Community outreach
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s commitment to community outreach means more than 25,000 students from pre-school age through to graduate level and beyond benefit from its education programme each year.
Reprinted from the 2010 Annual Report
With a strong commitment to New Zealand music and dedication to the development of music education, the APO aspires to be a leading orchestra in the Australasian region and to be the benchmark of artistic inspiration in the cultural life of Auckland.
Its comprehensive and innovative education programme includes orchestral performances especially for school audiences and it encourages schools to develop ongoing mentoring relationships with individual APO musicians.
Supporting the APO with its general operating costs helps ASB Community Trust meet its goal for the arts and culture sector - supporting creative projects and organisations that aim to foster access to, engagement with and experience in the arts.
APO’s community outreach programmes include free open days in venues across Auckland and the APO’s Connecting with Music concerts which enable secondary students from West Auckland and low decile schools to attend a concert at the TelstraClearPacific Events Centre and the Auckland Town Hall with tickets and transport provided.