Wellington
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Bio
Michelle Velvin is a Wellington based harpist, composer and teacher. As a musician her explorations have led to diverse collaborations over wide-ranging genres and disciplines. She performs regularly as part of Orchestra Wellington and the NZSO, and with chamber music groups Flow (trombone, voice and harp), Stroma, Aurum Trio (flute, cello, harp) and Tamira Pūoro (taonga pūoro, cello, vocals and harp). In 2022 as Tamira Pūoro, Ruby Solly and Michelle Velvin released their debut album ‘Feather Spines’, which explores the relationship between taonga pūoro and harp, and the history of Aotearoa New Zealand’s social landscape. In 2023 Michelle completed a new commission The Paekākāriki Blues (The Coral Blues) for the NZ Harp Festival, to be performed by festival contestants. In 2019/2020 Michelle was awarded the SOUNZ Community Commission to create a new work for the Auckland Harp Orchestra and live dancers. Michelle completed her PgDip in harp performance at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music in 2015.