The Choir will be performing with The Songbirds from Masterton in the Martinborough Town Hall on Sunday 11th September 2022 at 1.00pm.
The joy of singing in a choral setting is what brings the New Zealand Male Choir and The Songbirds together for an afternoon of music. The two choirs will perform separately so you get to hear the widest variety of sound. They will present music from modern shows to opera, from African American spirituals to Rodgers & Hammerstein, from Billy Joel to Verdi. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear choral singing at its best.
The New Zealand Male Choir is an auditioned choir with over 50 members from Southland to North Auckland. Conducted by Hawkes Bay’s Joe Christensen, the Choir sing a range of music including classical, folk, waiata, gospel, operatic, popular, jazz, and contemporary.
The Choir has entertained audiences both nationally and internationally for the past 22 years including several tours throughout Europe, Australia, and Canada. The Choir practises with North Island and South Island groups meeting monthly and collectively meet for tours or concerts three or four times a year. This will be the third concert in an eighteen-day concert tour around the central and lower South Island.
Men interested in joining the choir can make contact via the website: www.nzmalechoir.co.nz or speak to any of its members at the concert.
The Songbirds was established in 2011 and their first performance was singing at the Masterton Town Hall for the Georgian Rugby team and community officials at the time of the Rugby World Cup. Since then, The Songbirds, under the musical direction Marguerite Tait-Jamieson, have performed at a wide range of events including the local arts festival, retirement villages, citizenship ceremonies and various Christmas and ANZAC events.
Women interested in female choral group singing – go to: www.facebook.com/SongbirdsWairarapa/
Tickets are available through the Ticketek website – www.ticketek.co.nz
Adults: $30; Secondary and Primary Students free. Doors Sales with either cash or Eft-Pos will be available.
