UPPER HUTT CONCERT GRAND PIANO TRUST

The Whirinaki Trust established a Piano Fundraising Sub-Committee in June 2006. With the support of Patron Michael Houstoun, the committee ran a successful community based fundraising campaign to purchase a concert piano for the theatre. The Upper Hutt Concert Grand Piano Trust was formed in June 2008 to purchase the piano and to safeguard its lifetime of benefit to the Upper Hutt community.

The Piano Trust was established with the following purposes:

  1. to further the education of music students in Upper Hutt and also within the Wellington Region; and
  2. within Upper Hutt to assist further in the education and understanding of all forms of music that utilize the piano; and
  3. to purchase and maintain a concert grand piano to ensure that the above two objectives can be obtained to the best possible level.

The Upper Hutt Concert Grand Piano Trustees are:

  • Paul Lambert, Chair
  • Clare Derby
  • Peter Richardson
  • Tim Thorpe
  • Angela Calkin-Goers
  • Owen Anderson

The Piano Trustees can be contacted at claire@upperhuttpianotrust.nz.

Pianos

The Piano Trust purchased Steinway D 583467 which was delivered to Whirinaki Whare Taonga on 9 September 2008.

A Boston upright practice piano was donated by the Friends of Whirinaki to the Whirianki Trust and delivered in September 2008 for use in the Green Room and the Genesis Energy Theatre.

To complete the piano fit-out for Whirinaki Whare Taonga, the Piano Trust secured sponsorship from Wellington based music retailer Piano House (part of Music Planet) to purchase a Kawai RX2 for the Rotary Foyer which was delivered to Whirinaki Whare Taonga on 20 January 2011.