Michael Fowler Centre Capital E Opera House
2005
2005
WELLINGTON’S
YOUNG PEOPLE’S
ARTS FESTIVAL
WELLINGTON’S
NGÀ TAURIMA O NGÀ MAHI TOI À NGÀ RANGATAHI O PONEKE
17 October-6 November
YOUNG PEOPLE’S
Artsplash is Wellington City Council’s children’s arts festival celebrating dance, music, drama and visual arts for primary and intermediate levels. Every year thousands of young performers and artists from all over the Wellington region come together to perform for 25,000 admiring parents, friends, neighbours, and community members. It’s one of Wellington’s greatest celebrations of talent and youth in our arts calendar.
ARTS FESTIVAL
NGÀ TAURIMA O NGÀ MAHI TOI À NGÀ RANGATAHI O PONEKE
17 October-6 November
Message from the Mayor Let the fun begin! The 18th annual Artsplash Festival takes place from 17 October to 6 November and you’re invited. Children throughout the Wellington Region will act, dance, sing and create their way through a festival that has something for everyone. You don’t have to be a parent or friend to join us; most of the performances are open to the public. So mark your calendar now. You can enjoy dance and vocal performances in the Michael Fowler Centre, drama in the Opera House, or if visual arts is more your thing come on down to the Mezzo Space in the Wellington Central Library, Capital E and the Wellington Convention Centre and check out the art exhibition. Art, expression and creativity are what Artsplash is all about. Enjoy! Mayor Kerry Prendergast, Artsplash Festival Patron
Artsplash Music Concerts
The Opera House Artsplash Drama Festival
At the very heart of Wellington’s Young People’s Arts Festival is music. Whether it is a choir of a thousand, an amazing student orchestral performance, songs from the many New Zealand ethnic cultures, or a musical theatre number, you’ll find it at Artsplash 2005! The Artsplash music concerts provide an opportunity for all primary school students from the Greater Wellington area to come together in our Capital City’s wonderful Michael Fowler Centre to sing in harmony and make music that will excite both performers and audiences. The programme includes a variety of NZ music as well as other world music. The choirs are accompanied by the Wellington Sinfonietta, The Wellington Schools Symphonic Band, The Pelorus Trust Youth Band and by our very own Artsplash 2005 Festival Band. These performances also showcase individual talent from Capital E scholarship students – a programme open to all young people who wish to explore their potential in the music and video scene.
In only its second year as part of the Artsplash Festival, drama is growing in popularity. From one show last year at the St James Theatre, this year the event will move to the Opera House with two performances - one during the day for schools and an evening performance for friends, family and members of the public. The drama component of Artsplash gives children the opportunity to experience a real theatre with sound, lighting, dressing rooms and a live audience. The Opera House Artsplash Drama Festival, Wellington City Council’s successful drama programme, is being staged in the Opera House, Courtenay Place on Tuesday 25 October.
Roger Stevenson, Artsplash Festival Conductor and Musical Director Mary Prichard, Artsplash Festival Administrator and Co-ordinator. Special thanks to Music Works Piano House, Hunter and Victoria Streets, for supply of the Artsplash keyboard, and Te Aro School for assisting with the sign language for the song “Can You Hear Me?”.
Mary Prichard, Drama Co-ordinator.
Artsplash Visual Arts
Artsplash Dance Concerts
As a young visual artist, there’s nothing like seeing your work mounted and displayed alongside other great art. This exhibition encourages the young participants to develop and use their creative gifts.
From an impressive musical programme, dance emerges as an equal creative force for young Artsplash participants. The Festival’s trio of dance concerts includes a combination of expressive forms and dance genres, and enough talent to take the roof off the Convention Centre. The students come from schools throughout the Wellington, Wairarapa and Kapiti regions, and range from Year 1 to Year 8. Their diverse backgrounds and styles are evident in these performances, which cover hip hop, cheer leading, American jazz, contemporary, line and Scottish dance and many other dance influences. Admission to these celebrations is by donation, so reserve a few dollars and treat yourself to the dance explosion at the 2005 Artsplash Festival.
This year we have introduced a Silent Auction so you can bid for your very own piece of art. Details on how to bid will be displayed at each exhibition location. The art will be displayed in three locations in the central city - the Mezzo Space, beside Clark’s Café in the Central Library, in Capital E and in the Michael Fowler Centre. Come along and check out some fantastic artwork.
Ruth Hooke, Artsplash Dance Co-ordinator.
Artsplash Music 1 Tuesday 1 November, 5.30pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Epuni, Greytown Primary, Hadlow, Hutt Central, Island Bay, Korokoro, Miramar North, Paraparaumu Primary, Postgate, Sts Peter and Paul, Solway Primary, St Mary’s Carterton, Whareama, Douglas Park, Martinborough, Featherston and Rata Street. Featuring the Wellington Sinfonietta conducted by Michael Vinten and Simon Brew.
Artsplash Music 2 Tuesday 1 November, 8pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Naenae Primary, Northland, Our Lady of the Rosary, St Mark’s Church, St Theresa’s Plimmerton, Hataitai, Queen Margaret College, Chilton St James School, Titahi Bay Primary, Maidstone Intermediate, Wadestown, Waikanae, Newlands and Koraunui. Featuring the Wellington Sinfonietta conducted by Michael Vinten and Simon Brew.
Artsplash Music 3 Wednesday 2 November, 5.30pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Belmont, Boulcott, Clifton Terrace Model, Corinna, Dyer Street, Kenakena, Moriah College, Ngati Toa, Oxford Crescent, Paparangi, Paremata Primary, St Brigid’s Johnsonville, St Francis Xavier, St Oran’s College, St Patrick’s Kilbirnie, Strathmore Community School, Te Aro, Thorndon, Titahi Bay North and Tawa. Featuring the Wellington Schools Symphonic Band conducted by Owen Clarke.
Artsplash Music 4 Wednesday 2 November, 8pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Avalon, Birchville, Cardinal McKeefry, Discovery, Eastern Hutt, Hutt Intermediate, Karori West Normal, Lyall Bay, Normandale, Paraparaumu Beach, Silverstream, Tawhai and St Anthony’s. Featuring Wellington Schools Symphonic Band conducted by Owen Clarke. Accompanied by: Wellington Schools Symphonic Band.
Artsplash Music 5 Thursday 3 November, 5.30pm Michael Fowler Centre
Artsplash Dance 1 Monday 31 October, 6pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Upper Hutt, Epuni, Hutt Central, Wilford, St Patrick’s (Kilbirnie), Waterloo, Paremata, Totara Park, San Antonio, Eastern Hutt, Corinna, Paraparaumu, Muritai and Oxford Crescent.
Artsplash Dance 2 Monday 31 October, 8pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Normandale, Kelson, Kelburn, Rangikura, St Michael’s, Waikanae, Northland, Sts Peter and Paul, Raumati Beach, Green Acres and Tawa.
Artsplash Dance 3 Thursday 3 November, 8pm Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Naenae Primary, Kapanui, Roseneath, Wellesley, Tawa Intermediate, Windley, Wainuiomata, Titahi Bay Intermediate, St Oran’s, Thorndon, Maidstone Intermediate and Island Bay. Admission is available through participating schools or Ruth Hooke on (04) 562 7003 or hookes@xtra.co.nz.
Artsplash Schools for Schools A very special aspect of the Artsplash Festival is its ‘Schools for Schools’ concerts. These comprehensive stage programmes are a showcase by young people for their peers. For each of these two special programmes, the Michael Fowler Centre is packed with a student audience of over 2,000 creative young people. Hundreds take to the stage to deliver a cultural celebration that includes kapa haka, musical theatre, orchestra, choir and dance. These two shows are held during the school day and all schools in the Wellington Region are invited to bring their students to these exciting events. It’s a performing arts showcase of talent and artistic expression unlike any other in New Zealand. If you are an educator or principal, book your school audience now for the Artsplash ‘Schools for Schools’ concerts. Admission is by school booking only because of numbers and is not open to the general public. Ruth Hooke, Artsplash Schools for Schools Co-ordinator.
Featuring The Pelorus Trust Brass Band.
Artsplash Schools For Schools 1 Thursday 3 November, 10am Michael Fowler Centre
Advance admission is available through participating schools or Mary Prichard on (04) 576 9016 or prichards@xtra.co.nz.
Participating schools: St Bernadette’s, Kilbirnie, Miramar North, Roseneath, Clyde Quay, St Brigid’s, Korokoro, Tinui, Mt Cook, Greenacres and Dyer Street.
Participating schools: Pinehaven, St Bernard’s Brooklyn, St Brendan’s, Seatoun, Wellesley College, Wilford, Karori Normal, St Claudine Thevenet and Muritai.
Artsplash Schools For Schools 2 Friday 4 November, 10am Michael Fowler Centre Participating schools: Rata Street, Hutt Intermediate, Ngati Toa, Kelburn Normal, Karori Normal, Maidstone Intermediate, Windley, Thorndon, Seatoun and Muritai. Admission is free. School bookings are to be made in advance through Jodie Connolly on (04) 801 3787 or jodie.connolly@wcc.govt.nz.
The Opera House Drama Schools for Schools Tuesday 25 October, 11.30am Opera House, Courtenay Place Participating schools: Maidstone Intermediate, Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt, Kelburn Normal, Sts Peter and Paul, Te Aro, St Orans College, Raumati Beach, Green Acres, Roseneath, and Ngati Toa.
Artsplash Visual Art Exhibition 17 October – 4 November Mezzo Space (in the Central Library), Capital E and the Michael Fowler Centre Admission is free.
The Plops at the Arts Centre 5-6 November, 10am and 12noon Wellington Arts Centre, 61 Abel Smith Street
Admission is free. School bookings are to be made in advance through Mary Prichard on (04) 576 9016 or prichards@xtra.co.nz.
Wellington’s newest musical combo for kids takes over the new Arts Centre to offer a programme for under-5’s. Families and little ones are invited to experience the song, dance, and theatrical fun of the Wellington-based Plops.
The Opera House Drama Schools Showcase Tuesday 25 October, 5.30pm Opera House, Courtenay Place
Admission is free. Bookings to be made in advance on (04) 385 1929 or arts@wcc.govt.nz.
Participating schools: Maidstone Intermediate, Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt, Kelburn Normal, Sts Peter and Paul, Te Aro, St Orans College, Raumati Beach, Green Acres, Roseneath, and Ngati Toa. Open to the public. Admission is free. Special thanks to the Opera House and the St James Theatre Trust for their continued support of Artsplash.
Young at Heart Each year, the Artsplash Festival invites senior citizens to the Michael Fowler Centre for a free one hour concert showcasing young talent in our community. This year we present the Pelorus Trust Brass Band, Hutt Intermediate Orchestra, a string quartet, kapa haka, dance and choirs from our young people of Wellington. The afternoon concludes with afternoon tea in the Michael Fowler Centre foyer. Ruth Hooke and Mary Prichard, Co-ordinator.
Young at Heart Concert Friday 4 November, 1pm Michael Fowler Centre Admission is free. Bookings are required for catering purposes. Please contact Jodie Connolly on (04) 801 3787 or jodie.connolly@wcc.govt.nz.
Insider’s Guide to the Fashion HQ 1-4 November Fashion HQ, Wellington Arts Centre, 61 Abel Smith Street Wellington's Fashion HQ is offering guided tours for teachers and small school groups. Gain a closer look at this dynamic fashion design facility and inspire the young designers of tomorrow. Staff and resident designers will explain the magic and creativity behind the clothes we wear, the fashion industry in New Zealand, and this unique environment to foster new Kiwi apparel and accessories. Admission is free. Bookings to be made in advance by calling (04) 802 5074.
Creative Accessories Workshop 1-4 November Wellington Arts Centre, 61 Abel Smith Street Stand out from the crowd! Accessorise! Be remembered at Artsplash for your funky get-up. Make a headdress, a brooch, extend/decorate your existing clothes with ‘add-ons’. For the 2005 Artspash Festival, textile and mixed-media artist Stella Robertson offers free one hour workshops for school groups of up to 20 participants. Bookings to be made in advance by calling Stella 0274 324 702.
2005
2005 2005 WELLINGTON’S
YOUNG PEOPLE’S
ARTS FESTIVAL
NGÀ TAURIMA O NGÀ MAHI TOI À NGÀ RANGATAHI O PONEKE
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