Bay of Plenty Symphonia would like to say a big thank you to the people of Tauranga and surrounds for supporting our recent concert at Holy Trinity Church.

More than 500 came along to hear our community orchestra which was very satisfying! We are there to bring the joy of music to the community and our players were delighted to play to such a big audience, which maybe included some who had not experienced an orchestral concert before.

We hope the fact that there was no ticket price encouraged some new listeners.

We very much appreciated the generosity of those who donated to our funds on the day and afterwards. As a registered charity the orchestra is reliant on external funding to put on our concerts and this event generated a very useful contribution towards our expenses, alongside funding from our major supporters – TECT, Tauranga City Council and Lion Foundation.

Thanks also to Weekend Sun and SunLive for their great help in promoting our concerts, we are very grateful for the support received from Kathy and her team.

A Jaquiery and M Gething, Bay of Plenty Symphonia.