Stroma is one of the most interesting and original ensembles to have emerged recently. Consisting of NZSO principal winds, brass and strings (and other top professionals) Stroma has the credentials to tackle difficult …
Read review →Stroma presented an intriguing programme of new and unusual works including two premiere performances. Swiss saxophone player Lars Mlekusch was the featured performer in a new work by Michael Norris, Splinter Cells, …
Read review →"For finest chamber ensemble, I nominate Stroma" — The Listener, Best of 2000.
Read review →Wellington-based contemporary music group Stroma couldn’t have chosen a more engaging and demonstrably virtuosic ensemble piece than British composer Thomas Ad?s’ work Living Toys, with which to commence the celebrations …
Read review →STROMA had subtitled its concert Jazz ain't Dead, it just Smells Funny and, as always, they produced an innovative programme of six new works, premieres and commissions under conductor Hamish McKeich. Being part of …
Read review →"Although the contemporary music ensemble Stroma is a relatively new kid on the concert block, the group are already forging strong new directions in the performance of new music by presenting challenging programmes …
Read review →Stroma is a group drawn mainly from the NZSO, devoted to exploring the sort of music that doesn't get much airspace from the conventional concert promoters. Though they present a friendly enough face and manage …
Read review →Contemporary music group Stroma pulled another one out of the hat (or perhaps the bush) with their programme Diabolical Birds. Advertised as "cutting-edge chamber music infused with a cacophony of birdsong", it …
Read review →"Stroma is a new name on the New Zealand music scene. The virtuoso contemporary ensemble, made up principally (but by no means exclusively) of members of the NZSO, gave their first public performance during last …
Read review →Billed as a high energy event, the intention behind this concert was that "changing certain concert giving habits and adding quick variation of moods would give the listener a sense of excitement". There was …
Read review →Wow. Last night, a comfortably filled Marama Hall reverberated to the ensemble Stroma, and the many sounds of modern classical music. Stroma was formed in 1999 by Michael Norris, Bridget Douglas, Hamish McKeich and …
Read review →What: Velocities: Stroma, Strike, Pedro Carneiro (marimba), conductor: Hamish McKeich. Psyzygysm (John Psathas) and other pieces by Joseph Schwantner, Don McGlashan, Luis Tinoco, Frank Zappa, Iannis Xenakis, Reich and …
Read review →"The opening concert of New Zealand Music Week proved to be interesting and varied, with works by new and established composers. Stroma, conducted by Hamish McKeich, comprises members of the New Zealand Symphony …
Read review →...The preliminaries done (striking what I thought was a just balance between evoking a sense of the event’s occasion and allowing the music its place as the evening’s true focus), Stroma and conductor Hamish McKeich …
Read review →"This is New Zealand Music Week, and in acknowledgment Emma Sayers of Massey University’s Music School has organised a series of concerts, of which this was the first. Stroma is a collective of young …
Read review →I suppose this memorial concert to three, quite diverse, composers who have died recently, looked a bit piecemeal on paper, but in performance quite the reverse was the case. Transplanted Yorkshireman Jack Speirs made an …
Read review →Stroma is a highly motivated, brilliant group of players mainly from the NZSO. They concentrate on music of the past century. This concert, dedicated to the Viennese school, was a stunner for the festivals opening …
Read review →I first reviewed Stroma at the time of their inception 10 years ago and they remain at the top as a cutting-edge contemporary music ensemble. This innovative concert certainly reinforced that position. Under conductor …
Read review →Stroma are an important music group, and they can be immensely entertaining as well. With members coming from the NZSO, percussion group Strike and from freelance Wellington musicians, Stroma address music from the …
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