Welcome to 2022!
Kia ora koutou,
Happy New Year from the team at the Wellington Music Centre! We hope you’ve all had a peaceful summer and look forward to seeing you next month for another year of music making.
Bethany Angus is joining us this year as our new Music Director and is looking forward to supporting the next generation of Wellington musicians. She performs regularly around Wellington on cello, piano and harpsichord in chamber ensembles and orchestras. She has also worked in administration at Chamber Music New Zealand and the NZ Symphony Orchestra.
2022 Enrolments Enrolments are well underway for 2022 but we still have many spaces available. If you have not done so already, please enrol by Monday 24th January so that we can manage our classes and tutors and to ensure you get a space in your preferred class time. We will be holding an open day on Saturday 12th of February where you can arrange instrument hire for the year, meet your tutor and familiarise yourself with the school. Please note that: Enrolments are made through our website or through our mobile app on Spaces by Wix where you can also make online payments for yearly tuition and instrument hire. If you need to connect to our mobile app you can find more in our FAQs under "how to connect the WMC mobile app" - the invite code is B2KPN4 Steps to enrol and confirm your children's classes
Review and confirm the instrument types you want your children to learn for the 2022 year.
Sign into your account (or sign up if you haven't completed this before).
Review our 2022 music classes and match to your child’s learning level (Level 1 is beginners, level 2 is intermediate and level 3 is advanced) - discuss these with us our tutors if you are unsure.
Make a booking by completing the booking form.
Select your child’s 2022 enrolment plan and instrument hire - add these to the cart and pay for them all in the one order.
You will receive an email notification for your class booking and enrolment payments.
If you have any concerns or questions please contact us via the Wix Spaces App or email contactus@wellingtonmusiccentre.org.nz. Welcome to our new tutors This year we warmly welcome guitarist Jamin Forlong, pianist Puichi Chan and cellist Joanna Dann. They are all highly experienced and accomplished musicians, we are super excited to have them on the team. Jamin - Guitar Jamin is entering his 2nd year of Jazz Performance at the New Zealand School of Music. He is very active in the Wellington music scene, playing shows and working on audio engineering/production projects. Puichi - Piano Pui Chi has studied performance piano in Hong Kong and has many years of experience in teaching, accompanying and performing on piano. Joanna - Cello Joanna hails from Palmerston North and has studied cello at the University of Waikato and University of Otago. She has been a finalist in the UoW concerto competition two consecutive years and has traveled to China to play in the Eurochestries Festival with the NZ Youth Chamber Orchestra. Ngā mihi, Bethany Angus and WMC Board.