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Encore Choral Festival

Janet Kingsbury —

A new initiative for Christchurch Independent School Year 7 - 10 Choirs, on Wednesday June 19th, 7pm in the Christ's College Assembly Hall. Admission by gold coin donation.

This event is designed to foster and provide opportunities through collaborative teaching and learning for choral singing amongst students in Years 7 -10 who are members of choirs in Christchurch Independent Schools. The middle school years are an important time to lay the foundations of good choral singing, and to expose students to the wide range of repertoire and opportunities that exist in this genre. We believe that through collaboration with schools who have a similar ethos we can together foster learning and enjoyment at a level beyond what would be available in each individual school.
Music staff from Christ’s College, Medbury School, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Selwyn House School, St Andrew’s College, St Margaret’s College, St Michael’s Church School, and The Cathedral Grammar School have worked together over several months on this initiative. The choirs will meet at Christ’s College on Wednesday June 19th for morning workshops and rehearsals. The evening concert at 7pm, to which you are warmly invited, will feature an item from each individual choir, along with the three massed items that the students worked together on during the morning.