Events

Nelson College for Girls present a showcase of vocal & piano pieces as part of our lunchtime concert series. Come along and hear songs by Kander, Lloyd Webber and piano music from Beethoven & Chopin.

Join Nelson College for Girls for a sumptuous evening of musical excellence with their choirs, orchestra, chamber music groups and top soloists, including the Cawthron organ.

Anatoly Zelinsky (viola) and Louisa Pilkington (mezzo soprano) will perform at NCMA as part of our lunchtime series. The duo will perform works by J.S. Bach, A. Zelinsky and Petr Eben.

Nelson Central School will perform at NCMA for the first time since our re-opening. The concert will feature the school choir, Tamariki Toa Kapa Haka group, the school band "The Backbeats".

Join us for a special organ recital with Martin Setchell, celebrating the restored Cawthron Organ. Martin is the well known organist of Christchurch City and an international concert performer.

Nelson favourites, the New Zealand String Quartet are back in town to perform a very special lunchtime concert at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts. At $10 a ticket, you won't want to miss this!

This will be Japanese Male Choir, Chor-Farmer's 10th visit to Nelson. Come and enjoy this talented choir who are touring Australia and New Zealand as part of their 21st biennial Goodwill tour.

Join us as young musicians from the across the Top of the South will play at NCMA to raise funds to support their travel to Christchurch for the Secondary Schools' Orchestra Festival.

The Celtic Pipe Band will perform with guests for a good old fashioned concert with a modern twist. This fundraising concert will support the band heading to the World Pipe Band Championships.

On her latest AOTNZ tour, Helen will showcase the Celtic music of Wales, Ireland and Scotland, along with some glorious Baroque music by J.S. Bach, and more. Join us at NCMA.

Bask in Beethoven and be delighted by Debussy in this celebration of violin Sonatas, presented to you by our very own locals, Fleur Jackson and Catherine Norton, here at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts.

Renowned international concert organist Dr Kemp English returns to the NCMA for one of his legendary shows, featuring both the magnificent Cawthron organ and Kemp’s own stunning digital touring organ.