Individual music lessons

Individual lessons has been a principal activity of the School since opening. The Nelson School of Music has 60 accredited teachers offering the highest standard of tuition in a variety of instruments. We provide musical lessons to over 500 students annually. Music Lessons include theory and aural training and can be held in the school or sometimes at the music teachers home. Short term music lessons are available for specific occasions and individual tuitioin is available for personal advancement and enjoyment, or for preparation for examinations at all levels.

Music festival

The music festival has been successfully running for many years and is designed to cater for all music lovers. From classical to cabaret to comedy to jazz to dance - we want to offer memorable evenings with superb entertainment. Enjoy summer and all the exciting activities of the Summer Festival and Jazzfest and we will look forward to seeing you for our 2009 Winter Festival. The School of Music also supports and hosts other musical festivals such as the Adam Chamber of Music Festival (celebrating it's 10th anniversary in 2009).

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The Nelson School of Music has been gifted a new Steinway grand piano
by local businessman
Murray Sturgeon and his wife Jocelyn.
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NSOM Annual Scholarships

Instrumental: Sat 12th June 2010
RESULTS: click here

Speech & Drama: Sat 19th June 2010
RESULTS: click here

Vocal: Sat 19th June 2010
RESULTS: click here

Welcome to the Nelson School of Music

... The Nelson School of Music was founded in 1894 and it is the oldest
... independent music.school in New Zealand.
... Every year the School contributes over 150 concerts to Nelson's thriving
... cultural scene! 50,000 people visit the School each year to attend courses,
... enjoy high profile concerts and workshops, see international and local acts,
... take classes and musical tuition.
... The Nelson School of Music is widely supported by performers, patrons,
... friends, sponsors and well wishers... it occupies a very special place in the
... hearts and minds of our region.
... Read more here.


Events 2010

Nelson Winter Music Festival Thank You A BIG BIG BIG Thank you to all of you that attended the Festival. Every evening was brilliant and the musicians all commented on what fantastic audiences we had,... read more here

LIBERACE - Live from Heaven Tue 10 Aug 2010, 7.30pm click here for more information .... click here for tickets	I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I	New Zealand String Quartet Schumann and Shostakovich - Romance, Passion & Politics Wed 25 Aug 2010, 7.30pm click here for more information .... click here for tickets

David Helfgott live in Nelson Sun 21 Nov 2010, 2pm David Helfgott is one of the world’s best loved pianists and he's coming to Nelson David Helfgott is coming to perform in the Nelson School of Music auditorium in November 2010. Take this opportunity to see him in an intimate, unparalled venue, on the new Sturgeon Steinway piano. This performance will be the smallest concert hall he has performed in for many years – he holds the record for selling out the Sydney Opera House for four consecutive nights in a row. David Helfgott – here in NELSON – 21 November 2010. His remarkable life story was the subject of the Oscar-winning film Shine. David Helfgott will perform a virtuosic program of popular works by the great romantic composers including Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov and, of course, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, with which he dazzled a worldwide audience at the 1997 Oscars. "A pianist of extraordinary talent….he soars into another dimension" Courier Mail "I am reluctant to use the word genius, but I would certainly make an exception with David Helfgott" Le Parisien Book now for David Helfgott click here for more information .... click here for tickets