The Tauranga Amateur Variety Concert (TAVAC) presents a variety of musical styles, and acoustic instruments performed by intermediate and advanced musicians. It's an opportunity to support development of the musical arts in Tauranga, as well as enjoy a good, and in general light hearted concert, with a few 'serious' pieces. If you are a musician, its a great opportunity to perform (see the 'Info for Musicians' page).
The concert schedule for 2021 is:
10th April [Concert CANCELLED]
26th June
30th Oct
at the Tauranga Holy Trinity Events Centre, 215 Devonport Road (corner of 3rd Avenue).
Example Programme from last concert (2pm Saturday afternoon, 31st
October 2020)
| Piece | Composer | Style | Instrument |
| Habanera | George Bizet | Tango | piano |
| Exprompt (Impromptu) | Arno Babajanian | 20th Century Soviet / Armenian folk | piano |
| Capricho Arabe | Fransisco Tarrega | Spanish Classical | guitar |
| Prelude No. 8 in F# major, Opus 38 | Dmitry Kabalevsky | 20th Century Soviet | piano |
| Waltz in B Minor Op. 69, No. 2 | Frederick Chopin | Waltz | piano |
| Feelin' Good | Brian Bonsor | "Jazzy Contemporary" | piano |
| Sonata for Flute & Piano, mov. 1 & 2 | Poulenc, Francis | Neo-classical | flute & piano |
| Kiss the Rain | Yiruma | Korean Contemporary | piano |
| Intermission | |||
| Dance of the SnowFlake | Arkady Fileppenko | Slavic Folk | piano & voice |
| Sonatina Op. 55, No.1 | Frederick Kuhlau | Sonatina | piano |
| Mystery Sketch | Scherzo | Scherzo | piano |
| The New Doll, The Sick Doll, Op. 39, No.7 & 8 | Pyotr (Peter) Tchaikovsky | Russian Children's Album | piano |
| Transcendental Etude, No. 1 & 3 | Franz Liszt | Romantic / Classical | piano |
| For God so loved | Stuart Dauermann | "Israeli" | harp & voice |
| I heard the voice of Jesus Say | Horatius Bonar | English Traditional Hymn | harp & voice |
| Voices of Spring | Johann Strauss | Waltz | piano |