West City Music currently coordinates four ensembles, consisting of West Auckland community players:
Events
West City ensembles typically play at various community events throughout the year, including Anzac Day ceremonies, Santa Parades and MOTAT Lights.
Additionally, we organise several opportunities each year for you to experience our music in concert…
19th September – West City Concert Band presents “Tapestry: Mosaic”
“In the tapestry of life, we’re all connected.” – Anita Moorjani
Saturday 19th September
Bruce Ritchie Theatre, Massey High School
2:30pm (Matinee), 7:30pm
Building off the success of “Tapestry” in 2023, and “Tapestry: Threads” in 2024 – join the West City Concert Band and guest artists on another journey to discover some of the vibrant musical traditions that thrive in our own backyard and how intersections with other cultures can create something truly special.
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20th September – Waitakere Voices presents “Between the Lines”
Henderson Methodist Church
3 Swanson Road, Henderson, Auckland
4:00pm
Join the Waitakere Voices as they explore music that is heard as something more than its surface suggests.
Across different genres, cultures, and eras, songs often gather meanings beyond what was originally written. Some become symbols. Some are reinterpreted over time. Some are misunderstood or debated. Others are reshaped by listeners, history, or culture. And we ask the question: what happens to music once it leaves the composer’s hands? In the space between what is written and what is heard.
31st October – 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of West City Music – join all 4 ensembles (West City Concert Band, West City Youth Concert Band, West City String Orchestra and Waitakere Voices) in a huge night of music!
More details TBC
Summer Youth Programme 2027
19-22 January 2027
Massey High School
Join other young musicians from all over Auckland and the wider region for four days of music-making.
Students receive coaching from professional musicians and get to choose elective activities like jazz band, symphony orchestra, composition and conducting. All of this comes together for a public concert on the final evening. Students come away from this event with heaps of enthusiasm for playing music and greater confidence for returning to their school bands and orchestras.
The programme is intended for Intermediate and High School aged musicians and is structured to cater to a wide range of music abilities. It is open to strings, brass, woodwind, and percussion players at an equivalent to grade 2 level or above.
This is a NON-RESIDENTIAL camp. Players will need to be dropped off and collected from camp each day and will not be allowed to leave the premises without permission. Participants will need to bring their own food and drink each day.
Cost: $150 per person.
Family rates available.
Any camp queries: please email antonina.marriott@westcitymusic.org.nz.
Schedule — Jan 2027
Tuesday 19th
8 am – 9 am: Percussion set up
9 am – 9:30 am: Registration
9:30 am – 4 pm: Tuesday programme
Wednesday 20th / Thursday 21st
9 am – 4 pm: Programme for all participants
Friday 22nd
9 am – 5 pm: Programme for all participants
5 pm – 6 pm: Pizza party
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Evening performance (Family and friends are warmly welcome to attend)