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• I joined Auckland Choral in and have been on the management committee for the last 2 years. Choral singing has given me opportunities to make and keep wonderful friends, to travel, to see magnificent buildings, to hear all the major works and many new compositions, and to be part of a fabulous music making machine, always striving to improve.

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• Aug 02,  · The Orlando Singers of Auckland are an a cappella chamber choir, active in music-making in New Zealand since Led by long-time member Anita Banbury, the member group has a proud history of entertaining audiences both at home and overseas.

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• David Hamilton has been singing with the choir since , and is currently President of Auckland Choral. He is a music educator, composition tutor, choral conductor and adjudicator. He has been Deputy Music Director of Auckland Choral () and Composer-in-Residence with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra ().

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• Welcome to the NZCF Auckland pages – we hope that you will enjoy exploring our regional website. The Auckland region comprises 70 choirs and individual members from the wider Metropolitan Auckland and Northland area. Read about the many opportunities to be involved in NZCF events or concerts from members choirs.

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• Specialist choirs. As the musical scene diversified in the 20th century, more choirs emerged, some of which reached professional standards. In Wellington, the Harmonic Society and the Apollo Singers, both established by Harold Temple White, were so good that in visiting composer Percy Grainger praised one joint performance for ‘the unvarying perfection attained.’ 3 From the late s.

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• Auckland-Wellington, New Zealand With my parents having lived in NZ for well over a decade, I feel a slight excitement whenever we’re able to visit this beautiful country. I was an adult by the time they moved, so I never really lived here, but it’s always felt in some ways like a home country for me – along with the US where Stephanie.

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• Auckland Choral is my life and the members are my music family, which I am very conscious of every time we perform on stage. Unfortunately I have had to take leave on several occasions because of ill health, but one positive to that is I’ve been in the audience to witness the choir’s great presentations from in front of the stage.

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• Jan 17,  · Chamber Choir Ireland, in collaboration with the National Concert Hall Education, Community & Outreach Programme, will host a series of Tuesday lunchtime lectures in January and February Curated by Stuart Kinsella, the series will explore the Chamber Choir’s history and origin by looking at the tradition of choral music in Ireland, amateur and professional, Continued.

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• The University of Auckland Chamber Choir was formed in as an ensemble to give young singers at the University of Auckland an opportunity to sing in a quality a cappella chamber ensemble. The unique structure of the choir sees both students and professional-level artist practitioners performing.

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