I have started a new role with the Southern Sinfonia predominantly working with the General Manager to get together an orchestra for the concerts from our local players as well as some from further afield. So far there have been a number of challenges - especially when almost every orchestra in the country has a concert around the same time!
My main focus is building up the violin and viola teaching. After several years of teaching in the classroom, teaching violin and viola, working in the Education Department of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and everything else in between, it is the violin and viola teaching that is for me.
The stories, the accomplishments, the connection and reaction are what makes the job worthwhile.
Here are a couple of photos of pupils. The first is from 2001 busking. I am happy to say that most of them are still playing :)
The second was the Southern Sinfonia's Play with the Orchestra...can you match up two of the players?
