Club Night 5th April 2016

April Club Night had to be one of the best evenings we have had. With a near full house, and wonderful music both in the first half by our talented members and then in the second-half with our special guest artist from Kobe, Japan, Reiko Noda. Reiko played the Clavinova superbly with a mixture of easy listening and piano classics. The audience was spellbound! We are very grateful to our member, Taka Iida, for introducing Reiko to our Club. Taka even did a duet with Reiko on the Clavinova together - wonderful stuff. A friend of Reiko's was on vacation with her from Kobe also. Keiko gave us a two minute demonstration of Tai Chi to the accompaniment of  Reiko -  very beautiful and graceful.

A big thank you to all our artists on the night and to our special guest artist, Reiko Noda. As always, the Club could not function effectively without the assistance of the Committee that work tirelessly and with much dedication to bring the best experience to the evenings.

The Videos:

Reiko Noda, our guest artist from Kobe, Japan, playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509:

Colin Crann playing his Korg Pa3X (76 note version) on Club Night.

Peter Jackson playing his Yamaha PSR-S950 on Club Night.

Rod & Nelleke Moffat on Club Night. Rod is playing his playing his Korg Pa4X
(76 note version)

The Photos:

 

 

 

 

     

         

Informal Concert by Gordon Sutherland 11th March 2016

Part of The North Shore Organ and Keyboard Club’s ethos is to “Bring Music to the Community”. In the spirit of this ethos, the Club President, Gordon Sutherland, was recently invited to play for a Rest Home on the North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. The Concert was fairly informal with lots of background chatter (hopefully enthusiasm for the music!) and certainly the video of the Concert presented below is basically ‘raw’ with no editing and the numerous mistakes are all mine not the fault of the superb, latest top-of-the-range Korg arranger keyboard – the Pa4X.

The Concert lasts approximately one hour and I hope you enjoy the sounds and styles that this wonderful instrument can produce.

Club Night 1st March 2016

The start of the evening was given over to our 39th  Annual General Meeting! The Club has been in continuous operation since 1977 - veritably an institution! The AGM only took half an hour and the existing Committee Members all stood for re-election (thanks awfully) and then Roy Steen entertained us on the Clavinova for  a few improvised pieces before we went for an early supper so that the room could be re-arranged for the music in the second half.

After drawing the raffle prizes, the second half of the evening started with Yvonne Moller playing her Korg Pa1X. Yvonne was followed by Warren Levick on the Clavinova; Diane Lyons on her Yamaha PSR-3000 and finishing with Barbara McNab on the Clavinova. Great music 'guys'.

The Videos:

Yvonne Moller playing her Korg Pa1X at the Club.

Warren Levick playing at the Club on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509.

Barbara McNab playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509.

The Photos: