Tauranga Civic Choir
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Rehearsal Information:
Venue
: Wesley Methodist Church, Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga.                  Time: Mondays, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm.

Tauranga Civic Choir History

The choir, originally known as the Cantabile Singers, was founded by music teacher Beatrice Webster in late 1961 as a singing group of nine women.

Mrs Webster moved her teaching practice to Auckland in 1978. Her successor as musical director was soprano Merle Fausett, who spent 12 years with the choir and later worked with the Bay of Plenty Symphonia.   In 1987 the choir’s name was changed to the Tauranga Civic Choir to more accurately reflect what the group had become.    

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Committee

 Graham Dainty (Chairman)
Robyn Luijken (Treasurer)
Naomi Jones (Secretary)
Margaret Bullen (Librarian)
Heather Bernau
Lesley Brighting

Roger Clark
Hamish Dean

Musical Director:  Jan Clarke

Accompanist:
Leon Gray
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Leon has completed MEd and MMus studies, as well as graduate and postgraduate diplomas in education research, business management and teaching.  He is well-known in and around the Bay of Plenty as an accompanist, arranger, musical director, choirmaster and expert music educator. 

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