AROHA STRING QUARTET

22/03/2026

Please Kindly share the post in your circle:
Kia Ora! Привет! Holà! 你好！…გამარჯობა!
Friends in Palmerston North:

Buckle-UP!!🎻🎻🎻🎻 Let’s GO!

🛳️🛩️🏟️🏜️🚂🚀🛶
QUARTET JOURNEY in PALMIE - COUNTING DOWN🥳

SEE YOU in 5-sleeps - Pathways Presbyterian Church!

Look forward to!

Haihong, Konstanze, Nicholas and Robert

21/03/2026

Kia Ora! Привет! Holà! 你好！…გამარჯობა!
Friends in Palmerston North:

Buckle-UP!!🎻🎻🎻🎻 Let’s GO!

🛳️🛩️🏟️🏜️🚂🚀🛶
QUARTET JOURNEY in PALMIE - COUNTING DOWN🥳

SEE YOU in 5-sleeps - Pathways Presbyterian Church!

18/03/2026

Quartet Journey in Dunedin 🎉🤗🎻🎻🎻🎻

04/03/2026

Dear friends in Palmerston North,

We will be thrilled to see you again, and sharing one of our 2026 Programme with you, celebrating some of best-loved quartet masterworks around the globe.

Arohanui,

Haihong, Robert, Nicholas and Konstanze

20/02/2026

The twelfth ASQ International Music Academy will take place in Wellington from Monday 13 until Saturday 18 July 2026.

Applications will close on Sunday 15 March.

The 2026 Academy is situated at St Andrew's on The Terrace and will begin on Monday 13 July at 9:30am. Each day, participants will be busy with chamber music coaching and rehearsals taken by members of the Aroha String Quartet. Guest tutors will direct ensembles and classes in technique and musicianship.

The ASQ International Music Academy will culminate in a Gala Concert in St Andrew's on the evening of Saturday 18 July.

The timetable includes time to practise, to relax and socialise with other participants. In the evenings, there will be time for informal concerts, workshops, and a sight-reading soiree, as well as other social events.

The ASQ International Music Academy is ideally suited to string players with a minimum standard of Grade VI. Pre-formed chamber ensembles are encouraged to apply. Participants not in an existing group will be organised into ensembles for coaching. Music will be sent out in advance.

Our guest tutors will be:

Donald Armstrong (NZSO Associate Concertmaster) - Violin & string orchestra conductor
Eli Vincent (NZSO) - Viola
David Chickering (NZSO Section Principal Emeritus) - Cello
Oleksandr Gunchenko (NZSO) - Double Bass

Application link as below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4Wk9EFLqKeLi8Vp0AlRhpPWZgPGxqyrAwNBPKJNar4vgmDQ/viewform

More to come as soon as a new website made available.

Meamwhile, for any further information, please contact: Cathie McCallum, ASQ International Music Academy Administrator, [email protected].

19/08/2025

Schubert Octet in Wellington
Sunday 28th September
St Peter’s Church
211 Willis Street
Wellington

Tickets:
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/schubert-octet-with-aroha-string-quartet-and-friends/wellington

For this programme we are joined by four wonderful guest artists - Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Alexander Hambleton (horn) and Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) - to present a programme enlivened by the varied timbres of wind instruments. Beginning with the Mozart String Quartet in B-flat K589 we move on to 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. This characterful work depicts a short and unsuccessful attempt at seduction. We finish with Schubert's mighty and virtuosic Octet, a work filled with jaunty dances, singable melodies and heart-rending moments.

19/07/2025

Schubert Octet - ASQ with Friends - presented by Waikanae Music Society

https://waikanaemusic.org.nz/concerts-2025/aroha-octet-21-sep/

For this programme we are joined by four wonderful guest artists - Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Alexander Hambleton (horn) and Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) - to present a programme enlivened by the varied timbres of wind instruments. Beginning with the Mozart String Quartet in B-flat K589 we move on to 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. This characterful work depicts a short and unsuccessful attempt at seduction. We finish with Schubert's mighty and virtuosic Octet, a work filled with jaunty dances, singable melodies and heart-rending moments.

Tickets $40 Members, $50 Non Members, $10 Students.

When: Sunday, September 21 2025, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Where: Waikanae Memorial Hall
By: Aroha String Quartet
With:
Nick Walshe - clarinet, Justin Sun - bassoon, Alex Hambleton - horn, Oleksandr Gunchenko - double bass
Programme:
Mozart: String Quartet No 22 in B-flat K 589

19/07/2025

Schubert Octet in Palmerston North

Tickets:

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/schubert-octet-with-aroha-string-quartet-and-friends/palmerston-north

For this programme we are joined by four wonderful guest artists - Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Alexander Hambleton (horn) and Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) - to present a programme enlivened by the varied timbres of wind instruments. Beginning with the Mozart String Quartet in B-flat K589 we move on to 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. This characterful work depicts a short and unsuccessful attempt at seduction. We finish with Schubert's mighty and virtuosic Octet, a work filled with jaunty dances, singable melodies and heart-rending moments.
Tickets $35 General Admission, $25 Concessions, $10 Students from Eventfinda (transaction fees apply).

When: Tuesday, September 9 2025, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Where: Pathways Presbyterian Church, 388 Church Street, Palmerston North CBD, 4410
By: Aroha String Quartet
With:
Nick Walshe - clarinet,
Justin Sun - bassoon,
Alexander Hambleton - horn,
Oleksandr Gunchenko - double bass
Programme:

Mozart: String Quartet No 22 in B-flat K 589
Nielsen: 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass
Schubert: Octet in F D803

17/07/2025

Celebrating 11th year of music making at ASQ IMA Academy • Wellington • 7-12JULY 2025

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR 🤗🎉 -
13-18 JULY 2026

Mark it down and stay tuned☺️🎻🎻🎻🎻

Aroha String Quartet & IMA Academy

16/07/2025

Octet in Wellington

tickets:

Schubert Octet with Aroha String Quartet and Friends, For this programme we ..., St Peter's Anglican Church, Wellington, Wellington Region, 28 September 20

16/07/2025

Schubert Octet in Palmerston North

Pathways Presbyterian Church
388 Church Street, Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North 4410

Tickets:
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/schubert-octet-with-aroha-string-quartet-and-friends/palmerston-north

For this programme we are joined by four wonderful guest artists - Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Alexander Hambleton (horn) and Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) - to present a programme enlivened by the varied timbres of wind instruments. Beginning with the Mozart String Quartet in B-flat K589 we move on to 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. This characterful work depicts a short and unsuccessful attempt at seduction. We finish with Schubert's mighty and virtuosic Octet, a work filled with jaunty dances, singable melodies and heart-rending moments. Tickets $35 General Admission, $25 Concessions, $10 Students from Eventfinda (transaction fees apply).

When: Tuesday, September 9 2025, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Where: St Andrew's in the City, Palmerston North
By: Aroha String Quartet
With:
Nick Walshe - clarinet, Justin Sun - bassoon, Alexander Hambleton - horn, Oleksandr Gunchenko - double bass
Programme:
Mozart: String Quartet No 22 in B-flat K 589
Nielsen: 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass
Schubert: Octet in F D803

Schubert Octet with Aroha String Quartet and Friends, For ..., Pathways St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North, Manawatu / Whanganui, 9 September