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New Zealand Association Of Teachers Of Singing
The New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing, abbreviated NEWZATS, is an incorporated professional society in New Zealand. The society was launched in December 1988, and is based in Wellington. In 2012 the Society granted life membership to Dunedin singing teacher Honor McKellar. On 22 September 2012 Emily Mair Emily Jean Mair (16 May 1928 – 15 May 2021) was a Scottish-born New Zealand opera singer, pianist and vocal coach. She trained a number of well-known New Zealand opera singers, including Simon O'Neill and Aivale Cole. Early life Mair was r ... (1928–2021) also received a life membership in recognition of her "outstanding and sustained contribution and service in activities and roles directly or indirectly under the auspices of the New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing". In 2017, Lisa Rangi was named President of NEWZATS. References {{NewZealand-org-stub Professional associations based in New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The city has a rich Scottish, Chinese and Māori heritage. With an estimated population of as of , Dunedin is both New Zealand's seventh-most populous metro and urban area. For historic, cultural and geographic reasons the city has long been considered one of New Zealand's four main centres. The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour, and the harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean. Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by Māori prior to the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor McKellar
Winifred Honor McKellar (born 10 November 1920) is a New Zealand former mezzo-soprano opera singer and singing teacher, and was the first full-time lecturer in singing at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Her students have included Jonathan Lemalu, Patrick Power and Matt Landreth. In 1989, she was awarded a Queen's Service Medal for services to music, and in 2012, she was made a life member of the New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing. Early life and education McKellar was born in Dunedin on 10 November 1920. Her mother was musical although McKellar does not recall hearing her sing. McKellar was taught piano by Miss Allen, and dancing by Dorothy Dean. At 16, she had her first singing lesson, from Dunedin musician Ida White. McKellar graduated with a BA from the University of Otago in Dunedin in 1942 and a MusB in 1944. She would illustrate examples at the weekly public music class given by the head of the Music Department, Victor Galway. From 1946 to 1949, McKe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Mair
Emily Jean Mair (16 May 1928 – 15 May 2021) was a Scottish-born New Zealand opera singer, pianist and vocal coach. She trained a number of well-known New Zealand opera singers, including Simon O'Neill and Aivale Cole. Early life Mair was raised in Newmilns, Ayrshire where her father ran a lace-making factory. At age 15 she went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, later moving to the Royal College of Music in London where she studied piano with Arthur Benjamin and Antony Hopkins. In her third year she joined the opera school. Career Mair sang in the BBC Chorus for three years. Between 1960 and 1962 she appeared three times (as Emily Maire) at Glyndebourne first as First Boy in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute in 1962.'' This was followed in 1961 and 1962 by singing Gianetta in Donezetti's ''L'Elisir d'amore.'' In 1960 she moved to Liverpool where her husband Wilfred Simenauer took up the position of principal cello in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
