C.A.S Programmes
Sub-series gathering the programmes that are in the Community Arts Service series from the Margaret (Peg) Dewes papers.
DEW_0009: Programmes etc.
1930s
1. (1935) Yehudi Menuhin, Australia and New Zealand Tour.
2. (1938) Ruth Draper, NZ Tour, His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland.
3. (1938) Lawrence Tibbett, Australia and New Zealand Tour.
4. (1938) Fay Compton, NZ Tour.
1940s
1. (1940-41) Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Season Souvenir Book.
2. (August 1942) Margaret Barr and Students, Four Dance Dramas, School of Drama Adult Education, W.E.A Theatre, Auckland.
3. (1944) Thea Philips, Owen Jensen (solo piano and accompanist), Australia and New Zealand Tour.
4. (December 1946) Combined Tirau, Putaruru and Matamata Choral Societies, Handel’s “Messiah”, Soloists: Gwenda Weir (Soprano), Ruby Woodward (Contralto), Lambert Harvey (Tenor), James Ramsay (Bass).
5. (1946) Frank Hutchens and Lindley Evans, “The Famous Duo Pianists”, NZ Tour.
6. (1947) The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Australia and New Zealand Tour.
7. (May-June 1947) Community Arts Service Tour, Goodwin Marionette Theatre.
8. (1947) Rosina Raisbeck, New Zealand Tour.
9. (December 1947) Schola Cantorum, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Wellington Town Hall, Conducted by Stanley Oliver. Newspaper clippings glued to the inside cover related to the two performances.
10. (April 1948) Gerhard and Dora Willner, CAS NZ Tour, Matamata Town Hall. 2 separate programmes, one specifically for the Matamata concert.
11. (1949) C.A.S Theatre Presents “Arms and the Man”, G. B. Shaw; Community Arts Service North Island Tour.
12. (1949) Musica Viva Society Concert Programmes (various), Beethoven Chamber Music SesquiCentenary, Third Subscription Concert, The Complete Cycle of Beethoven String Quartets.
13. (April 1949) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Town Hall Sydney, Guest Conductor John Farnsworth Hall, Soloist Vera Bradford.
1950s
1. (1955) Grand Opera Quartet (Sandra Baruffi, Silvana Zanolli, Giuseppe Savio, Otello Borgonovo), NZ Tour. Newspaper clipping inside front cover, concert in Hawera.
2. (October 1956), Auckland Lyric Harmonists Choir, First Church, Hamilton.
3. (May 1956) Lasalle String Quartet (Cincinnati College of Music), Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Hamilton Girls High School.
4. (1957) The Smetana Quartet, Quatuor Parrenin, Guy and Monique Fallot, Hamilton Chamber Music Society Season Programme.
5. (April-May 1957) Julius Katchen, Second NZ Tour. Newspaper clipping pinned inside front cover.
6. (August 1957) The Fallot Duo (Guy Fallot, Monique Fallot), Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girls High School.
7. (August 1958) Malcom Latchem String Quartet (Malcom Latchem, Ritchie Hanna, Glynne Adams, Farquhar Wilkinson), Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girls High School.
8. (1958) Amadeus Quartet (Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, Peter Schidlof, Martin Lovett), Alma
Trio (Maurice Wilk, Adolph Baller, Gabor Rejto), Grishman-Ryce (Alan Grishman, Joel Ryce), Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Season Programme. Letter inside front cover re: this season’s subscriptions etc.
9. (1959) Barylli Quartet, Czech Wind Quintet, Ozim and Alpenheim Duo, Quartetto Di Roma, Feld String Quartet, The New Zealand Federation of Chamber Music Societies. Specific programmes relating to this season included inside season programme.
10. (May-November 1959) Community Arts Service Presents The New Zealand Opera Company Travelling Group in The Barber of Seville; National Tour.
1960s
1. (1960) Community Arts Service Presents The New Zealand Opera Company Travelling Group in La Traviata; National Tour.
2. (November 1960) Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Embassy Theatre, Hamilton, Proceeds to the Dame Hilda Ross Memorial Fountain Fund.
3. (September 1960) Claremont Quartet (Marc Gottlieb, William Schoen, Vladimir Weisman, Irving Klein), Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girls High School.
4. (1960) Janacek Quartet, Eva Bernathova, Jasek and McStay, Corelli Society, String Orchestra, Claremont Quartet, The New Zealand Federation of Chamber Music Societies Inc. Season Programme. Claremont Quartet programme also included inside, with regards to the season.
5. (October 1960) New Zealand Wind Quintet (James Hopkinson, Guy Henderson, Frank Gurr, Peter Musson, Peter Glen).
6. (April 1961) The Allegri Quartet, Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girl’s High School.
7. (May, 1961) The New Zealand Quartet, Hamilton Chamber Music Society.
8. (July 1961) Quartetto Di Roma, Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girl’s High School.
9. (1962) CAS Singers, Directed by Ronald Dellow, Council of Adult Education, University of Auckland.
10. (March 1962) The Auckland String Players, St. Kentigern College (27th), Auckland City Art Gallery (19th), Hamilton (31st).
11. (June 1962) The Hungarian Quartet, Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girl’s High School.
12. (October 1962) The Smetana Quartet with Jean McCartney, Hamilton Chamber Music Society.
13. (September 1962) The Smetana Quartet, Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Girl’s High School.
14. (March 1963) The New Zealand Quartet with Laurel Perkins and John Hyatt, Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Founders’ Theatre.
15. (1963) New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) National Orchestra, Founders’ Memorial Theatre, Hamilton. 2 programmes – May 4th and October 3rd.
16. (March-April 1966) The New Zealand Theatre Centre and D. D. O’Connor Productions Ltd. present William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.
17. (1966) Juilliard String Quartet, Denes Zsigmondy, Kyndel Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Pro Arte Trio, Vienna Trio, New Zealand Wind Quintet, The New Zealand Federation of Chamber Music Societies Inc. Season Programme. Specific programmes relating to the season included inside front cover.
18. (November 1966) The Symphonia of Auckland, Helen Hopkins (Leader) Ross Pople (Cello Soloist), Peter Godfrey (Conductor), Founders Theatre, Hamilton.
19. (August 1967) J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd. in association with Edgley and Dawe present The Great Luisillo Festival of Spain.
20. (1967) Smetana Quartet, Deller Consort, Brian Hansford, Cello Quartet, The Hamilton Chamber Music Society Concert Season Programme.
21. (June 1968) New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) Symphony Orchestra, Hein Jordans (Conductor) Stephen Bishop (Soloist), Founders Theatre, Hamilton.
22. (1969) Miss Tessa Birnie, Two-Day Seminar, Methodist Centre, Hamilton.
23. (1969) New Prague Quartet (Stefan Czapary, Jaroslav Karlovsky, Rudolf Kalup, Zdenek Konicek).
DEW_0010: CAS. Programmes (2)
1970s
1. (September 1970) New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (Conductor), Alfredo Campoli (Soloist), Hamilton Founders Theatre.
2. (1970) Tel Aviv Quartet (Chaim Taub, Daniel Benyamini, Menachem Breuer, Uzi Wiesel), Chamber Music Federation of New Zealand.
3. (1978) Hamilton Chamber Music Society Programmes, Quartetto Beethoven Di Roma, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
4. (1979) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), Gala Summer Concert, Peter Schaffer (Concertmaster), John Georgiadis (Conductor), Turangawaewae.
1980s
1. (1984) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), Sir Charles Groves (Conductor), Idil Biret (Piano).
2. (1986) Walter Gödde (Cello) and Maurice Till (Piano), Music Federation of New Zealand.
1990s
1. (September 1991, September 1992) Waikato Orchestral Society programmes.
Miscellaneous (And Unknown Dates)
1. Official Bulletin of the Musica Viva Society, Sydney – Vol. IV, No. 3 (April 1949); Special Issue (July 1949); Vol. IV, No. 9 (November 1949); Vol. IV, No. 10 (December 1949); Vol. V, No. 1 (March 1950).
2. Chamber Music News (The New Zealand Federation of Chamber Music Societies Inc.) – No. 3 (March 1957); No. 4 (March 1958); No. 5 (April 1959).
3. Community Arts Service (CAS) presents Queensland State String Quartet, First NZ Tour, Civic Theatre, Putaruru.
4. Community Arts Service (CAS) presents Maurice Clare and Frederick Page or John Taylor.
5. Community Arts Service (CAS) Theatre presents Let’s Make A Ballet with Poul Gnatt, N.Z. Ballet Company, Dorothea Franchi (Pianist).
6. Community Arts Service (CAS) presents Betty Peirson, Honor McKellar, Samuel Artis, A Recital of Music for Violin, Piano and Voice.
7. New Zealand Federation of Chamber Music Societies, Federation Recorded Music Service (order form).
8. Amadeus String Quartet (Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, Siegmund Nissel, Martin Lovett), Otorohanga Music Society, Town Hall.
9. Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Tessa Birnie, Nation-wide Keyboard Festivals. Recital, seminar, workshop and 3-recital keyboard conspectus.
10. The New Zealand Players present Salad Days by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds. Additional paper inside cover with alterations in cast.
11. Camerata Bern with Islse von Alpenheim (piano), Hamilton Chamber Music Society, Founders Theatre.
12. EMI Welcomes Yehudi Menuhin to New Zealand, Concert Programme and booking information.
CAS Miscellaneous
1. ‘Narbethong, neighbours and the CAS’ by Peg Dewes (nee Barnett); Chapter from ‘Memories of Tirau A History of Tirau, Compiled by Peg Cummins.
2. Notepaper labelled ‘for Peter Gillian (?)’, list of CAS concerts from 1946-48.
3. Brochure - Fifth Art and Design School, Regional Council of Adult Education, Auckland University, 11-22nd January, 1954.
4. Brochure – Kerikeri Arts Centre, First Summer Music Camp, 17th to 26th of January 1973.
5. Brochure – Kerikeri Arts Centre, First Summer Music Camp, 17th to 26th of January 1973.
6. Brochure – Twenty-First Hamilton Music School, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Waikato, 17-21st August.
7. Collection of assorted newspaper clippings, regarding various musical events – Matamata Dramatic Society Festival (Oct. 1947), Interview with Alexander Kipnis (operatic bass singer) Gerhard Willner piano recital, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra tour.
8. Photo; October 1946, annotated on back: “Owen, Stewart and his wife. 1st CAS concert. Flicka and foal.
9. Photo; Roderick Howes (?) CAS _ with your cello, at Peg Dewes home.