Bay of Plenty Symphonia

Date1975-2022Reference NumberAms 494Collection SummaryConcert programmes and publicity, photographs, audio and footage, minutes, newsletters and correspondence covering the years of the Tauranga Concert Orchestra, its incorporation as the Tauranga Orchestral Society, and the Bay of Plenty Symphonia.

Does not include digital or digitised material from the early 2000s onward, as this is managed by the society. DescriptionCollection comprises:

Ams 494/1: Statutory items

Ams 494/2: Programmes and cuttings

Ams 494/3: Minutes, newsletters and correspondence

Ams 494/4: Media

Ams 494/5: Annual Financials

Ams 494/6: Other collected items

"There has been an orchestra in Tauranga for many years. The inaugural recital of the Tauranga Orchestral Society took place in 1947, conducted by Stuart Petersen and featuring bass David Clark in a number of operatic items as well as some ambitious orchestral works. Several photos of the era survive in the archives of the Tauranga City Library.

The fortunes of the orchestra waxed and waned over the years, and in 1975 a group of musicians, who had been meeting informally since the 1960s as a night class group, decided to resurrect a real community orchestra in the region. The Tauranga Concert Orchestra Society was duly incorporated, a Management Board set up and a constitution registered. Some of those original players are still with the orchestra today.

In around 1990, the orchestra began to struggle following the loss of its conductor and some key players, but things changed when Warwick Braithwaite was engaged to conduct the orchestra in 1996."

From the Bay of Plenty Symphonia website.
CreatorBay of Plenty SymphoniaLevelCollectionExtent1 boxSystem of ArrangementOriginal arrangement largely maintained, statutory items, programmes and cuttings, media, communications, financial statements and collected items.SourcesBay of Plenty Symphonia (website)

Archive Series

Statutory items

Programmes and cuttings

Minutes, newsletters and correspondence

Media

Annual Financials

Other collected items

Taken in 2002 (from Ams 494/9)

Asset Location

RoomClimate controlled room - offsite

Usage

Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Access ConditionsAudio Visual material is available onsite onlyAcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Ams 494

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Bay of Plenty Symphonia