Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Club Night 7th May 2013

An evening to remember, with four great performances in the first half by Club Members: Peter Littlejohn (arrival music on Clavinova); John Beales (on Korg Pa500 keyboard); Desiree Barrows (on Korg Pa500 keyboard); Kuniko Nakatani (on Clavinova); and Colleen Kerr (on Clavinova).
The second half of the programme was devoted to our special guest artists from MusicWorks, Darren Smith (General Manager Retail Division) and Murray Hancox (Piano and Keyboard Department Manager at Atwaters MusicWorks in Auckland City). They were joined by Miles Tremlett on Alto Sax. Miles is a long-time friend of Darren's and indeed plays in Darren's band. They have a jazz concert gig at the Windsor Castle (Parnell) on Saturday afternoon 22nd June 2013. Our guest artist from last month, Ben Fernandez, will also be playing at the same concert with his band. Should be an afternoon well worth getting along to! A big thank you to the Committee and helpers for making the evening run so smoothly.

Click on Play below to listen to Kuniko Nakatani playing three songs as recorded at the Club:

Click on Play below to listen to Colleen Kerr playing three songs as recorded at the Club:

Click on Play below to listen to Darren Smith of MusicWorks playing two songs as recorded at the Club:

 

Peter Littlejohn playing the arrival music      John Beales playing his Korg Pa500

Desiree Barrows playing her Korg Pa500     Honorary Member, Kuniko Nakatani (from Kyoto, Japan), playing the Clavinova. Kuniko is in NZ to improve her English. Kuniko is a music teacher back in Japan and her superb touch demonstrated her fine musicianship. Kuniko will be in Auckland until November 2013

Former Secretary, Colleen Kerr, playing the Clavinova CVP-509

 

The MusicWorks trio, Darren Smith on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509, Miles Tremlett on Alto Sax, and Murray Hancox on the new Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard.

Darren Smith, one of our guest artists for the Club Night, playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509. Darren is the National Retail Sales Manager for the MusicWorks organisation (as well as being a wonderful musician!).   Guest artists, Darren Smith and Miles Tremlett on Alto Sax dueting.

Guest artist, Murray Hancox playing the very latest Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard. Murray is the Piano and Keyboard Manager for Atwaters MusicWorks in Auckland City. Obviously, Murray was telling us in this shot the size of the snapper he caught on a recent fishing trip!        Guest artist, Murray Hancox playing the very latest Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard. Murray is the Piano and Keyboard Manager for Atwaters MusicWorks in Auckland City.

The MusicWorks trio, Darren Smith on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509, Miles Tremlett on Alto Sax, and Murray Hancox on the new Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard.    Club President, Gordon Sutherland, thanking our guest artists for a great concert. Left to Right: Gordon Sutherland, Miles Tremlett, Darren Smith, and Murray Hancox. Photo courtesy of Colleen Kerr. Hopefully, Murray will still have a job after Darren sees this photo on the Internet!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Coffee Day 15th April 2013

One of the biggest Coffee Day crowds in a long-time made the journey to Rob and Barbara Powell's lovely home in Henderson. What a lovely day we all had with a great variety of music and instruments to be played and listened to. Lots of laughter and good banter and a wonderful lunch to boot! What more could one wish for on a dull Autumn day. Thank you Rob and Barbara for being magnificent hosts as always.

President, Gordon Sutherland, playing his Korg Pa3X  Colin Crann playing Peter Brophy's new PSR-S950

Our host for the day, Barbara Powell, playing her lovely Yamaha Tyros 3 keyboard      Diane Lyons coming to grips with the Korg Pa3X

Dennis Lyons enjoying playing the Yamaha Electone EL15 organ         Denis Stewart absorbed in the Tyros 3 keyboard

Phyl Briscoe trying out the Yamaha PSR-S950                     Our host for the day, Rob Powell, trying out the new Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard

Peter Brophy playing his brand new Yamaha PSR-S950       Barbara McNab setting-up to play the Yamaha PSR-S950

'Birthday boy' Michael Bramley trying out the new Yamaha PSR-S950  Errol Storey giving the Yamaha PSR-S950 a whirl

Club Secretary, Delyse Whorwood, trying out the Korg Pa3X               Ian Jackson giving the Clavinova a good work-out

Desiree Barrows playing the Korg Pa3X

L to R: Rob Powell, Peter Brophy and Errol Storey having a jam session.