Three local groups fill the bill at the Friday, August 8 midday concert – Keynotes Choir, Taupō Youth Strings and Taupō Strings.
Keynotes, run through the Taupō School of Music and led by choir director Kaylene Carson, and accompanist Jo Paull has been running for over 20 years.
The group accommodates 5–13-year-olds from various local schools as well as home schooled children, rehearsing on Tuesday afternoons.
Their bracket of five partner songs (two-part songs), including a Congolese folk song with actions, would be the first ever public performance for over half the choir, said Carson.
The children had been working hard to learn their parts, she said, and were very excited to be performing to an audience.
The Taupō Youth Strings Orchestra consists of 12 young players on violin and cello who are working at a Grade 1 level or above. The orchestra was reformed at the start of this year, after a six year hiatus, and strives to give up and coming strings musicians a fun platform to perform together.
The group has previously performed at an introductory mini-concert and at the annual Youth Strings Colab in Term 2.
Members were looking forward to playing at the lunchtime concert, said conductor Richard Paull and would play a small but wide-ranging set of songs from classical pieces like March and Canon (Pachelbel), to more contemporary tunes like Paint it Black (Rolling Stones).
Taupō Strings will present a select few of the group’s favourite recent pieces which range in genre.
The adult group of varying abilities playing violin, viola and cello has been practising together since 2021 and play because of a shared passion for playing and appreciating music.
The hour-long concert starts at noon on August 8 at St Andrew’s Anglican Church on Tītīraupenga Street, $5 cash only entry.
