Circle Time

Curated by composer-artists Elliot Vaughan and Noel Meek, STROMA transforms Massey’s Great Hall into a space for listening, wandering and encountering music from different perspectives.

The evening unfolds in three circles.

From 7:00pm, arrive at your own pace for an open, self-guided installation in the Great Hall. Wander through a collection of intimate works, sounds and performances, taking time to explore the space before gathering at 7:30pm.

At 7:30pm, the space transforms for Gordon Monahan’s Speaker Swinging, as performers set speakers into motion, sending sound and circles of light through the Great Hall.

Then, at approximately 8:00pm, the audience gathers in the round for a seated concert of chamber music, bringing together works by composers from Aotearoa and beyond, including a new commission by Eve de Castro-Robinson.

From open exploration, through sound and movement, to a concert in the round, the evening moves between different ways of listening, experiencing and inhabiting the space.