Great conductor Nigel Weeks has selected the program for 'The World's Most Beautiful Melodies' It is sure to be an audience favourite.

Programme:
Tritsch Tratsch Polka - Strauss
Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach
'Finale' from William Tell Overture - Rossini
Carmen Suite No. 1 - Bizet
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaugham Williams
Spartacus Ballet Suite: Andagio of Spartacus - Khatchaturian
Skater's Waltz - Strauss
Gabriel's oboe - Morricone
New World Symphony - Dvorak

Welcome to the Nelson Final of Smokefreerockquest!

Smokefree Rockquest is New Zealand's only nationwide, live, original music, youth event. Founded in 1989 by music teachers Glenn Common and Pete Rainey, who now run Rockquest Promotions full-time out of Nelson, Smokefree Rockquest is a New Zealand institution.

Musical successes from Smokefree Rockquest include Kimbra, Broods, The Good Fun, Midnight Youth, Opshop, Annah Mac, Evermore, Ladyhawke, Minuit, Kids of 88, Die!Die!Die!, Pistol Youth, Bang!Bang!Eche!, Ivy Lies, Cairo Knife Fight, Cut Off Your Hands, Luke Thompson, The Datsuns, Brooke Fraser, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington, The Electric Confectionaires, Steriogram, Aaradhna, Spacifix, The Naked and Famous, Phoenix Foundation, The Feelers, The Black Seeds, Nesian Mystik, Bic Runga, The Checks, Julia Deans, Pine, King Kapisi, Kingston, The Naked and Famous, Autozamm and Elemeno P.

Smokefree Rockquest aims to motivate young musicians to prove their ability and realise the heights they can reach in their music careers, and to encourage their peers to support 100% original New Zealand music.

The Nelson Heats will be at Annesbrook Church on May 13 and will have door sales only.

New Zealand country music icons Eddie Low, Gray Bartlett, Brendan Dugan & Jody Vaughan and headed South with The True Legend tour, which will see icons of the country entertainment celebrating with their adoring fans in Nelson with a matinee performance of all your country favourites.

Join these multi award winning artists from the rich voice of Eddie Low, awesome guitar finesse of Gray Bartlett, Rich deep tones of Brendan Dugan and Queen of NZ Country music Jody Vaughan.

Don't miss this opportunity to see 'The True Legends' -The heartbeat of County - New Zealand's Super Stars.

The highlight Ceol Aneas Irish Music Festival is the tutors concert. Headlined by the talented Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell, Patrick Doocey and Dáire Mulhern from Ireland, the concert is a chance for all our tutors and festival guests to give us all a taste of their wonderful musical skills and creativity. Expect a delightful night of traditional Irish music and “craic” with toe tapping tunes from all the artists.

This year’s guests represent a veritable power house of international Irish music talent, the strongest lineup the festival has ever had.

Last years concert was very full so be in quick to avoid disappointment.
More information about the festival and the musicians can be found on www.irishmusic.org.nz.

With one heart and mind, the Sydney Male Choir produce one beautiful sound of song, strong, vibrant and lyrical that stirs the heart and emotions. The Sydney suburb of Petersham in 1913 was where one group of men first joined together to sing in harmony and for pleasure, leading soon after to the foundation of the Sydney Male Choir. From very humble beginnings and for over a century, the choir has become one of the finest and most respected male voice choirs in Australia.

The Choir seeks to take its music far and wide and this year we will be undertaking an 18 day tour of the North and South Islands of New Zealand.

A 1940's story about the world at home.

Rosie Can Do It is a story about the world at home in New Zealand during World War II. The title and theme for this year's annual SOUNDSTAGE concert is inspired by the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter from the World War II propaganda poster "We Can Do It". As relevant today, as then, the show explores the roles that we play in work and at home and the dreams and expectations that drive us to follow our hearts and fulfil our obligations to ourselves and our community.

Our largely female cast will prove that girls can do anything, especially if you are ready with a pair of gumboots. All singing, all dancing and all inspired by a backdrop of swinging 1940's classics and timeless modern anthems, our cast of many will delight and entertain you and leave you feeling that together we can achieve anything.

Presented by the 2017 students of SOUNDSTAGE Nelson and written and complied by Jane Winter.

SOUNDSTAGE music and performing arts school has been offering professional music and performing arts tuition to the talent of Nelson for the last 10 years.

Renowned Kiwi sportsman John Wright shows us another side as he launches his album Red Skies right here in Motueka.

On the road as an international cricket coach you clock up hotel hours! John preferred to pick up his guitar and write songs rather than do crosswords. Finally those songs and stories have made their way onto an album recorded over two years with Sou'Westers Liam Ryan and Dean Hetherington.

John will perform with The Sou'Westers including third member Aly Cook who is enjoying a solo career with three Number 1 Country Radio hits in Australia in the last year.

Hear songs from Red Skies performed live for the first time in concert and see the premiere of John's music video Drivin' Into Mot featuring wonderful shots of Motueka Valley and township.

The pre-concert function will be at the Senior Citizens Hall from 6:30pm on. This includes Meet & Greet and album signing with John, refreshments and finger food, followed by the concert in Motueka Hall.

Get ready! The Biggest Musical Party of 2017 is coming to Nelson!

Nelson Musical Theatre proudly presents Mamma Mia! - the Global Smash Hit Musical based on the Songs of ABBA.

A mother. A daughter. Three possible Dads!
And a trip down the aisle you will never forget.
Over 54 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show and in September 2017 it will be performed at the Theatre Royal for a strictly limited season!

Featuring all the hits of ABBA including Honey Honey, Money, Money Money, Thank You For The Music, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Voulez-Vous and many, many more! Get your party shoes on and get ready for a musical extravaganza like never before!

With a stellar cast, live band, amazing custom-made touring set and costumes, everyone will be "having the time of their lives" night after night!

Music written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson. Based on the book by Catherine Johnson. By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY).

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC

One of the world's best-loved musicals, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, will tour New Zealand this September and October.

From the producer of the recent touring stage shows Grease, HMS Pinafore, Menopause the Musical and South Pacific, THE SOUND OF MUSIC will be performed in 20 cities throughout New Zealand.

This legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features an unforgettable score that includes some of the most famous songs ever performed on the musical stage including "My Favorite Things", "Edelweiss", "Do-Re-Mi", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", "The Lonely Goatherd", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", and the title song "The Sound of Music".

THE SOUND OF MUSIC tells the uplifting true story of Maria, the fun-loving governess who changes the lives of the widowed Captain von Trapp and his seven children by re-introducing them to music, culminating in the family's escape across the mountains from Austria.

The musical originally premiered on Broadway in 1959 to record-breaking advance ticket sales, where it won eight Tony Awards - including "Best Musical". The show opened in London in 1961 and became the longest-running American musical of its generation. The 1965 Hollywood film, which starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, won five Oscars, including "Best Picture", and quickly became the highest-grossing film in history. Even today, THE SOUND OF MUSIC remains the most successful movie musical in history.

Since the turn of the 21st century, the enduring magic of THE SOUND OF MUSIC has lead to major productions around the world, giving testament to its title as "The World's Most Popular Musical".

"There's a big, vivacious, steel-belt of a sound Imani gets when playing at the top of its lungs that is most appealing" - Peter Dobrin, The Philadelphia Inquirer

The season concludes with fun, fire and flair thanks to the Imani Winds. Their mission is to use collaboration, outreach, and new commissions to bridge diverse musical tradition, including America, Latin American, and Africa.

Celebrated for the 'sultry sophistication' of their performances, Imani Winds are truly an ensemble for our time: they are young, outstandingly talented musicians whose reputation for musical innovation is growing all over the world.

Their unique programme reflects their commitment to the traditional and the new: Rimsky-Korsakov, Piazzolla and Ravel are surrounded by the flamboyant, genre-disrupting and entertaining music by less well-known Latin composers. And they'll be presenting a new work by our very own Natalie Hunt.