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FRIENDS NEWS<br />
The <strong>APO</strong> Friends<br />
continue to support<br />
the orchestra in<br />
many practical ways<br />
including stuffing<br />
envelopes to all<br />
Auckland pre-school<br />
centres promoting<br />
the fabulous December 2016 <strong>APO</strong> 4<br />
Kids concerts and delivering flyers for<br />
the In Your Neighbourhood concerts.<br />
Organising the rosters for orchestra<br />
suppers, programme selling and<br />
manning the information table at <strong>2017</strong><br />
concerts is well underway.<br />
This year we celebrate 35 years<br />
of Friends support for Auckland’s<br />
professional orchestra which began<br />
with a committee formed to do the<br />
plethora of marketing and practical<br />
support tasks for the Regional<br />
Orchestra that grew into the<br />
metropolitan <strong>APO</strong> we have today. To<br />
mark this milestone we will have a<br />
special anniversary ‘Meet The Artist’<br />
event on Friday 31 March at our usual<br />
venue in Ellerslie. We will also recall<br />
five-year eras in following MTAs to give<br />
everyone an opportunity to celebrate. If<br />
you haven’t been along for a while make<br />
this the year to pop along to the Friends<br />
again. Certainly the amazing work of<br />
Friends in the past provides inspiration<br />
for us all to continue to support the<br />
orchestra in every way we can.<br />
Buses to concerts are becoming<br />
increasingly popular as more<br />
concertgoers see the advantages this<br />
transport provides. We are grateful<br />
that Wynne Eccles has volunteered<br />
and taken over convening the bus that<br />
originates in Howick and picks up at<br />
points through the Eastern Suburbs.<br />
We thank John and Jessica Pybus for<br />
their great work in fostering this service<br />
over the last four years.<br />
Dates and guests for our Meet The<br />
Artist events through to July <strong>2017</strong> are<br />
listed here. All who attend agree that<br />
these are wonderful music events with<br />
unique interviews and amazing music<br />
from <strong>APO</strong> players and emerging talent<br />
MEET THE ARTIST DATES<br />
24 February <strong>2017</strong><br />
Chloë Hanslip, violinist<br />
31 March <strong>2017</strong><br />
Friends celebrate 35 years<br />
5 May <strong>2017</strong><br />
Rumon Gamba, conductor<br />
2 June <strong>2017</strong><br />
Giordano Bellincampi,<br />
<strong>APO</strong> Music Director<br />
7 July <strong>2017</strong><br />
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist (TBC)<br />
from the University of Auckland. You<br />
will do yourself a favour by organising<br />
your diary to get to as many of these<br />
as you can.<br />
There are so many practical ways<br />
that Friends support the <strong>APO</strong> family<br />
and we hope that you will see joining<br />
the Friends in <strong>2017</strong> as a way that you<br />
can support the <strong>APO</strong> even more. For<br />
further information about the <strong>APO</strong><br />
Friends visit apo.co.nz/friends<br />
or contact Bryce Bartley, President<br />
(09 379 4446) or Anne Stewart,<br />
Membership Secretary (09 476 1353)<br />
or email apofriends@gmail.com.<br />
FOUNDATION NEWS<br />
The second half of<br />
2016 was busy for<br />
AP Foundation with<br />
a celebration concert<br />
by Foundation<br />
scholars, the<br />
announcement of<br />
the 2016 scholars<br />
and the introduction of Foundationsponsored<br />
ensemble concerts at<br />
selected retirement villages.<br />
Each year the recipients of<br />
the Foundation’s annual Player<br />
Scholarships present a boutique<br />
concert to the valued 21st Century<br />
Circle legacy group, supporters who<br />
have indicated their intention to leave<br />
a gift in their will to the <strong>APO</strong> through<br />
the Foundation. The annual scholarship<br />
concert, held in the intimacy of the<br />
Rannoch homestead, acknowledges<br />
the commitment of the 21st Century<br />
Circle members to the <strong>APO</strong>.<br />
2014 scholar Camille Wells (oboe)<br />
and 2015 scholars Mark Bennett<br />
(violin) and Tim Sutton (trombone)<br />
showcased their respective instruments<br />
and technique and talked about their<br />
individual study trip. It was an upclose-and-personal<br />
interaction with<br />
the players and highlighted the value<br />
of the scholarship experience. The<br />
Foundation is committed to the annual<br />
scholarship programme as an effective<br />
way of supporting not only individual<br />
player development but also the<br />
whole orchestra.<br />
2016 scholarships have been<br />
awarded to Huw Dann (trumpet) and<br />
Ruth Brinkman (contrabassoon) and<br />
we look forward to their celebration<br />
concert later this year.<br />
A new initiative for the Foundation<br />
in 2016 was a series of three chamber<br />
concerts at selected retirement villages<br />
across Auckland. The purpose of the<br />
concerts was to bring a taste of the<br />
<strong>APO</strong> to those who enjoy orchestral<br />
music but find it difficult to attend a<br />
Town Hall concert, as well as raising<br />
awareness about the Foundation and<br />
its purpose to grow and nurture an<br />
endowment fund to support the longterm<br />
future of the <strong>APO</strong>. Each concert<br />
was very well received auguring well<br />
for a continuation of the programme<br />
in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Careful stewardship of the<br />
Foundation’s investment funds<br />
together with raising awareness of the<br />
Foundation and encouraging gifts in<br />
wills will continue to be key objectives<br />
of the Foundation in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Belinda Vernon<br />
Auckland <strong>Phil</strong>harmonia Foundation Chair<br />
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