Kauaeranga Music presents:
 Upcoming Events

Book now

Kauaeranga Music events are known for their quality, intimacy and community spirit.

Check out the upcoming events below

Fill in the form and our team will be in touch within 12 working hours, or you can call us on 021 912 993 for urgent enquiries

‍ 

The Carnivorous Plant Society

The Carnivorous Plant Society is a talented quartet of four of New Zealand's most accomplished musicians, Finn Scholes, Brett Adams Michael Barker and Sean Martin-Buss.


Finn Scholes the band leader, has been playing trumpet, keyboards and vibraphone professionally for the last 15 years. He has performed with many great acts including Hopetoun Brown, Neil Finn, The Rodger Fox Big Band and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra.

Brett Adams started his music career in NZ pop sensation, The Mockers, before moving to the UK.  Brett has become an in-demand guitarist, playing with artists such as Tim Finn, The Exponents and Tami Neilson.

Michael Barker has been one of Melbourne’s top session drummers and percussionists for much of his professional career. There he played with many famous groups including Tim Finn, Neil Finn and the John Butler Trio.

Sean Martin-Buss is a multi-instrumentalist who has performed with a wide variety of groups and specialises in improvisational/experimental music as well as jazz and good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll.

The stories told in their music are echoed visually by hand-drawn animations drawn by band-leader Finn Scholes.

WHEN: Saturday 24 April 2021 @ 7:30pm

WHERE: Kauaeranga Hall, 437 Kauaeranga Valley Rd, Thames

TICKETS: Door sales $25

PRE-BOOK: $22 txt: 021912993 or kauaerangahallmusic@gmail.com or  Lotus Realm 714 Pollen St, Thames

For immediate release 30 April – 29 May 2021


Brave Caitlin Smith’s Imaginary Band 

Brave Caitlin Smith’s Imaginary Band will be touring, Caitlin Smith (piano and vocals), Mark Laurent (guitar) and Steve Cournane (percussion and cymbals) a dream team performing jazz and folk music.

Caitlin Smith's latest album ‘You Have Reached Your Destination’ creates a multisensory universe unto itself - Braille and a tactile labyrinth within the cover art, poetry and footsteps recorded between 14 originals. A mesmerizing, prolific and passionate performer, originals are sandwiched between the tastiest overs, especially the repertoire of her spiritual parents Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.

The Caitlin Smith Trio (and earlier incarnation The Fondue Set) have held down well-loved residencies in Auckland for over two decades. 2021 marks the release of a collaboration/CD with the Auckland Jazz Orchestra ‘East of the Sun’. Caitlin Smith’s tour in 2020 with ARO was Covid interrupted so Caitlin Smith is delighted to be able to return.

The Band

Caitlin Smith is a mesmerising performer, song-poet and story singer. Legally blind since birth, she is a tireless advocate for accessibility issues and the healing and transformative power of creativity.

 

A vocal and song-writing coach to many of our best known artists, Caitlin Smith combines poetry and music in unforgettable performances that include her original compositions as well as covers penned by her musical heroes.

 

Mark Laurent has been a professional musician for over 40 years. He plays rock, blues, reggae, alt.country, folk, soul/jazz/gospel, working solo, in bands and duos. He’s recorded many albums, written 200 songs, and worked as producer/session musician on numerous projects. He’s also an author, with 4 books of poetry published, and an illustrated children’s book.

  

Steve Cournane is a drummer and composer who began playing with the Alpaca Brothers in Dunedin, in 1984. Steve won a Tui for NZ Jazz album of the year in 2002 for the album Stereoscope by CLBob. This group released three albums and performed relentlessly around the country over a ten-year period. In 2007 he moved to Lima, Peru, where he survived as a musician while studying the coastal Afro-Criolla music for another seven years. He moved to Auckland in 2017 and currently plays cajón with Isla Flamenca (with Ian Sinclair) and drum-kit with BOAT and Bill Direen.

  

For information, images and interviews, contact: 


Tuesday 4 May 7:30pm Thames
Kauaeranga Hall
Pre-book $22; Door Sales $25 Book: Txt: 021912993;
Email: kauaerangahallmusic@gmail.com
Web: http://kauaerangamusic.promo.nz/; Shop: Lotus Realm, 714 Pollen St, Thames;
TXT: 021912993


Arts On Tour NZ (AOTNZ) organises tours of outstanding New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres in New Zealand. The trust receives funding from Creative New Zealand as well as support from Central Lakes Trust, Community Trust of Southland, Interislander, Otago Community Trust, Rata Foundation and the Southern Trust. AOTNZ liaises with local arts councils, repertory theatres and community groups to bring the best of musical and theatrical talent to country districts. The AOTNZ programme is environmentally sustainable – artists travel to their audiences rather than the reverse.