TACH Baroque Quartet

The Tach Baroque Quartet; Ingrid Culliford (flute), Shontae Arthur (violin), Annie Hunt ('cello), Roy Tankersley ) Harpsichord)

The Globe Sunday Matinee concert series is proud to present a concert of Baroque and Twentieth Century composers by distinguished instrumentalists from the region. The Tach Baroque Quartet’s members are mostly based in Whanganui, with the exception of its leader, Roy Tankersley, who is a Palmerston North resident, and is well known in the city and in New Zealand for his work as a choral director, organist and harpsichord player.

Ingrid Culliford spent many years studying and working in London as a free-lance flautist where she worked with several known orchestras and chamber ensembles. After teaching at Trinity College and the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department, Ingrid returned to New Zealand in 1994. Since then, she has continued to perform widely. She has worked as a casual extra with the NZSO and is a recording artist for Radio NZ. Ms Culliford continues to give recitals, master-classes and concerto performances throughout NZ. For a number of years, she was a tutor in flute at both Waikato University and the NZ School of Music in Wellington. She was also Co-Head of Music at Nga Tawa School and a Senior Examiner for the International Baccalaureate as well as an examiner for the NZ Music Examinations Board. In August 2015 she was the recipient of the Chamber Music NZ Marie Vandevart Award for outstanding service in fostering a love of chamber music and was appointed as a Member of the NZ Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 2019 New Years Honours list, for services to Music and Education.

Shontae Arthur has been having both violin and piano lessons since she was 7. She completed her ATCL violin exam when she was 15 and passed her ATCL piano last year. She is currently teaching violin and piano and is really enjoying the experience. Music has always been a big part of Shontae’s life, and her goal is that it will continue into her future.

Annie Hunt was born and grew up in Whanganui. She became a member of the NZ Youth Orchestra in 1971 and was the leader of the cello section in 1976. Annie was a member of the Auckland Symphonia (Now Philharmonia) for two years. She then travelled to Britain on an Arts Council grant for post-graduate studies on the cello at the Guildhall in London. Having moved to North Wales in 1990 she spent 25 years teaching and doing professional freelance work in orchestras, quartets and theatres. She moved back to Whanganui in March 2017 and is currently teaching strings at four schools in Whanganui and two in Marton, giving private lessons and teaching for the Out of Hours Music classes. Last year she set up the Whanganui Schools' String Ensemble.

Roy Tankersley is a music graduate of Victoria University and completed Post Graduate Studies at the Guildhall School of Music in London. He has been involved in music education at Secondary and Tertiary levels for 40 years, performs on organ and harpsichord and has directed various choirs including 10 years with the Wellington Bach Choir and 14 years with the Whanganui Schola Sacra Choir and Youth Chorus. Since 2003 Roy has worked as a freelance performer, teacher and adjudicator and organ consultant based in Palmerston North. He is Chairman of the Manawatu/Whanganui region of NZ Choral Federation, a Fellow of the NZ Association of Organists and an Associate of the Royal School of Church Music. He was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in New Year Honours 2011.

The quartet will feature music by the eighteenth-century Baroque composers Bach, Handel and Telemann. To add variety to the programme they will include compositions by the twentieth-century composers Jacques Ibert and Robert Hinchcliffe who also wrote for ensembles featuring the harpsichord.

Admission by donation recommended from $5.