NZ Guitar Quartet Celebrate Jack Body With New Commission

The New Zealand Guitar Quartet, which is at the forefront of promoting works composed for classical guitar, plans to celebrate the life of composer, Jack Body with a special commission dedicated to this New Zealand Arts Icon.

And you can help be a part of it!

The NZGQ has commissioned guitarist and composer extraordinaire Marek Pasieczny to write a guitar quartet piece dedicated to and celebrating Jack Body's (ONZM) enormous contribution to New Zealand's composing community and the cultural life of the country.

Marek is enthusiastic and excited by the prospect of writing a piece for the NZGQ, and if funding is secured, plans for a premiere of the piece are already taking shape. The $6000 dollar target in this boosted campaign is to cover Marek's commission fee, with the new work projected to be between 15-25mins long.

The Taranaki Classical Guitar Summer School and the Wellington Classical Guitar Society have kindly offered to be Match Donors for this campaign ($250 each) - so every dollar you donate, they will add a matching amount up to a maximum of $500.

NZGQ contributing to and developing guitar quartet repertoire:

The vast majority of pieces currently played by classical guitarists are arrangements of works initially written for other solo instruments or chamber groups (piano, violin, orchestra, string quartet). The NZGQ consistently looks for opportunities to develop the repertoire of original guitar quartet music and since forming in late 2010 has produced a growing canon of commissioned works for guitar quartet. One of NZGQ's recent arrangements includes New Zealand composer Jack Body's Ratschenita - from his Three Transcriptions. Several NZGQ members have personally collaborated with Body over recent years.

Donations:

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Jack Body photo courtesy of Gareth Watkins / Lilburn Trust / Wallace Arts Trust

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOOMu1nRsBM]

Marek/Jane Guitar Duo NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA Tour Dates:
Hamilton: Sept 1st
Warkworth: Sept 2nd
Auckland: Sept 3rd
New Plymouth: Sept 6th
Timaru: Sept 8th
Christchurch; Sept 10th
Wellington: Sept 13th (+ master class at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University)
Sydney: Sept 15th (+ master class at the Sydney Conservatorium)