Arohanui Strings+ in the media
Because of the work we do, and the communities we support, we are often in the media, spreading the word about how music can improve children’s focus, achievement and futures. Scroll down to read and listen to some of the reporting about us.
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Young violinists score pathway to music career
The Daily Encourager came to our inaugural Foundation Day and spoke to two of our three Orchestra Wellington scholarship winners.
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RNZ Concert talks to Margaret ahead of Foundation Day 2023
Margaret Guldborg spoke to RNZ Concert’s Bryan Crump about our work, our tamariki, and our inaugural Foundation Day celebrations on 13 August 2023.
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Te Rōpu El Sistema - Podcast
Kirsten Johnstone, from The SOUNZ podcasts, has created a wonderful podcast about El Sistema, featuring Arohanui Strings, and our own Hayden Nickel and Jane Young. It’s a great introduction to the programme, and how New Zealand’s El Sistema ethos fosters an all-comers ‘fun first’ approach. Also available on Spotify.
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NZSO members help mentor children online during lockdown
Read how musicians from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra fired up Zoom to keep Arohanui Strings’ tamariki fired up during the lockdowns in 2020 - and beyond.
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Radical inclusion and friendship in Arohanui Strings
Read Alison Eldredge’s article in The Ensemble News about how she was moved to start an El Sistema group in Lower Hutt, and how Arohanui Strings grew from a single in-school class with no instruments, into an organisation that serves at least 300 children a year.
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How music is being used as a vehicle for social change
Read about Alison Eldredge, the founder of Arohanui Strings, and why she dedicated herself to beginning an El Sistema group in Lower Hutt, back in 2010, creating social change through music.
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World reknown conductor works with Arohanui Strings' students
Read how, while in Wellington, Maestro Harth-Bedoya conducted about 50 Arohanui Strings musicians, ranging in age from six to 16, who had been mentored by NZSO players.
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Composer Claire Scholes on her commission for Arohanui Strings
Listen to composer Claire Scholes on RNZ’s Upbeat programme discuss the process behind the commission that was performed at the Walter Nash Stadium in Lower Hutt in May 2019 as part of a collaboration between SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, Orchestra Wellington and Arohanui Strings.
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Alison Eldredge on RNZ's Upbeat
Listen to Arohanui Strings’ founder, Alison Eldredge, discuss with Eva Radich her drive to found the El Sistema group, and how it’s benefiting the tamariki who come.