Rehearsal Information:
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church, Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga. Time: Mondays, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
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. Read more about the choir Committee
Bonnie Hebenton (Chair) Naomi Jones (Secretary) Robyn Luijken (Treasurer) Margaret Bullen (Librarian) Pauline Ackerley Lesley Brighting Hamish Dean Julia Phillipps Bronwyn Streat |
A graduate of Auckland University New Zealand, Nigel has held numerous teaching positions in New Zealand. In 2008 he moved to the UK and was director of music at Mill Hill School, London, from 2011 – 2014.
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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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