Help This Pregnant Mama Write Her Dream Concerto!

Kirsten has always dreamed of writing a cello concerto about the moving story of Jesus' death and resurrection, ever since she wrote her string quartet "Trees" during her Master of Music at the Royal Academy of Music. Amazingly, during covid, she met and worked with Inbal Megiddo, an incredibly expressive and beautiful cellist, who lectures at Victoria University. Inbal was very keen to work with Kirsten and perform a brand new concerto based on her string quartet "Trees".

Kirsten has been very inspired, and even moved to tears in the process of writing the work. She would love to see cellists around the world perform it, and has already been reaching out to ensembles across New Zealand and overseas, with some encouraging results. The first confirmed performance is with Inbal's string ensemble in Wellington.

Kirsten has received some initial funding from the Todd Trust towards the development of the concerto, but needs your help to give her an equitable commission fee! This would help feed her family as they welcome a little boy into the world. It would also enable her to have her dream concerto professionally filmed, giving the work a wider online reach, and Lord-willing encouraging other cellists, conductors and ensembles to perform it around the world. Practically, Kirsten would also be able to receive mentorship from the acclaimed Scottish composer Helen Grime, MBE while she writes her first concerto.

She would be deeply grateful for any donations you can give. Thank you!!!