Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents "Great Hall Lunchtime Concerts: Andrew Sords - Romance of the Violin" on Monday 1st September 2025, 1.10pm to 1.50pm in the Great Hall, The Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Pricing: Between $5.00 | $20.00 We are thrilled to welcome Andrew Sords, violin, piano duo, from Ohio,...

CBS Music presents “Wednesdays at One – Andrew Sords (U.S.) & Cheryll Duvall (Canada)" on Wednesday 3rd September 2025 from 1.10 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in the CBS Music Centre, Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch Virtuosic and Inspirational music for violin & piano A light lunch is available before each concert at 12.45 p.m.   A wide range of performers is...

Christchurch Civic Music Council together with Music Education Canterbury presents "Strum Strike and Blow 2025" on Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 7.00 p.m.  to 8.15 p.m. at Wolfbrook Arena, Jack Hinton Drive, Christchurch. Entry fee is $5.00 and is available via door sales on the night or through https://events.humanitix.com/strum-strike-and-blow-2024 This lively, colourful event has 1500 primary and...

Discover the transformative power of brass at Seriously Brass: Metamorphosis on Saturday 6 September, 7.30pm at The Piano featuring Woolston Brass and outstanding Guest Euphonium Soloist Byron Newton. Woolston Brass, led by Music Director Phil Johnston, presents a night of bold and evocative works including Johan de Meij’s “Extreme Makeover” and “UFO Concerto,” featuring Guest...

CBS Orchestra & Choir presents "Christchurch Choral Festival" on Sunday 7th September 2025, 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m (approximately) at Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch Featuring: Church Choirs Community Choirs Youth Choirs Concert Choir All Welcome! Festival Poster 2025 Festival Promo 2025

Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents "Great Hall Lunchtime Concerts: Michael Endres (piano)" on Monday 8th September 2025, 1.10pm to 1.50pm in the Great Hall, The Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Pricing: Between $5.00 | $20.00 Internationally acclaimed pianist Michael Endres has performed extensively around the globe. Now resident in Canterbury, he...

Concerts for Christchurch Foundation Trust presents "Rising Stars 2025 - Elise Tian - Cello" on Tuesday 9th September 2025 from 1.10pm to 1.50pm at the Great Hall, Arts Centre, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Cellist Elise Tian is a Year 12 music scholar at Rangi Ruru Girls' School.  She performs in a number of chamber groups and orchestras...

CBS Music presents “Wednesdays at One – UC Piano Students" on Wednesday 10th September 2025 from 1.10 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in the CBS Music Centre, Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch Young hands on the Steinway A light lunch is available before each concert at 12.45 p.m.   A wide range of performers is featured, in a superb acoustic, often using...

CSO Lamb & Hayward Curator's Series presents "Buchanan, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven" on Friday 12th September 2025, 7.00 p.m. at The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch Dorothy Buchanan’s Peace Fanfare was commissioned as part of Auckland Philharmonia’s celebration of the new millennium – a moment many of us will remember – alongside ten other Aotearoa New Zealand...

Wayfarers Music by Mozart, Mendelssohn & Mahler On Sunday afternoon 14th September 2025, 3pm at The Piano, Resonance Ensemble, conducted by Tony Ryan, present another concert of well-known, if rarely heard music... Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony radiates warmth and vitality, drawing on Italy’s lively dance forms and folk songs. Mendelssohn's creativity is evident, not only in this joyful and sunny symphony but...

Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents "Great Hall Lunchtime Concerts: Kate Taylor (vocalist)" on Monday 15th September 2025, 1.10pm to 1.50pm in the Great Hall, The Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Pricing: Between $5.00 | $20.00 Join the talented Kate Taylor for a captivating lunchtime concert. From the timeless elegance of Ella...

CBS Music presents “Wednesdays at One – University of Canterbury School of Music" on Wednesday 17th September 2025 from 1.10 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in the CBS Music Centre, Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch Top local talent on display A light lunch is available before each concert at 12.45 p.m.   A wide range of performers is featured, in a superb...

CBS Orchestra & Choir presents "Heavenly Harmony" on Sunday 21st September 2025, 2.00 p.m. at Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch Pricing: $25.00 | $30.00 2025 Haydn Poster 2025 Haydn Promo

St Albans Community Choir presents "Kilts, Celts and More" on Sunday 21st September 2025, 5.00 p.m. at St Paul's Parish Church, 1 Harewood Road, Christchurch All welcome - Admission by donation A light supper will be served at the conclusion of the concert.

Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents "Great Hall Lunchtime Concerts: Natalia Lomeiko & Sarah Watkins" on Monday 22nd September 2025, 1.10pm to 1.50pm in the Great Hall, The Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Pricing: Between $5.00 | $20.00 Natalia Lomeiko is a Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in...

CBS Music presents “Wednesdays at One – University of Canterbury School of Music" on Wednesday 24th September 2025 from 1.10 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in the CBS Music Centre, Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch Top local talent on display A light lunch is available before each concert at 12.45 p.m.   A wide range of performers is featured, in a superb...

Christopher's Classics 30th Anniversary Season | 2025 presents "Argyle Trio" on Thursday 25th September 2025, 7.30 p.m. at The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch Wilma Smith violin Matthias Balzat cello Laurence Matheson piano We also welcome back the Argyle Trio presenting classics of the Piano Trio repertoire. Violinist Wilma Smith was the concertmaster of the NZSO...

CSO Lamb & Hayward Masterworks presents "Holmes, Chindamo, Tchaikovsky" on Saturday 27th September 2025, 7.30 p.m. in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium, Christchurch Town Hall, Kilmore Street, Christchurch Aotearoa composer Leonie Holmes wrote Ancient Rhythms twenty years ago, inspired by the poem The Journey by Tessa Stephens. The last time CSO performed it the reviewer said,...

Music Canterbury presents "Spring into Music 2025" on Sunday 28th September 2025 at the Great Hall, Arts Centre, Worcester Boulevard from 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.  Each group will perform in 30-minute slots. Groups confirmed so far are: Christchurch School of Music (2 groups) Canterbury Japanese Ladies Choir IRMT Canterbury Lawyers Choir and more! This is...

Harmony Singers Annual Concert presents "It's a Colourful Life" on Sunday 28th September 2025, 2.30 p.m. at Wesley Aged Care Chapel, Marble Wood Drive, Papanui. Adults: $15.00 | Children free Entry by cash only. Contact: Jane Oh, Cellphone: 021 032 3489

CBS Music presents “Wednesdays at One – Janet Cubey & Friends" on Wednesday 1st October 2025 from 1.10 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in the CBS Music Centre, Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch A feast of unaccompanied cello solos & duets A light lunch is available before each concert at 12.45 p.m.   A wide range of performers is featured, in a...

Riders to the Sea - Toi Toi Opera 1st, 3rd, & 4th of October 2025, from 7.30pm at The Piano, Christchurch Allow yourself to be swept away by the haunting beauty of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ tragic opera based on the J. M. Synge play, reimagined for Aotearoa New Zealand, and incorporating the music of Dame Gillian...

Christchurch Civic Music Council AGM will be held on Friday 3rd October 2025, 7.00 p.m. at the Music Suite, St Andrew's College, 349 Papanui Road, Christchurch Please come along and support this event and meet up with other affiliated members and groups.  Refreshments served from 6.30 p.m. onwards - meeting begins at 7.00 p.m. The...

Riders to the Sea – Toi Toi Opera 1st, 3rd, & 4th of October 2025, from 7.30pm at The Piano, Christchurch Allow yourself to be swept away by the haunting beauty of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ tragic opera based on the J. M. Synge play, reimagined for Aotearoa New Zealand, and incorporating the music of Dame Gillian...

Riders to the Sea – Toi Toi Opera 1st, 3rd, & 4th of October 2025, from 7.30pm at The Piano, Christchurch Allow yourself to be swept away by the haunting beauty of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ tragic opera based on the J. M. Synge play, reimagined for Aotearoa New Zealand, and incorporating the music of Dame Gillian...