At the 2017 annual showcase concert, scholarships were awarded to five outstanding Year 8 students to enable them to continue their instrumental studies in 2018 as they leave the Tironui fold and move on to secondary school. As well as displaying musical ability and perseverance, all have the full and ongoing support of their families […]
Bailey Road School have been very privileged in being offered the amazing opportunity to be recipients of the Tironui Trust this year [2017]. We are thrilled to be included in this extremely valuable programme, to enrich the lives of some of our students. The model that builds over several years is one that I feel […]
Twelve students from the Papatoetoe Intermediate Concert Band attended the Honours Band Festival at King’s School over two days in August, culminating in a massed performance by over 300 students at Auckland Town Hall. Our students were highly motivated by this, with those who will still be at the school in 2018 being very keen […]
Eight members of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra played for string students from Papatoetoe Central and East Schools in September (2017). The concert included a performance of Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring with the Papatoetoe East students singing the chorale. Additionally, one of our violin students was selected to play the second violin part in […]
Thanks to Helene, Monique, Gillian and Rolf of the New Zealand String Quartet for their inspirational performance at Papatoetoe South School in August (2017). They brought 50 minutes of joy to these young people – who were transfixed. Thanks also to Christine Argyle, NZSQ Manager, who commented that they considered the Tironui Trust to be […]
2016 saw more than 430 children involved in the annual concert, so to accommodate them all it was held in the Sir Woolf Fisher Arena at the Vodafone Events Centre. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our Manager, Catherine Blomfield, and a large team of tutors, teachers and school support staff, it was a huge […]
2017 will see the inclusion of two new schools into the Tironui programme: Bailey Road School and Stanhope Road School in Mt Wellington. They are both full primary schools, so the students will be able to complete the full 5-year string course with no change of school. The Tironui Board warmly welcomes these two schools […]