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Sunday 26th June 2022

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Address:
The Globe Theatre
312 Main St
Palmerston North 4410

Phone:
(06) 3514409

E-mail:
info@globetheatre.co.nz

Friday 5th Nov 2021 at 12.45pm

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Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry 
Colin Decio - piano & Ingrid Prosser - poetry

Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul

​programme:
Decio - ex cathedra (1st performance)
Satie - Gnossiennes I - III
Rachmaninoff  - Prelude in B minor Op32


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​Poems by Ingrid Prosser and Richard Lovelace
suggested koha $10 

Sunday 7th Nov 2021 at 5.15pm

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Suite for String Quartet (based on original melodies by Christopher Prosser)

​performed by the Jade String Quartet

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Wednesday 6th Oct 2021 at 12.15pm

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Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry 
Colin Decio - piano & Ingrid Prosser - poetry

St. Marks Church

​programme:
Decio - The Musical Box Suite
Poulenc - Movements Perpetueles
Chopin - Ballade No.1


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​Poems by Ingrid Prosser and John Drinkwater
suggested koha $5 

Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 12.15pm

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Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry 
Colin Decio - piano & Ingrid Prosser - poetry

St. Andrews on the Terrace

​programme:
Decio - Prelude No.1, Two Estampes & Prelude for Anne Frank
Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor - post
Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

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​Poems by Ingrid Prosser and DH Lawrence
koha 

30th October 2020 at 12.45pm

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Cathedral Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry 

by Colin Decio - piano and Ingrid Prosser - poetry

Wellington Cathedral
12.45pm - 1.15pm

Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op3 No2
Shostakovich - Op34 Preludes - 1, 2 and 10
Decio - Sakura & Prelude for Anne Frank
Katchaturian - Toccata
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​Poems by Ingrid Prosser, Elizabeth Barret-Browning and Ezra Pound

entry by koha 

8th April 2020 at 12.15pm

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Wednesday Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry 
by Colin Decio - piano and Ingrid Prosser - poetry


St. Andrew's on the Terrace, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011
12.15pm - 1pm

Scarlatti - Sonata in Dm (366)
Chopin - Nocturne C#m (post)
Decio - Two Estampes & Prelude for Anne Frank
Grieg - Wedding Day
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​Poems by DH Lawrence and Ingrid Prosser

entry by koha 

2nd October 2019 at 12.15pm

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Wednesday Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry by Colin Decio - piano and Ingrid Prosser - poetry

St. Marks Church, 58 Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt, 5010

Scarlatti, Chopin Nocturne C#m, Decio - Two Estampes, and Waltz (final movement of Sonata No.1)

​Poems by Shakespeare and Prosser

entry by koha 


27th September 2019 at 12.45pm

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Friday Lunchtime Concert of piano and poetry by Colin Decio - piano and Ingrid Prosser - poetry

Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul's, 2 Hill Street, Wellington

Mozart - Fantasy in Dm, Debussy - 'La Cathedral Engloutie', Decio - Inner Reflection No.1
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​Poems by Shakespeare, Archilochus and Prosser
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$10 koha suggested

14th October 2018 - Lord Have Mercy for Viol Consort

Palliser Viols will give the premiere of Lord Have Mercy specially written for them on October 14th 2018, 7.30pm, Hall of Memories, National War Memorial, Wellington.
Palliser Viols
Palliser Viols

21st August 2018 - Concert of classical piano & poetry

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Colin Decio - piano, Ingrid Prosser - poetry

You are welcome to a lunchtime recital of classical piano and poetry in the wonderful Old St. Paul's, Thorndon, Wellington on Tuesday 21st August starting at 12.15pm.

Music by Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and Prokofiev. Poems by Shakespeare, Leigh Hunt, WB Yeats, Ingrid Prosser and Robert Frost.

1st August 2018 - Lunchtime Piano Recital, St. Marks, Lower Hutt
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Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Ravel

With historical notes by Ingrid Prosser

 21st July 2018 - New Zealand Double Reed Society Competition, Auckland

I am delighted to say that my composition Chorale for Three Bassoons was awarded both First Prize and the Audience Award
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Classical Piano & Poetry

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Classical Piano & Poetry Concerts in Care Homes and Retirement Villages

Colin Decio care home concerts
Ongoing series of 60 minute recitals of classical piano (and popular West-End musicals played on piano) with original and well-loved poems narrated by Ingrid Prosser 
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​Please contact me if you would like us to perform for you in the Wellington region.

The Cheltenham Rag was premiered by the Cheltenham Silver Band on Sunday 26th June 2016 at the Montpellier Street Fair in Cheltenham  
The Cheltenham Rag
The Cheltenham Rag
Cheltenham Silver Band
Cheltenham Silver Band

Holst
Grand Gala Charity Concert
Saturday 31st January 2015, at 7.30pm Cheltenham Town Hall
(retiring collection for two local charities)
Programme
The Wasps by Vaughan-Williams
Cheltone Rhapsody by Vic Carnall (premiere)
Piano Concerto No. 1 'in memoriam John Ogdon' 
by Colin Decio - world-premiere  
piano soloist Mark Tanner
The Planet Suite by Gustav Holst performed by the combined forces of the Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra and the Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra. 
Semi-chorus: Ladies of the Cheltenham Bach Choir
Conductors: Glyn Oxley - orchestra; Tim Morris - choir

"This concert was made possible by a generous donation from our sponsors, VJ Concerts (founder and current chairperson: Vic Carnall)"


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