Feb 2020 Q-notes: special deals for subscribers
Feb 2020 Q-notes: special deals for subscribers
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February 2020
Welcome to our February 2020 Q-notes. This year we're celebrating a massive composer with a massive tour. Our 2020 National Tour brings Beethoven back on his 250th birthday, travelling throughout New Zealand between June and October. Due to high demand, we've added SIX new concerts. Tickets have just gone on sale, with a special deal for those receiving this email (details below). 

You don’t have to wait until June to see us performing, though. There're opportunities aplenty to satisfy your musical cravings! Find out more below.
 
National Tour 2020 tickets on sale NOW
 
We have three special online offers for you!

As an NZSQ email subscriber, you can enjoy $5 off Adult tickets when booking online, to receive $35 tickets - simply use code NZSQFRIENDS for your ticket discount.* 
 
Want to bring your friends along to our National Tour 2020 Beethoven concerts? We've got just the special for you! Save 20% when you book a group of 4 or more online. Prices start at $125.*
 
Keen to get 20% off and to hear all of Beethoven's string quartets in 2020?
Purchase 1 ticket, to 6 concerts to get 20% off. Prices start at $190.*
 
 
Find out more
 
Save RNZ Concert!
On 24 February, the 87th birthday celebration for RNZ Concert - our national, irreplaceable taonga - was held on the steps of Parliament in Wellington. 

The fight is still on for RNZ Concert and we ask our friends and supporters to join us in action. Elizabeth Kerr, former NZSQ and RNZ Concert Manager, spoke with NZ Herald on the day. Watch a clip from her interview and see a short performance from us as well.
Watch now
Adam Summer School 2020
Twenty-nine fine young musicians were hosted in Nelson for eight intensive days of chamber music making at the beginning of February.

Hear directly from our students and tutors about their rewarding week and share in their highlights and successes. 
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NZ Festival 2020: Secrets of Sea and Space
As part of the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts, we're joined by soprano Jenny Wollerman to present Secrets of Sea and Space.

Helene and Jenny spoke with RNZ Concert's David Morriss last week about this exquisite programme. Listen now.

We are presenting two other events as part of the NZ Festival's accessability programme: a relaxed concert and a touch tour. Bookings are essential for these and you can find out more below.
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Sponsor Spotlight
We’re grateful to Wynn Williams for their support which assists us in bringing New Zealand music to New Zealanders and the world. Learn more below.
Wynn Williams
House Concerts
Experience the magic of an NZSQ performance in your own home, exclusively for your family and friends. Get in touch today to start planning your next event.
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Become a Friend
For less than $1 a week, you can become a Friend of NZSQ and will join a loyal group of supporters who help us enrich the cultural life of our country.
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In Concert
10 March 2020, 6pm | St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
Adventurous spirits will be rewarded by this exquisite programme.

12 March 2020, 7:30pm | Prince Edward Auditorium, Whanganui 
Be entranced by the inventiveness and variety you encounter in three of Beethoven's string quartets.

Helene Pohl & Wellington Chamber Orchestra
5 April 2020, 3pm | St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington
Helene takes the spotlight with the Wellington Chamber Orchestra to perform Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto conducted by Rachel Hyde.

28 April 2020, 5pm | Great Hall The Arts Centre, Christchurch
The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) is a premier forum for the advancement, dissemination and interchange of new music from around the world. 

2-11 May 2020 | North and South Island
Love and loss. Home and hope. Letters from Iraq.


See more on our Upcoming Events page. 
 
Focus on our Friends
Tutus on Tour Royal NZ Ballet

29 Feb - 14 Mar
From Kerikeri to Gore, the Royal New Zealand Ballet are performing on 14 small stages around NZ. With tickets $12-37, and some shows already sold out, you’ll want to book now! Find out if we’re visiting your town.
RNZB Tutus on Tour
World Symposium on Choral Music

11-18 Jul 2020

Only months away, 12th World Symposium on Choral Music brings to Aotearoa 40+ of the world’s most esteemed choral experts and 25 of the finest choirs. Take action and register for this life- and career-changing experience.
REGISTER NOW
NZ Festival 2-for-1 tickets!

7 Mar 2020
Performing for the very first time in NZ and with 80 years of exploring the wondrous possibilities of choral music, the Netherlands Chamber Choir (Nederlands Kamerkoor) is among the best in the world.
NZ Festival of the Arts
 

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*Ticket discount code NZSQFRIENDS, 'Group of 4+', and '20% off when booking 6 concerts' applies only to concerts where $40 adult tickets are offered and excludes Adult Premium tickets offered at Church Road Winery and Cloudy Bay Vineyards, concerts presented through Chamber Music Wanganui, Taupo Winter Festival, and Christopher's Classics, and free concert at Huria Marae. '20% off when booking 6 concerts' applies only to Adult Tickets for concerts listed on Eventfinda once all events are added to the order, and does not include Adult Premium or concerts listed through other ticketing agencies. Booking fees/service charges may apply.

New Zealand String Quartet Trust

PO Box 8071
The Terrace
Wellington, WGN 6143
New Zealand

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