The NZ Doctors' Orchestra in rehearsal in 2015, TSB Showplace, New Plymouth Photo: Supplied
The New Zealand Doctors' Orchestra is getting ready for their annual concert, which this year is taking place in New Plymouth.
The orchestra’s made up of doctors and medical students from all around the country. It was set up with the aim of providing medical musicians an opportunity to play in a high-quality national orchestra, to encourage collegiality and to enhance work-life balance.
Each year, the orchestra meets over three days (Friday to Sunday) for intensive rehearsals and organised social events, with a concert on the Sunday afternoon.
The participants pay their own expenses and an enrolment fee that covers things such as venue hire and conductor's fee. All proceeds from ticket sales for the public concert are donated to a local charity.
Trumpet player Dr Tom Wilkinson is one of the organisers of the orchestra, along with his parents Tim Wilkinson and Lynette Murdoch.
RNZ Concert’s David Morriss caught up with Tom to find out more about this year's concert. He began by asking him how long the orchestra had been going.
New Zealand Doctors Orchestra 2023
2pm, Sunday 23 July, Theatre Royal, New Plymouth
