APO Annual Report 2020
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EDUCATION<br />
AND OUTREACH<br />
Through <strong>APO</strong> Connecting, the <strong>APO</strong> links to<br />
all sections of our community.<br />
<strong>APO</strong> education and outreach activities and<br />
concerts are designed to excite and engage<br />
audiences across the region and to share<br />
our passion for orchestral music. In <strong>2020</strong><br />
the Connecting programme was heavily<br />
impacted by COVID-19, but despite this,<br />
still managed to make a real difference to<br />
communities across Tāmaki Makau Rau.<br />
Alongside a newly developed digital<br />
offering designed and curated throughout<br />
the COVID-19 lockdowns in Auckland,<br />
<strong>APO</strong> Connecting still delivered a plethora<br />
of sessions from introductory music<br />
sessions for pre-schoolers to professional<br />
development and mentoring for aspiring<br />
musicians, composers and conductors.<br />
CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES<br />
HE TŪHONO KI NGĀ WHĀNAU<br />
My four-year-old<br />
granddaughter’s<br />
surprise and delight<br />
on hearing the<br />
opening classical<br />
piece with the<br />
orchestra in full flight.<br />
Nothing else in the<br />
concert came close<br />
to recapturing that<br />
moment. She is not<br />
normally exposed to<br />
classical music.<br />
AUDIENCE MEMBER,<br />
<strong>APO</strong> 4 KIDS CHRISTMAS<br />
Following the cancellation of April’s <strong>APO</strong><br />
4 Kids; <strong>APO</strong> 4 Kids Christmas took<br />
place in December <strong>2020</strong>. This interactive<br />
concert provided a fun, educational way,<br />
to introduce the youngest members of the<br />
family to the full orchestra. The concerts<br />
featured guest soloists and provided<br />
performance opportunities for aspiring<br />
young musicians and composers to<br />
showcase their talents. 2,358 Aucklanders<br />
joined us for these performances. The hourlong<br />
narrated concert was a celebration of<br />
Christmas in the summertime. The concert<br />
featured two songs about Kiwi summer<br />
holidays (‘Christmas in Summer’ and ‘Going<br />
on a Holiday’) performed by New Zealand<br />
children’s performer Suzy Cato, with<br />
original arrangements for full orchestra by<br />
New Zealand arrangers Antonia Barnett-<br />
McIntosh and Linda Dallimore. Our digital<br />
collaboration with Whoa! Studios, <strong>APO</strong><br />
& Whoa’s Guide to the O!, was a great<br />
success and contributed to over 50,000<br />
views of <strong>APO</strong> Connecting online content<br />
throughout <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
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