Speak OUT! features a series of guest presenters who are involved in rainbow advocacy, education and grassroots provision of community services. For this event, Nelson Pride have invited rainbow folk and allies who are active in human rights, health networks and services, history, education, art practice, diversity liaison and Rainbow organisations in Aotearoa. Meet some new heroes! Free event.  Limited spaces.  Register your attendance through the booking link.

Ben Mills is stoked to be sharing conversations about his recently published book, Long Story Short. Book purchase and signing available. For pre-sales, copy the following google form address and paste into your web browser: https://forms.gle/pNYqGUtNXbYmss3g7 Bookings will open soon.

Cellist Elgee Leung and pianist Josie Yau present another duo concert featuring Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 5 in D major, Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, and works by J.S. Bach, Villa-lobos, and Popper. Beethoven was the first composer to recognise the potential of the medium of cello and piano each playing an equal part as a duo. His five Sonatas for Piano and Cello established the genre of cello sonata, which became a standard form…

Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist Piers Lane joins forces with the New Zealand String Quartet for this special concert event. Having last performed together in 2018, the ensemble reunites to perform César Franck’s mammoth Piano Quintet in F minor. An example of musical romanticism at its finest, the Piano Quartet was premiered in 1880, while Franck was at the height of his career both as a composer and a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.  However, the highly emotional work was not…