2020 Events
Parallel Gifts: Kindred Composers Separated by Centuries
Date to be confirmed
Accompanied by an octet from the impressive Virtuoso Strings Orchestra, the choir will explore the unique, deep and fascinating relationships between two sets of composers - Britten and Purcell, and Mendelssohn and Bach - and the musical notes that shaped their compositions.
This concert will juxtapose some of their most famous compositions - Britten’s secular Hymn to St Cecilia and Purcell’s own dedication to the patron saint of music, Welcome to All the Pleasures. Bach’s very famous motet Jesu Meine Freude will be presented alongside one of Mendelssohn’s most-sung sacred choral works, Sechs Sprüche.
Parallel Gifts is a new frontier for Supertonic, presenting meaty classical music for every audience member - whether this is your first time hearing Bach live or whether you go to every performance of Britten you can get your hands on.
With accessible ticket prices, a new concert venue with a great acoustic, a 'concert guide' to help de-mystify classical music and the involvement of the Virtuoso Strings Orchestra, Supertonic believes that classical music can be both cross-cultural and cross-generational.
Given the current global pandemic, the choir will be working with the choral community and
following advice and guidelines from the Ministry of Health to work out what’s best for everyone.
Supertonic will be announcing our next steps when we are able to. Watch this space!
This concert will juxtapose some of their most famous compositions - Britten’s secular Hymn to St Cecilia and Purcell’s own dedication to the patron saint of music, Welcome to All the Pleasures. Bach’s very famous motet Jesu Meine Freude will be presented alongside one of Mendelssohn’s most-sung sacred choral works, Sechs Sprüche.
Parallel Gifts is a new frontier for Supertonic, presenting meaty classical music for every audience member - whether this is your first time hearing Bach live or whether you go to every performance of Britten you can get your hands on.
With accessible ticket prices, a new concert venue with a great acoustic, a 'concert guide' to help de-mystify classical music and the involvement of the Virtuoso Strings Orchestra, Supertonic believes that classical music can be both cross-cultural and cross-generational.
Given the current global pandemic, the choir will be working with the choral community and
following advice and guidelines from the Ministry of Health to work out what’s best for everyone.
Supertonic will be announcing our next steps when we are able to. Watch this space!
2019 Events
Groundswell: Songs for a sustainable future
17 November 2019
Pipitea Marae, 55 Thorndon Quay, 4.30pm, Sunday 17th November
Join us in the gorgeous acoustic of Pipitea Marae to commemorate the groundswell of change we have caused to the Earth and to celebrate the groundswell of momentum from people eager to solve those environmental issues.
From the waters of Aotearoa to the Mongolian steppe, Australian rainforests, and North African desert, the audience’s journey will span the world. Through music and accompanying kōrero, Groundswell will explore the environmental issues of our time, and the global and local challenges that make addressing these issues so complicated.
Tickets available here from Monday 14th October
$30/$22
From the waters of Aotearoa to the Mongolian steppe, Australian rainforests, and North African desert, the audience’s journey will span the world. Through music and accompanying kōrero, Groundswell will explore the environmental issues of our time, and the global and local challenges that make addressing these issues so complicated.
Tickets available here from Monday 14th October
$30/$22
Leaving the Table: A story of relationship told through song
22 June 2019
Te Whaea, 11 Hutchinson Road, 5:30pm and 8:00pm, Saturday 22nd June
Supertonic are back where they love to be - pushing the boundaries of choral music in our contemporary world. After a year of sold-out performances in 2018, their first standalone concert series of 2019 - Leaving the Table: A story of relationship, told through song - will blur the lines between choir, theatre, and abstract expression.
Tickets available here from Wednesday 22nd May
Adults $25 / Seniors, Students and Children $20
Supertonic are back where they love to be - pushing the boundaries of choral music in our contemporary world. After a year of sold-out performances in 2018, their first standalone concert series of 2019 - Leaving the Table: A story of relationship, told through song - will blur the lines between choir, theatre, and abstract expression.
Tickets available here from Wednesday 22nd May
Adults $25 / Seniors, Students and Children $20
ANZAC Day National Commemoration Service - 25 April 2019
Pukeahu, National War Memorial Park
Supertonic are honoured to be a part of the National Commemoration Service. Footage from the Service is now available here.
Supertonic are honoured to be a part of the National Commemoration Service. Footage from the Service is now available here.
Coastella Music Festival - 23 February 2019
Southwards Car Museum, Kāpiti
Supertonic have the amazing opportunity to collaborate with Mama Kin Spender at New Zealand's most talked about boutique music festival. More information about the event is available here.
Supertonic have the amazing opportunity to collaborate with Mama Kin Spender at New Zealand's most talked about boutique music festival. More information about the event is available here.
2018 Events
In The Key Of Christmas - 4 December 2018
SOLD OUT
Wesley Church, 75 Taranaki Street, 7pm Tuesday 4 December
It seems hard to believe that it’s that time already... but Supertonic are ready to joyfully announce their final concert of 2018, In the Key of Christmas.
While things start to get a little frantic in the lead up to the festive season, with end-of-year parties, gift shopping and travel planning aplenty, we hope to offer our audience a moment of calm.
This concert will be conducted by Hazel Fenemor. A member of Supertonic choir since 2015, Hazel is an exceptionally talented musician. Previously music director of Wellington Youth Choir, Hazel is excited to return to directing for this concert.
Take a moment to soak up the sounds of Christmastime with an evening of choral melodies to inspire merry memories of years gone by.
Tickets available from 4 November 2018
It seems hard to believe that it’s that time already... but Supertonic are ready to joyfully announce their final concert of 2018, In the Key of Christmas.
While things start to get a little frantic in the lead up to the festive season, with end-of-year parties, gift shopping and travel planning aplenty, we hope to offer our audience a moment of calm.
This concert will be conducted by Hazel Fenemor. A member of Supertonic choir since 2015, Hazel is an exceptionally talented musician. Previously music director of Wellington Youth Choir, Hazel is excited to return to directing for this concert.
Take a moment to soak up the sounds of Christmastime with an evening of choral melodies to inspire merry memories of years gone by.
Tickets available from 4 November 2018
Space - 16 September 2018
SOLD OUT
Supertonic, together with ELIM, are over the moon to announce they are going where no choir has gone before (probably) with Space: A Choral Odyssey, one-night-only at Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, 6:30pm Sunday 16 September.
Even before tohunga kōkōrangi used the night sky to navigate great distances across the ocean to Aotearoa New Zealand, people have been fascinated with the stars. Space promises to take the audience on a multimedia, musical journey through time and space, exploring the wonder and mystery of what liesbeyond Papatūānuku.
Even before tohunga kōkōrangi used the night sky to navigate great distances across the ocean to Aotearoa New Zealand, people have been fascinated with the stars. Space promises to take the audience on a multimedia, musical journey through time and space, exploring the wonder and mystery of what liesbeyond Papatūānuku.
6:30pm, Sunday 16 September
Hannah Playhouse, Wellington
Adults $25 / Seniors, Students and Children $20
+ Booking Fee
Hannah Playhouse, Wellington
Adults $25 / Seniors, Students and Children $20
+ Booking Fee
Previous Concert: Shakespeare's Sister
6:30pm, Sunday 20 May 2018, Pipitea Marae
SOLD OUT
We present this programme of works by women in honour and celebration of those who created art in the shadows of their male counterparts. Hosted by Clarissa Dunn, the audience will hear not only the music of underappreciated composers, but also hear their stories, and what held them back from their dreams. Tickets are $25 waged / $15 unwaged (Seniors, Students, and Children).
Note: This concert is now sold out. If you are still interested in attending please email info@supertonic.org.nz and we will let you know if a ticket becomes available.
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2017 Events
Vanishing Voices - May 2017
Vanishing Voices explored threatened and extinct indigenous languages from around the world, including the stories and poetry of Inuit, Navajo, Nahuatl, Welsh, Guanche, and Australian Aboriginal languages. New Zealand's own threatened language, Te Reo Māori, was the centrepiece for this concert. Supertonic collaborated with Vincent Olsen-Reeder, a young Māori academic, musician and poet, to create a new cycle of songs that premiered in this concert series.
Porirua Concert: Sold Out
7.30pm, Saturday 20 May
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Wellington Concert: Sold Out
6.30pm, Sunday 21 May
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Supertonic thank the Wellington Community Trust whose support made this concert series possible. They also acknowledge and thank Trust House for their assistance in taking this concert to Porirua.
Thunderbolt and Lightning - September 2017
Let the songs begin. Let the music play. Get ready for Supertonic’s next gig Thunderbolt and Lightning, an epic tribute concert set to rock Queen fans and choir buffs alike at the Hunter Lounge this September.
Wellington Concert: Sold Out
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7.30pm, Saturday 2 September
The Hunter Lounge, Victoria University, Kelburn
The Hunter Lounge, Victoria University, Kelburn
Love the Arts - November 2017
Sing. Paint. Dance. Write.
A concert series dedicated to the muses of music. Love The Arts will be Supertonic’s third and final concert series for 2017. In keeping with the theme, Supertonic will be sharing its love of the arts by donating the proceeds from the concerts to local cultural organisations: Hamilton’s The Meteor Theatre, Feilding’s Coach House Museum and Wellington’s New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
A concert series dedicated to the muses of music. Love The Arts will be Supertonic’s third and final concert series for 2017. In keeping with the theme, Supertonic will be sharing its love of the arts by donating the proceeds from the concerts to local cultural organisations: Hamilton’s The Meteor Theatre, Feilding’s Coach House Museum and Wellington’s New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
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Hamilton Concert
3pm, Saturday 25 November The Meteor |
Feilding Concert
3pm, Sunday 26 November Civic Centre |
Wellington Concert (Sold Out)
7pm, Wednesday 29 November New Zealand Portrait Gallery |