The Star: October 31, 2019
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4<br />
LIVING<br />
LIFE<br />
FUNDRAISING<br />
SIMON<br />
O’NEILL IN<br />
CONCERT<br />
WITH<br />
WOOLSTON<br />
BRASS<br />
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Proudly sponsored by John Rhind,<br />
international superstar tenor Simon<br />
O’Neill joins Christchurch’s iconic<br />
Woolston Brass under the direction<br />
of Music Director Tyme Marsters and<br />
compere Tim Beveridge to perform<br />
tenor classics and raise funds for the<br />
band’s future home.<br />
New Zealand born, Simon O’Neill has<br />
established himself as one of the finest<br />
helden-tenors on the international<br />
stage. He has frequently performed<br />
with the Metropolitan Opera, the<br />
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,<br />
Berlin, Hamburg and Bayerische<br />
Staatsopern, Teatro alla Scala and the<br />
Bayreuth, Salzburg, Edinburgh and<br />
BBC Proms Festivals, appearing with a<br />
number of illustrious conductors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Woolston Brass Band has been in<br />
existence for 128 years having been the<br />
most successful and recognised band<br />
in New Zealand which consists of over<br />
thirty musicians of all ages.<br />
<strong>The</strong> band’s existing hall was damaged<br />
in the earthquakes and after a five-year<br />
search, the award-winning brass band<br />
has decided to rebuild on their existing<br />
historic Dampier Street site. Significant<br />
fundraising is now sought to rebuild<br />
this rehearsal facility that will host<br />
Woolston Brass and their pioneering<br />
education programme – the Woolston<br />
Brass Academy consisting of a learners<br />
group and two training bands;<br />
Woolston Junior Band and Woolston<br />
Concert Brass.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Wagnerian tenor of his generation”<br />
PRESENTS<br />
in Concert with<br />
Woolston Brass<br />
Music Director Tyme Marsters<br />
Friday 8 November, 7.30pm<br />
James Hay <strong>The</strong>atre Tickets available at Ticketek<br />
Sunday 10 November, 2.00pm<br />
Ashburton Trust Event Centre Tickets available at TicketDirect<br />
Simon O’Neill is proudly donating<br />
his voice to help Woolston Brass raise<br />
funds for the new band hall. <strong>The</strong><br />
fundraising concerts being held Friday<br />
8 November at the Christchurch James<br />
Hay <strong>The</strong>atre and Sunday 10 November<br />
at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre<br />
will feature tenor classics such as<br />
traditional Irish ballad Danny Boy<br />
(Londonderry Air), Caruso written<br />
by Italian composer Dalla, the famous<br />
Swedish Folk Song (How Great Thou<br />
Art) and the iconic aria Largo Al<br />
Factotum from Rossini’s opera <strong>The</strong><br />
Barber of Seville. Woolston Brass will<br />
also perform contemporary brass<br />
band works such as Tom Davoren’s<br />
Phoenix Rising and the movement<br />
Phoenix from Peter Graham’s War of<br />
the Worlds Suite, both of these works<br />
emulate the rise of a Phoenix from the<br />
ashes of destruction.<br />
“I’m excited to perform with the<br />
distinguished Woolston Brass in<br />
November. I’ve always admired their<br />
musical excellence and reputation<br />
and am honoured to be part of their<br />
fundraising campaign to secure their<br />
future home” said Simon O’Neill.<br />
Concert tickets are available for<br />
purchase from Ticketek (Christchurch<br />
Concert) and TicketDirect (Ashburton<br />
Concert).