Highly Strung South Hornby School Choir Highly Strung is the brainchild of Akaroa trio Megan Baker, 33 children from South Hornby School will perform a number of Free and legal Trevor Bedford and Duncan MacMillan. The trio all play the songs that they have been practicing this year. ukulele as well as a number of other instruments and are well music downloads Hornby Library known for their beautiful harmonies. Wednesday 28 May, 12pm Freegal is one of City Libraries’ Akaroa School newest services. It gives library users Friday 23 May, 3pm access to millions of songs from around Musical stories, songs and sounds the world. If you are already a library member and you Helen Webby and the Christchurch Harp Orchestra Make some noise with Tania and your local library team at one have access to our website, you can use this of the following interactive sessions: service online. If you are new to the libraries, Helen Webby and the Christchurch come along to this free training evening to get Harp Orchestra perform set up with an account. music by as well as Celtic Date Day Library Time and classical music. South Learning Centre st 1 Thursday Central Library Peterborough 10.30 Tuesday 20 May, 6.30 – 8pm South Library 6th Tuesday New Brighton Library 10.30 Bookings required call: 941 5140 Saturday 24 May, 1pm 7th Wednesday Hornby Library 10.15 8th Thursday Linwood Library 10.00 th Brought to you by 12 Monday Upper Riccarton School 9.30 YOUR CHANCE TO WIN Halswell Community Choir 13th Tuesday Fendalton Library 10.30 Christchurch City Libraries 15th Thursday South Library 10.00 Enter the draw to win one of 9 great prizes The Halswell Community Choir brings people of all ages and 20th Tuesday Shirley Library 10.30 throughout New Zealand Music Month. standards together to sing a broad range of music. 22nd Thursday Papanui Library 11.00 Every download from Freegal, every CD hire from the Libraries and every time Halswell Library 27th Tuesday Lyttelton Library 11.00 you get along to one of the five major Saturday 24 May, 11am th 30 Friday Spreydon Library 10.30 performances, you will have the opportunity to enter the draw to win: Carmel Courtney One Logitech Ultimate Ears Boom RRP $299 Two Logitech Ultimate Ears Mini Booms Carmel Courtney is a singer-songwriter who is well-known RRP $129 each around Christchurch for her jazzy, Latin style saxophone playing. Six Genius HS-M250s - Luxury Mobile Headsets RRP $30 each Lyttelton Library Saturday 24 May, 2pm For more information go to Free christchurchcitylibraries.com Concerts + Riccarton Players - ARPOV Free Music A Riccarton Palace of Variety Downloads A crowd pleasing show in the style of “Ye Olde Time Music Hall”, which has been delighting Christchurch audiences for decades. Upper Riccarton Community and School Library Sunday 25 May, 2pm Christchurch’s LAUNCH party headline acts Local Performances

New Brighton Library Thursday 1 May, 7pm The Eastern Check out our website: christchurchcitylibraries.com Lyttelton Primary School for more music performances during May at your local library. The Eastern are a string band that roars like A musical performance by groups from the newly merged Lyttelton Main and Lyttelton West Schools. Marlon Williams a punk band, that swings like a gospel band, that drinks like a country band, that works Nancy brough - Harpist Lyttelton Library At just 23, Williams has been nominated for 2 like a bar band, that hopes like folk singers, Thursday 15 May, 11am Nancy will perform a relaxing and melodic set with her delightfully NZ Music Awards and 3 APRA music awards, sings love songs like union songs, writes Thursday 22 May, 11am angelic instrument. recently winning the 2013 NZ Country Album of union songs like love songs and wants to slow dance and stand on tables all at the the Year and APRA Country Song of the Year. Halswell Library same time. As front-man for acclaimed alt-country act Friday 2 May, 10am Dr Sanchez The Unfaithful Ways and one-half of an Award Linwood Library (Eastgate Mall) Saturday 3 May, 2pm Dr Sanchez has developed winning duo with Delaney Davidson, Williams his improvisational skill in has proven himself to be a prolific songwriter Sophia Bidwell & Jeremy Brownbrooke instrumental guitar into an and touring artist. Lindon Puffin Sophia and Jeremy perform folk exciting occupation, averaging tunes both traditional and modern, around 260 performances a year. Part folk singer, part comedian, Lindon for accordion, fiddle and mandolin. Dr Sanchez plays a mixture of Silencio describes himself as a fisherman trapped in a traditional Mediterranean and Spreydon Library musician’s body. South American songs, from Silencio was founded in 2004; they are a contemporary music Friday 2 May, 2pm ensemble made up of jazz and classical musicians. Their Someone else described him as the love child artists such as Paco de Lucia, members, ever changing, are always on the lookout for new and of Bruce Springsteen and ! He’s Armik, Ottmar Liebert unconventional instruments. Tom Phillpotts, the ensemble’s a gifted whistler, pretty decent harmonica Takumi Japanese Drumming and Santana. electronics musician, recently played a number of concerts with a player, anarchic story teller and a gutsy Papanui Library laundry tub and an old cello bow. songwriter with a voice as big as his heart. Japanese Taiko group Takumi is a Christchurch formed Saturday 17 May, 2pm entertainment group. Silencio are musical pioneers, constantly discovering new sounds Linwood Library (Eastgate Mall) beyond the constraints of traditional instruments. Saturday 10 May, 2pm Upper Riccarton Community and School Library Tuesday 6 May, 1.15pm Jon Hooker & Hugh Campbell Nomad - aka Aasha, Will & Cullen Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Jon and Hugh use their finger-picking style Random Acts of Music to bring to life great pop, blues and ragtime Each year the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra performs songs through their steel string guitars. live orchestral music of the highest quality throughout the Random Acts of Music is a new form of street art. Using accessible Central Library Manchester community, connecting with people through concerts and instruments and in a public place, these often completely Saturday 17 May, 1pm education programmes. This performance will be both beautiful improvised compositions are something truly special. and educational and a great one to take your musically curious children along to. Upper Riccarton Community and School Library Saturday 10 May, 2pm Assembly required Central Library Peterborough Saturday 10 May, 2pm Consisting of Sam Hill and Simon Tester 'Assembly Required' are a high energy, Akaroa School Choir highly entertaining, in your face duo who Nomad - aka Aasha, Will & Cullen Music students from Akaroa Area School will perform pieces never fail to deliver crowd cheering, toe This alt-folk band from Shirley Boys’ High School is made up they have been working on throughout Term One. For many, this tapping, foot stomping performances. of Aasha Mallard (banjo), Will McGillivray (acoustic guitar and The recently renamed 2013 Smokefreerockquest finalists will be their first public performance and your support would be Shirley Library kick drum) and Cullen Kiesanowski (double bass). After only a are causing quite a stir in Christchurch with their incredible greatly appreciated. Sunday 18 May, 2pm year of playing together, they were named finalists of the 2013 harmonies and their dedicated and loyal fan base. Having played Akaroa School Smokefreerockquest. The sky is definitely the limit for these guys. a fantastic set at Ingham Lazy Sundays earlier this year, 2014 is shaping up to be a breakout year for these young musicians. Tuesday 13 May, 12.45pm Fendalton Library Saturday 24 May, 2pm