Dunedin Civic Remembrance for Christchurch

Tuesday 1 March 12:51 in the Octagon, Dunedin - two minutes silence for the victims of the recent Christchurch earthquake.

City of Dunedin Choir will lead the citizens in the singing of the national anthem and "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Photo gallery 2011: Proms

The Southern Sinfonia presented this "Last Night of the Proms" concert in the Oamaru Opera House. City of Dunedin Choir joined the Sinfonia players and a grand time was had by all, including the very enthusiastic audience!



(The first batch of photos were taken by Leta and the last 11 photos were taken by John Roxborogh.)

Most enjoyable Proms

Thank you Southern Sinfonia, that was a lovely Last Night of the Proms concert - we enjoyed being on stage with you all! So for the folks who missed tonight's awesome performance, there's another chance tomorrow if you want to take a drive over to the Oamaru Opera House.

Anna Leese was just beautiful and sang like the Nightingale in Berkeley Square:


"A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square" sung by Sonia Sjöbeck in 1943.

Toy Story 3 = Awesome! (The Facebook Song)

Australian Voices are at it again:



This is, well, awesome :-)

Enjoy!

Singing Teachers

Are you looking for a singing teacher?
Not sure that you should get singing tuition?

Have a look at the NEWZATS website. NEWZATS is the New Zealand Association for Teachers of Singing.

You could email the folks at NEWZATS if you'd like a referral to a singing teacher in your area: enquiries at newzats.org.nz


You could also contact Judy Bellingham at the University of Otago Department of Music for advice and a referral.

Isabel Cunningham teaches privately. Contact her on 473-7346 or isabel_cunningham at xtra.co.nz.

Singing at the Proms

As usual City of Dunedin Choir will try to lift the roof at the Last Night of the Proms! See you there!!

Choir archive photos 1947 to 1994

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Bad opera joke

Don't blame me for this one - it is from my husband.

Q: To what question is the answer 9W?

A: "Do you spell your name with a 'V', Herr Wagner?"

(told you it was awful!)

Tannhäuser

Here's another taste of what's waiting to delight the audience at the forthcoming Proms concert - 'The entry of the guests' from Wagner's Tannhäuser.

Are you a Gleek yet?

Okay - I'll admit it. Over the last few months, I've become a Gleek.

What's a Gleek? A fan of the hit series "Glee" of course! "Glee" is a musical comedy series about a high school glee club in the USA.

The series has heaps of great music, and while the standard of supposedly typical high school singers is a bit unbelievable (most of the cast are professional performers with long CVs, and some are off Broadway), it's a lot of fun.

So if you're not a Gleek yet, and you love music and good TV, here's a few snippets to convince you to start following and join the legion of fans :-)

A conductor is born

This is 3 year old Jonathan conducting to the 4th movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. This piece was originally conducted by Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker, one of Jonathan's favorite conductors and orchestras. Jonathan's passion for classical music became apparent when he was only eight months old. Shortly after that he began conducting on his own.

Proms preview

In June 2006 City of Dunedin Choir performed the beautiful "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore" by Mozart. At this year's Last Night of the Proms concerts presented by Southern Sinfonia on 25 and 26 February, we'll be singing the 'Laudate Dominum' from this work again.

We are looking forward to performing this movement with soprano Anna Leese!



Enjoy the "preview"...