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Coffee Day at Knightsbridge Village

 What a wonderful Coffee Day at this delightful Lifestyle Village - Knightsbridge. We were thrilled to have two of New Zealand's finest pianists come along voluntarily to share their music with the residents and our Club Members in attendance. Namely, we had 19-year-old competition winner Hana Tani come along and play some classical pieces to start the morning for us and then to end the Day later in the afternoon, well known pianist, composer, impresario and music educator Ben Fernandez gave us an impromptu 20-minute mini-concert of light music with a theme of 'sunshine' given that it was a lovely sunny day! Some of our very talented pianists also played for us with Patrick McMillan giving two performances during the day.

The residents seemed to lap the music up as so they should with such an array of talented musicians. The Club's ethos is "Bringing Music to the Community" as well as holding Club meetings monthly at our Club rooms.

All in all, a splendid day of music and lots of catch-up chatter amongst our members as they enjoyed the exuberant surroundings, good catering, and wonderful music!

Some videos will be slotted down below once edited.

          

The Videos:

Ben Fernandez playing the K. Kawai grand piano

 Yuko Tani playing the K. Kawai grand piano

Hana Tani playing the K. Kawai grand piano

The Photos:

Guest artist and Club member Hana Tani performing on the K. Kawai grand piano

Yuko Tani playing the K. Kawai grand piano

Claude Moffat playing the K. Kawai grand piano

Mary Elvin playing the K. Kawai grand piano

Warren Levick playing the K. Kawai grand piano

Graeme Webber playing the K. Kawai grand piano

Patrick McMillan playing the K. Kawai grand piano

The entrance lobby and our Entry Desk

Some of our members and residents enjoying the occasion

Well known musician, Ben Fernandez,
kindly came along and gave us a mini concert.

Club Night 3rd June 2025

 Some great music provided by our members in the first half and by our guest artist in the second half. Warren Levick provided the arrival music and also gave an impromptu performance to cover for a playing for a member that was indisposed. Well done Warren and you're playing was near picture perfect too! Claude Moffat played the Clavinova piano also to start the evening off - thanks Claude for a nice selection of pieces. Also, in the first half, Gordon Sutherland played his Korg Pa5X arranger keyboard with some added vocals for extra depth - some songs using the original artists' voices and some by Gordon himself.

After a great refreshments break, courtesy of our Catering Manager, Jan Ellin, we were ready for our guest artist, Denise Gunson, a professional upmarket cocktail bar pianist who played the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 to great effect and some pieces played as straight piano and some with rhythm backgrounds. A lovely selection ranging from Cole Porter, Paul McCartney. and Chris de Burgh to name some of the artists songs played most exquisitely.

The Videos:

Our guest artist, Denise Gunson, playing the Club's
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 

Warren Levick playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Gordon Sutherland playing his

Korg Pa5X arranger keyboard

The Photos:

Claude Moffat playing the Club's
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 ensemble piano

Gordon Sutherland playing his
Korg Pa5X arranger keyboard

Warren Levick playing the Club's
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 ensemble piano

Our Guest Artist, Denise Gunson, playing the Club's
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 ensemble piano