The APO Society comprises the permanent musicians of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. The orchestra was founded and organised in 1980 by the musicians themselves under the legal entity of the Auckland Philharmonia Society Inc. For the first 25 years of the orchestra’s history, the Society delegated financial responsibility to the Board of Advisors and Management whilst retaining responsibility for artistic issues. The Society remains one of two major stakeholders within the Auckland Philharmonia Trust structure following a major structural change in 2005, the other being the Auckland Philharmonia Foundation, the capital assets fund of the orchestra. The Society, through various committees, continues to have substantial input into artistic and operational outcomes of the Orchestra, and continues to represent the musicians’ interests.
Christopher Blake Adrian Burr Trevor Crawford Chris Devereaux Victor Double Jean Draffin Barry Ensor Stephen Fisher Cathie Goff Graeme Hitch John Hopkins Richard Horne Kenneth Hutchings Stanley Jackson Wayne Laird Keith Langton
Christine McLaren
Paul McLaren
Rosanne Meo, OBE
Susan Middleton
James Morton
Maryanne Mummery
Sean Murphy
Denver Olde
Helen Palmer
John Peebles
Muriel Pindur
Carolyn Reid
Val Robinson
David Ross
Peter Scholes
Gregory Shanahan
Vlasta Shanahan Gwen Skinner
Brian Stevenson
Philip Sumner
David Taylor
James Tennant
Alan Topham, OBE
Don Turkington
John Ure
Michael Weir
Lloyd Williams
Peter Wilson
David Woodbridge