Colours of Futuna Concert Series; Michelle Velvin (harp)

Name: Colours of Futuna Concert Series; Michelle Velvin (harp)
Start: 2025-05-18T14:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-05-18T15:00:00+12:00
Location: Futuna Close, off Friend Street, Karori, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 6012

Schedule

Sun May 18 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC+12:00

Location

Futuna Close, off Friend Street, Karori, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 6012 | Wellington, WG

Michelle Velvin is a Wellington based harpist, composer and teacher. She performs regularly as part of Orchestra Wellington and the NZSO and she is involved with diverse chamber music groups.
As a musician her explorations have led to collaborations over wide-ranging genres and disciplines, such as Flow (trombone, voice and harp), Stroma, Duo Eolienne (saxophone and harp), Tamira Pūoro (taonga pūoro, cello, vocals and harp) and Seasons Ensemble (piano, saxophone and harp). In 2022 she released the debut album ‘Feather Spines’ with Ruby Solly, as part of the new duo 'Tamira Pūoro’. This duo features taonga pūoro, cello, vocals and harp, exploring the relationship between the contrasting instruments, and the history of Aotearoa New Zealand's social landscape.
In 2019/2020 Michelle won the SOUNZ Community Commission to create a new work for the Auckland Harp Orchestra and live dancers. Most recently Michelle completed a new commission for the NZ Harp Festival, to be performed at the festival in February 2023.
Michelle completed her PgDip in harp performance at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music in 2015.
Michelle will be performing a solo harp concert centered on NZ music, including new music by James Middleton, Autumn Arabesque by Kenneth Young and her new solo harp work, The Paekākāriki Blues.
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