OPEN DAY: Inside the orchestra

Auckland's professional orchestra invites you to a fun, free orchestral experience for all ages.

Enjoy performances, meet the musicians and hear their instruments up close in an afternoon of musical exploration.

Programme includes:

• Listen as new composers create new music
• Auckland Mandolinata Orchestra (1pm)
• Hear a performance with the APO and Town Hall organ (2pm)
• Take a tour inside the organ (2.30pm)
• The full orchestra performs Prokofiev's Cinderella, Smetana's Bartered Bride Overture (1.30pm), the Sailor's Hornpipe and Hava Nagila (3.30pm)
• Hear soprano Emma Sloman and violinist Shauno Isomura perform with the orchestra (3pm)

PLUS instrument making, Music Zoo, an introduction to the Sibelius music notation programme, meet a violin maker, trade stands, the Tironui Trust string orchestra performing with the APO and much more