In 2008, Chamber Music New Zealand (CMNZ) commissioned the NZCS for a national tour in a year's programme that included Vienna's Eggner Trio, Takacs Quartet and Jerusalem Quartet as well as Romanian Tamas Vesmas [REF].
The year 2008 also saw the debut of Michael Williams triple concerto, Convergence,[REF] which was written for the NZCS (trio).