Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Club Night 2nd June 2015

Despite a stormy, wild winter's evening a goodly number of our members and visitors were treated to a great night of music. In the first half, Michael Bramley played the arrival music and then gave a 15 minute performance for us on his Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard and followed by Peter Jackson with his PSR-S950. To finish the first half, Jan and Kevin Johnston came down from Algies Bay to give a mini-concert for us - Jan on her beloved Korg Pa1X and Kevin on his trusty Crafter acoustic guitar. A lovely programme with a latin theme running through their performance.After a great refreshments break (chockie biscuits in great demand!) we were treated to an absolute World class concert by Alan Brown on Hammond SK2 two-manual organ (with genuine Leslie rotating speaker) and accompanied by one of Auckland very best percussionists, Jason Orme. The guys certainly turned on a stunning performance with some original songs by Alan and some jazz standards like 'Easy to Love' by Cole Porter. Top notch stuff. A big thank you to Roger Smith of Music Planet for loaning the Hammond SK2.

A big thanks also to the Committee for organising Club Night so professionally (as always).

The Videos:

Alan Brown and Jason Orme

Our Special Guest Artists on Club Night 2nd June 2015. Alan is using a Hammond SK2 two manual organ with a Leslie rotary speaker which is exclusively providing the sound.

Peter Jackson

Peter is playing his Yamaha PSR-S950 arranger/keyboard at the Club on 2nd June 2015.

 

The Photos:

Our guest artists for the night: on the left jazz pianist, Alan Brown; on the right, Jason Orme. Alan kindly borrowed a two manual Hammond SK2 courtesy of Music Planet for the performance together with his own original mechanical Leslie rotating speaker. Jason very kindly brought both a percussion and drum kit to add the beats. Great musicianship and great choice of music. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.

Michael Bramley played the arrival music for us on his Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard. Michael then gave a 15 minute performance in the first half of the programme. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.        Peter Jackson brought his Yamaha PSR-S950 and played, cracked some jokes and sang - 'Mr Versatile'. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.

Kevin and Jan Johnston came down from Algies Bay to give us a mini-concert - Kevin with his Crafter acoustic guitar and Jan using her Korg Pa1X. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder. 

Kevin and Jan Johnston came down from Algies Bay to give us a mini-concert - Kevin with his Crafter acoustic guitar and Jan using her Korg Pa1X. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.

Our guest artists for the night: on the left jazz pianist, Alan Brown; on the right, Jason Orme. Alan kindly borrowed a two manual Hammond SK2 courtesy of Music Planet for the performance together with his own original mechanical Leslie rotating speaker. Jason very kindly brought both a percussion and drum kit to add the beats. Great musicianship and great choice of music. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.     Alan in the groove. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.

Our guest artists for the night: on the left jazz pianist, Alan Brown; on the right, Jason Orme. Alan kindly borrowed a two manual Hammond SK2 courtesy of Music Planet for the performance together with his own original mechanical Leslie rotating speaker. Jason very kindly brought both a percussion and drum kit to add the beats. Great musicianship and great choice of music. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.  Alan finished off the fantastic concert by playing solo piano on our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509. Photo courtesy of Laurie Conder.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Coffee Day at The Peninsula Club, Whangaparaoa 19th May 2015

Our first Coffee/Community Music Day at this lovely Lifestyle Village on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. We were made most welcome by the Management and Social Committee (Pauline and Vincent). We had around 30 members in attendance for what was a great day of superb music, fun and relaxed conversation. The Chef for the Village also put on a special lunch just for us and it was delicious at a very reasonable price too! The residents must have enjoyed the Day as we were asked to come back and play for them again - soon!A big thank you to Diane Lyons for organizing the event and to Committee Members, Delyse Whorwood, Margaret Black and Dennis Lyons and Laurie Conder for helping with the logistics for the day.

Setting-up at The Peninsula Club. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Gordon Sutherland playing his Korg Pa3X. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

   Yvonne Moller playing the Korg Pa1X. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.         Pam Rea preparing to play her Korg Pa900. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Michael Bramley playing his Yamaha PSR-S950. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.          PenClub 7

PenClub 8              Roy Steen setting-up his new Korg Pa300. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

PenClub 12   Bjorn and Lena Simonsen accompanied by Audrey Henden (right) singing whilst we ate our delicious lunch. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

PenClub 14    The Club's Events Manager, Diane Lyons, preparing to play her Korg Pa900. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

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Claude Moffat playing the piano. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.  Audrey Henden played the piano on debut for the Club! Nice playing and well done! Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Jan and Kevin Johnston came from Algies Bay to play for us. They played for 45 minutes and got the audience singing and dancing to their music. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.  Diane Lyons and a resident, Audrey, dancing to the lovely music. Audrey told me that many years ago she was the lead singer for the famous Joe Loss Orchestra in Briatain! Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Posted by North Shore Music and Keyboard Club at 11:32 PM 0 comments

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Club Night 5th May 2015

A wonderful night of music! Such a variety of styles and instruments giving us a musical feast. The evening started with Roy Steen playing the Korg Pa900 and Pa80 with his wonderfully relaxed style. Our four members who played for us in the first half of the programme were: Pam Rea (Korg Pa900); Roy Steen (Korg Pa80); Laurie Conder (Roland BK-9); and Takashi (Taka) Iida on his two manual + pedalboard keyboard. Great music guys/gals. After a refreshing tea break we were delighted to welcome back as our Special Guest Artist, Chris Larking, the Manager of Mainline MusicWorks Albany. Chris is a professional musician with an extraordinary ability to play songs that really hit home with his audience with both wonderful style and sound choices and masterful and unique arrangements. Chris brought along a Yamaha PSR-S950 which he just about made talk especially through the Yamaha StagePas 600i PA System. For variety, Chris also played a few numbers on the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 which sounded magnificent with Chris' golden touch.
All in all another wonderful evening of music, fun and laughs. A big thank you to the Committee for making the evening go so well.

The Videos:

Chris Larking playing at the Club and using a Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard and Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509.

Takashi ‘Taka’ Iida playing his two-manual keyboard with pedalboard at the Club.

The Photos:

Roy Steen during the arrival music session and playing Pam Rea's lovely Korg Pa900. Roy also played his Korg Pa80 during his 15 minute performance in the first half. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.  Pam Rea posing for the photo shoot before delivering some wonderful arrangements on her lovely Korg Pa900 keyboard. Pam always finds great melodic songs that we know but don't hear very often - wonderful! Photo courtesy of Club Photograher, Dennis Lyons.

Club Treasurer, Laurie Conder, enjoying the occasion before playing his pride and joy, Roland BK-9 88 note keyboard. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Takashi (Taka) Iida playing his two manual and pedalboard keyboard. Taka played 5 magnificently orchestrated and arranged pieces for us. The delivery was impeccable as always! Taka can spend several months perfecting the pieces he plays at the music clubs and we appreciate very much his dedication and admire his talent - an inspired 'amateur' musician. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.  Another shot of Taka Iida playing his two manual keyboard and enjoyed by the audience on the big screen. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Our Special Guest Artist, Chris Larking, setting-up the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Our Special Guest Artist, Chris Larking, playing the Yamaha PSR-S950 keyboard. Inspiring muicianship! Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Club President, Gordon Sutherland, sharing some thoughts with Chris after the wonderful Concert. Photo courtesy of Club Photographer, Dennis Lyons.

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