This section is under construction as we trawl through the archives! An ongoing project to get as much past NZSSSO history as possible onto this website.
2025
2024
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2023
2022 – Course cancelled due to Covid-19
2021
2020 – Course cancelled due to Covid-19
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Conductor: Benjamin Northey. Soloist: Matthais Balzat
Programme: Shostakovich – Festival Overture, Elgar – Cello Concerto, Saint-Saens – Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony)
2014
Conductor: Peter Adams. Soloist: Han Sol Jeong (Piano).
2013
Conductor: James Tennant. Soloist: Andrew Bell (Percussion)
Programme: Graeme Wallis – Fanfare, Chabrier – Espana, Rosauro – Brazille 500 for solo Percussion and orchestra, Beethoven – Symphony no.7.
2012
Conductor: Uwe Grodd. Soloist: Sam Jones (Saxophone)
Programme: Gershwin – Cuban Overture, Milhaud – Scaramouche, Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.4.
2011 – Course cancelled due to Canterbury Earthquakes
2010
Conductors: David Gallagher, Richard Oswin. Soloist: Kate Oswin (Violin), Matthew Oswin (Keyboard), Natasha Manowitz (Flute).
Programme: Dvorak – Carnival Overture, JS Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.5, Rachmaninov – Symphonic Dances, RW Smith – Into The Storm, Anthony Ritchie – Symphony No.1 (Bourne),
2009
Conductors: Owen Clarke, David Gallagher. Soloists: Alex Morton, Prang Rojanachotikul (French Horns)
Programme: Weber – Der Freischutz Overture, Telemann – Double Horn Concerto, Camilleri – Four Dances, RW Smith – Inchon (Concert Band), Milhaud – Suite Francaise for symphonic wind band, Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.2.
2008
Conductor: Owen Clarke. Soloist: Michael Bell (Double Bass).
Programme: Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture, Bernstein – On The Town Dance Episodes, Michael Bell – Double Bass Concerto, Dvorak – Symphony no.6.
2007
Conductor: Kenneth Young. Soloists: Kate Oswin (Violin), Jane Macklan (Oboe), Silvia Nissen (Cello), Alicia McNeill (Bassoon).
Programme: Bernstein – Candide Overture, Grieg – Norwegian Dances, Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante nr. 105, Farquhar – Ring Around The Moon Suite, Faure -Pavane, Sibelius – Karelia Suite.
2006
Conductors: Marc Taddei, Neville Forsythe, Jane Doig
Programme: Herold – Overture Opera Zampa, Walton – Movements from Facade Suite, Mozart – Divertimento K138, Berlioz – Hungarian March from Faust, Beethoven – Symphony no.5.
2005
Conductor: Marc Taddei. Soloist: Jenny Cho (Piano)
Programme: Marshall – Hikurangi Sunrise, M Bell – Concerto for Suzuki Players, Weber – Konzertstuck in F minor, MacCunn – Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.5.
2004
Conductor: Marc Taddei. Soloist: Blair Sinclair (Trombone)
Programme: Quilter – Children’s Overture, F David – Concertino for Trombone, Elgar – Three Pieces op.10, Kodaly – Hary Janos Suite
2003
Conductor: Marc Taddei. Soloists: Takumi Motokawa, Christopher Bruerton (Percussion)
Programme: Tony Ryan – Haka, John Ritchie – Snow Goose, Haimilton – Double Percussion Concerto, Shostakovich – Symphony no.9.
2002
Conductors: Marc Taddei, Neville Forsythe. Soloist: Michelle Hsiao (Piano)
Programme: G Koehne – Powerhouse, Nelson – Courtly Airs and Dances, Liszt – Piano Concerto no.2, Stravinsky – Suites 1 & 2, Liszt – Les Preludes
2001
Conductor: Paul Mayhew
2000
Conductor: John Curro. Soloist: Sarah Buchan (Violin)
Programme: Weber – Oberon Overture, Bruch – Violin Concerto in G minor, Dvorak – Symphony No.8