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
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 |