart: Coronation Mass
  Handel: Messiah, parts 2 and 3

2001

• Saturday, 1 December 2001, Te Huruhi School hall:
  25th Anniversary Concert
  Edwin Carr, Seven Elizabethan Lyrics and Seven Waiheke Lyrics
  Also piano duet recital by Richard Mapp and Emma Sayers


• September 2001, Artworks Theatre:
  Let’s Show ’Em (a medley of show tunes)

2000

• December 2000, Little Oneroa Beach:
  Carols by Candlelight


• October 2000, Artworks Theatre:
  Handel’s Messiah (part of the worldwide Homecare Hospice fundraiser)


• July 2000, Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers


• May 2000, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  A concert of sacred and secular music (with the Orlando Singers)

1999

• December 1999, St Peter’s Church, Oneroa:
  Joseph Haydn: Nelson Mass


• November 1999, Ostend Hall:
  Victorian Music Hall


• July 1999, Artworks Theatre:
  Hello, Dolly! (by J. Herman and M. Stewart)

1998

• December 1998, Little Oneroa Beach:
  Carols by Candlelight


• November 1998, Artworks Theatre:
  Carl Orff: Carmina Burana


• July 1998, Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

1997

• December 1997, Little Oneroa Beach:
  Carols by Candlelight


• 1 November 1997, Artworks Theatre:
  “100 Voices Massed” (with the Te Atatu Men’s Choir and the Te Atatu Country Women’s Institute Choir)


• October 1997, Artworks Theatre:
  Handel’s Messiah (part of the worldwide Homecare Hospice fundraiser)


• July 1997, Artworks Theatre and Great Barrier Island Sports Club:
  Oklahoma! (by Rodgers & Hammerstein)


• 1 March 1997, Waiheke High School:
  “Opera by the Seaside” (in conjunction with the Te Huruhi Primary School choir)

1996

• December 1996, Little Oneroa Beach:
  Carols by Candlelight


• December 1996, Artworks Theatre:
  “Festival of Song”


• July 1996, Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado


• 1 March 1996, Seaside Sanctuary, Surfdale:
  “Opera by the Seaside”

1995

• December 1995, Artworks Theatre:
  Variety concert


• July 1995, Artworks Theatre:
  Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore

1994

• December 1994, Artworks Theatre:
  Christmas concert


• July 1994, Artworks Theatre:
  “Sullivan to Superstar” (show tunes including all of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial By Jury)

1993

• 4 December 1993, Waiheke High School:
  Christmas concert (in conjunction with the Te Huruhi Primary School and Waiheke High School choirs)


• June 1993, Artworks Theatre:
  “American Accent”
  [our first concert with Richard Melville as director]

1992

• December 1992, MORRA Hall:
  Carols for Christmas

1991

• December 1991, MORRA Hall:
  Christmas carol concert

1990

• December 1990, MORRA Hall:
  Christmas carol concert


• July 1990, MORRA Hall:
  Winter Concert

1989

• December 1989, MORRA Hall:
  Christmas carol concert


• June 1989, MORRA Hall:
  14th Winter Concert

1988

• December 1988, MORRA Hall:
  Christmas carol concert

1987

• December 1987, MORRA Hall:
  “A Christmas Wish”


• July 1987, MORRA Hall:
  Winter Concert

1986

• December 1986, MORRA Hall:
  Christmas Tenth Anniversary Concert


• June 1986, MORRA Hall:
  Mid-Winter Concert

1985

• December 1985, MORRA Hall:
  Carol Concert & Lesson


• June 1985, Waiheke Area School:
  An Evening of Song and Music

1984

• December 1984, MORRA Hall:
  Carol Concert & Lesson

1983

• December 1983, MORRA Hall:
  Carol Concert & Lesson


• June 1983, MORRA Hall:
  Choral & instrumental music

1982

• December 1982, MORRA Hall:
  Carol Concert


• August 1982, MORRA Hall:
  Choral & instrumental music with the Conservatorium of Music and the National Youth Orchestra
  (Proceeds were donated to the new Waiheke Island Historical Society museum.)


• 8 May 1982, MORRA Hall:
  Joint concert with the Auckland University Singers

1981

• December 1981, MORRA Hall:
  Christmas Concert


• August 1981, Red Cross Hall:
  Choral & instrumental music with the Conservatorium of Music
  (Proceeds were donated to the St John’s Ambulance Association.)

1980

• December 1980, Red Cross Hall:
  Christmas Concert


• August 1980, Red Cross Hall:
  Choral & instrumental music with the Conservatorium of Music
  [first concert with Hugh Neilsen as director]

1979

• 3 November 1979, Red Cross Hall:
  Feast of Choral and Instrumental Music

1978

• December 1978, Red Cross Hall:
  Concert of Christmas Music

1977

• December 1977, Ostend Hall:
  Festival of Christmas Music

1976

• December 1976, Ostend Hall:
  Christmas carols & readings
  [our first concert; music director was Sydney Dixon-Storr]

Information on concerts and productions through 2001 are taken from the booklet The Story of the Waiheke Choral Society 1976-2001 by Teri Taylor and Ken Brown (Waiheke Island Choral Society, October 2001).

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