About
Shona Jaunas is the Artistic Manager at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. She has previously presented for RNZ Concert, and is the director of Circle of Fifths. Shona trained as a classical violinist and completed an MFA in Fine Arts from Victoria University of Wellington in 2019.
She is a founding member of Strung Out String Quartet and The Crimson Club and has worked with many musicians, in many Festivals as both a performer and producer. Floating Trees – The River Rages On and The Crimson Club - Thursday Mornings are 2 albums she has produced. She recently directed Romeo and Juliet as part of the New Zealand Fringe Festival.
Shona has worked in a large range of styles and genres, musician, actor, director, artist, producer. From full white mask, cartoonesque, Comedia Del’Arte style work, (Rude Mechanical Theatre Company), site specific dance/theatre work, (The Body Cartography Project) and devised theatre (TNT Theatre, Blow Up Theatre Company) to full studio produced albums and films.
She has developed community arts and theatre projects in conjunction with Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Justice, the New Zealand Police and Kapiti Coast District Council.
Her experimentation in different site specific productions bring her the most joy and include : Fiddlers On A Roof, the roof of the Lombard Car parking building; 2001: A Civic Square Odyssey; ‘The delivery’, Outreal Studios; Thelema, House of Tall Poppies, Outreal Studios and Romeo and Juliet, Summer Shakespeare in Kāpiti.