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Wellington Classical Guitar Society. [www.wellington.classicalguitar.org.nz]

24/04/2026

Our next meeting is Sunday, 3 May 2025
4.15 pm to 6.30 pm

Ensemble 4:15 – 5:40:
We will start with a simple ensemble piece led by Clyde Clemett. We have a new ensemble book for 2026 with pieced curated to accommodate a wide range of abilities. You can download the 2026 ensemble book here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x53S9BbXOcuxmqneCHUx0woLyoefZG0d/view

We will be working on the following Ensemble pieces:
· Isa Lei by Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, arr. Don King
· Baile de Gaita (Traditional Spanish)
· Carol of the Bells by M Leontovich, arr. Lou Ward
· Tico Toco by Zequinha Abreu
· La Llorona (Mexican Folk Song), arr. Bill Tylers

Solo/Small Ensemble Playing: 5:50 – 6:30
A chance to perform / try out new pieces or revise/perfect your current playlist. All are welcome to join in.

Upcoming Events
· Mike Hogan, Chris Hill, and Jake Church (7 June 2026, tbc)
· Te Hopai Concert: Sunday 3pm, 4 October 2026
· Mike Wespel-Rose + Alvin Livingston-Wood: Sunday, 1 November 2026

09/04/2026

Our next meeting is Sunday, 12 April 2025
4.15 pm to 6.30 pm
4:15 – 5:40 Ensemble
We will start with a simple ensemble piece led by Clyde Clemett. We have a new ensemble book for 2026 with pieced curated to accommodate a wide range of abilities. You can download the 2026 ensemble book here.
Please prepare for the following Ensemble pieces:
· Isa Lei by Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, arr. Don King
· Baile de Gaita (Traditional Spanish)
· Carol of the Bells by M Leontovich, arr. Lou Ward

5:50 – 6:30 Solo/Small Ensemble Playing
A chance to perform / try out new pieces or revise/perfect your current playlist. All are welcome to join in.

Upcoming Events
· Mike Wespel-Rose and Alvin Livingston-Wood (May, August – December) (tbc)

Meetings in 2026
Society meetings in 2026 will be: 12 April (2nd Sunday to avoid Easter), otherwise the first Sunday of the month: 3 May, 7 June, 5 July, 2 August, 6 September, 4 October, 1 November, and 6 December.

26/02/2026

First meeting of 2026!
Our next meeting and AGM is Sunday, 8 March 2025

Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington

4:15 – 5:30 Ensemble

We will start with a simple ensemble piece led by Clyde Clemett. We have a new ensemble book for 2026 with pieced curated to accommodate a wide range of abilities. You can download the 2026 ensemble book here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x53S9BbXOcuxmqneCHUx0woLyoefZG0d/view?usp=drive_link

5:30 – 5:45 Annual General Meeting

Corporate governance at its finest.
Presentation of financial report, election of Committee Members and Officers, and new membership motion. You won't want to miss this!

5:55 – 6:30 Solo/Small Ensemble Playing

A chance to perform / try out new pieces or revise/perfect your current playlist. All are welcome to join in.

19/11/2025

https://wellington.classicalguitar.org.nz/koh-kazama-in-concert-sunday-23-november-2025/

25/10/2025

Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga in Concert Sunday 2-Nov-2025
Our Next Meeting and Concert is Sunday, 2 November 2025
Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba St Starts at 4:15PM

Concert - 5:45 – 6:30 PM
Featuring:
Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga in Concert

Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga is Wellington's most obscure chamber pop ensemble. They perform songs about the bakers, the fakers, the risk takers who inhabit these shaky isles.

If your hobbies include boogie boarding over the Huka Falls or performing Kung Fu atop an Upper Hutt pizza joint, or just quietly reading, this shows for you. Sven’s creativity is sparked by the songwriting genius of Nigel Beckford and more than seventy members who have contributed to their collective vision of hilarious gloom.

Guitars, harmony singing, strings: “These songs often have a delicate touch, a lightness of melody and a sympathetic delivery which casts them as love songs to a nation, not a cruel critique.” – Graham Reid in Elsewhere.

01/10/2025

Our Next Meeting and Concert is Sunday, 5 October 2025 featuring Julie Bevan in Concert
4:15 pm to 6.30 pm

5:45 pm to 6:30 pm - Julie Bevan in Concert

Poneke musician Julie Bevan began her musical training on piano, graduating to guitar as soon as she could get a hold of one. She fell in love with the music of Brazil after hearing the music of the great Brazilian composer and guitarist Baden Powell.

This passion led to her receiving a CNZ grant to travel to Brazil to study Brazilian music. It was in Brazil that Julie first began to composer music. She recorded her first composition ‘Saudades’ there in 2006 with pianist Alberto Farrah and trumpeter Dr Mike Ryan.

In the ‘90s Julie founded her first band ‘Zamba Flam’ This was the first group in Aotearoa to specialise in Brazilian music. They have performed in many major festivals around Aotearoa including the International Arts Festival and National Jazz Festival.

In 2018 she recorded her first album of original music ‘Kaleidoscope’ This album was recorded in Rio de Janeiro and was produced by Brazilian musician/composer and producer Marcelo Nami. She is currently working on a 2nd album ‘Korimako’ Julie is a member of SOUNZ and APRA /AMCOS and a founding member of the ever-popular Wellington Batucada.

Career highlights: Producing/performing/touring a multimedia show of the Afro Sambas by Baden Powell. This show had a cast of 11 musicians and dancers. The show featured in the Queenstown Jazz fest 2008, Cuba D**a, Viva Brasil fest. (with support from CNZ)

Concert of original music at TribOz – a renown jazz club Rio de Janeiro . You can hear her work:
https://juliebevan.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKxs3dEWis
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.facebook.com/JulieBrazillian/

Programme:
Riffle Fish - Julie Bevan
Study No. 1 - Julie Bevan
Dancando na Lua (Dancing on the Moon) - Marcelo Nami (*1974)
Twilight - Julie Bevan
Owl Time - Julie Bevan
Canto do Xango - Baden Powell (1937 – 2000)
Paper Butterfly - Julie Bevan
Apelo (Appeal) - Baden Powell (1937 – 2000)
Improv 1 - Julie Bevan

Upcoming Events
· Duo Tapas (Owen Moriarty, Guitar, and Rupa Maitra, Violin). St Andrews on the Terrace: 12:15 pm, 1 October 2025 [Updated] (https://www.standrews.org.nz/event/lunchtime-concert-duo-tapas-rupa-maitra-and-owen-moriarty)
· Lucinda Ng, WCGS Concert: 5:30 pm, 2 November 2025
· Koh Kazama, Public Concert: 5:30 pm, 23 November 2025 (https://www.kohkazama.com/)
· Member’s Concert: 4:15 pm and Jake Church & Joel Baldwin Duo: 5:30 pm, 7 December 2025
· Sydney Classical Guitar Summer School: 5 – 9 January 2026
· Taranaki Classical Guitar Summer School: 12 – 17 January 2026

01/08/2025

Barry Holt in Concert
Thistle Hall
Sunday August 3, 2025 5:30 PM

Barry, originally from Liverpool, is based in Wellington NZ. With a Bachelor of Music from Otago University and a love of classical guitar, he has a strong interest in music for film and soundscape / spoken word music production. He has performed in the UK, Australia and Aotearoa and releases original music under his own label. One reviewer described his music as ‘campfire session with a classically trained Romany traveler.’ Most recently he performed at Wellington’s Gardens Magic Summer Series and Old St Paul’s “Musical Punch Over Lunch series” in Thorndon. He performs regularly in and around Wellington at private functions and civic events.

For Sunday’s performance, Barry will be playing a selection of his own work from two previously released albums: Etudes Old & New and Nuevo Direccíon, and a new study entitled Gallope Espangóle.

Programme
· Noosa Theme
· Razquedo
· Prelude and Interlude
· Scenetta/Mozart my Guitar medley
· Whistler’s theme
· Gallop Espagnole
· Folk Theme
· Etude in E minor
· Meditaćion

Address

293 Cuba Street
Wellington
6011

Website

http://wellington.classicalguitar.org.nz/

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