BOXWOOD NEW ZEALAND

Dates for the next BWNZ will be announced soon. In the meantime, here's a sample of what took place in 2009:

January 22 - 28, 2009
Rotorua, New Zealand

Join us in beautiful Rotorua, New Zealand to discover musical & dance traditions amid one of New Zealand's most exquisite areas along the beautiful Lake Tarawera. Boxwood presents the timeless voice of the flute along with many other instruments, voices, and the rhythm of dance in concerts, dances, sessions, classes, lectures with gourmet cuisine in the heart of New Zealand's North Island inspiring the creative spirit of every participant. The Boxwood experience brings together kindred spirits from all over the world creating lasting friendships, nourishing music, and soulful fun in a unique festival and workshop program that is completely non-competetive.

Boxwood has received worldwide recognition for more than a decade producing extraordinary gatherings dedicated to exploring and sharing the oral traditions music making. Boxwood’s invited guest artists change from year to year to include leading players, teachers, makers, and scholars from among many musical traditions. Students attend classes daily and are encouraged to visit with each teacher during the course of the week with the aim of expanding musical vocabulary, learning new techniques, broadening their sense of the instrument, and enabling them to find their own musical voice. The evenings are filled with social gatherings that include excellent meals, concerts, social dancing, informal gatherings and sessions of music-making with students and teachers alike. While the week emphasizes the flutes, whistles, recorders & fiddles and their musical traditions, the festival encourages a multidisciplinary approach, inviting a variety of artists, students and players of all instruments at all levels – novice and experienced.

2009 Faculty and Guest Artists

• Mark DANNENBRING - modern flute, fundamentals and body awareness
• David GREENBERG - Cape Breton & baroque violin
  
• Donald NICHOLSON - harpsichord
• Chris NORMAN - director, traditional & early flutes, small pipes
  
• Stephen PRESTON - baroque flute, dance, ecosonics
• Bernard WELLS – recorder, guitar and many other instruments

Registration

Registrations are presently being accepted via phone or mail. Contact us at Arts & Language Trust, PO Box 12025, Rotorua, NZ, tel: 07-345-3214. Online registration is not available at this time. Please download a PDF form to return via e.mail or regular mail. The week's activities begin with a dinner on January 22, 2009.

Pricing Structure

Our pricing structure has recently been updated to accommodate changes in exchange rates. Prices for the 2009 festival are in NEW ZEALAND dollars (NZD), and are as follows:

Full Tuition & lodging:

Tuition for all classes, activities, meals and 6 nights accommodation.
$1100 NZD

Work study:

Tuition for all classes, activities, meals and 6 nights accommodation. Inquire for availability and details. See also the work study page.
$650 NZD

Guest Pass:

Includes admission to public programs, activities, meals and 6 nights accommodation. No classes included. The guest pass is reserved for guests and family of Boxwood participants.
$700 NZD

Local participant:

Local participant - all classes, activities & meals; no accommodations.
$600 NZD

Daily beginner class:

Each afternoon, open to adults and children alike. Flute, recorder, guitar, fiddle, dance.
$80 NZD

Refunds

Registration for Boxwood NZ 2009 is limited and is filled on a first come first serve basis upon full payment of tuition. Places cannot be held with a deposit. No Refunds will be made after December 15, 2008. Refund requests made on or before December 15, 2008 will receive a refund within 30 days of receipt of the full amount paid minus a $50 administrative charge. There are no refunds for work study participants after December 1, 2008. Cancellations prior to this time will be subject to the abovementioned $50 administrative charge.

Mailing List

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