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
Graham Dainty (Chairman) Robyn Luijken (Treasurer) Naomi Jones (Secretary) Margaret Bullen (Librarian) Heather Bernau Lesley Brighting Roger Clark Hamish Dean |
Musical Director: Jan Clarke
Jan graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Auckland, and has a wide range of musical experience, both instrumental and choral.
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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