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The word 'ensemble' comes from the French, meaning 'to gather'. Thus, an ensemble is a group that can be made up of any combination of voices and instruments from two upwards. Some examples include string quartets, piano trios and jazz groupings.

In this section you will find a selection of audio, and images depicting a range of ensembles.

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View ObjectTe Awamutu Sextette
Ave Maria
 
View ObjectBavarian String Band on Somes Island.
[1914-1918]
 
View ObjectAlex Lindsay String Orchestra
Concerto for clarinet and strings (2nd movement)
 
View ObjectAlex Lindsay String Orchestra
Dances of Brittany
 
View ObjectGroup portrait of the Kaponga Orchestral Society.
1912
 
View ObjectRotorua Maori Choir
Home, little Maori, home.
 
View ObjectHuntly RSA Orchestra
Hungarian dance no 6
 
View ObjectWoollett, E fl 1951 (Photographer)
James Robertson, conducting the National Orchestra
Aug 1954
 
View ObjectPerry, Geoffrey William d 1959 (as the photographer)
Marie Vandewart, Erika Schorss and Dorothy Davies.
[ca 1946]
 
View ObjectSchmidt, Herman John 1872-1959 (as the creator of collection)
Montage of portraits featuring members of the 1884 Orchestra of the Auckland Choral Society.
1884
 
View ObjectChristensen, Edward Percival, fl 1939-1954 (Photographer)
Norm Cummings Quartet with vocalist John Hoskins
June 1955
 
View ObjectHamilton Civic Choir
O happy eyes
 
View ObjectAlex Lindsay String Orchestra
Poi kihikihi
 
View ObjectThe Evening Post (Newspaper) (as the creator of collection)
Taita College orchestra and the music master Mr Laurence Scott.
[ca 31 July 1962]
 
View ObjectDenton, Frank J, 1869-1963 (as the photographer)
The Paramount Orchestra of Wanganui.
[ca 1930]
 
View ObjectThe Evening Post (Newspaper) (as the creator of collection)
Unidentified choir and orchestra performing outside.
1978
 
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