Addington Brass
Practices: Monday and Thursday at 7.30 pm to 9.30pm at 8 Vulcan Place, Middleton, Christchurch 8024
Postal Address: P O Box 9143,Tower Junction, Christchurch 8149.
Chairman: Ross Wise
Website: www.addingtonbrass.com
Apollo Musicum
Apollo Musicum comprises a Symphonic Chamber Orchestra (AMSCO), an A Cappella Choir (AMACC) and a string Quartet (ASQ). Players and groups are available for performances, particularly at provincial locations, theatre, ceremonies, (weddings, functions,) accompanying or combining with related groups. It has an educational focus so opportunities arise on occasions for advancing players to perform alongside leading teachers and professional artists.
Rehearsal venue various.
Contact: Robert Tait, P O Box 10-110, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8145. Ph: (021) 143 6661, Email: apollo@rvt.co.nz, Website: http://www.facebook.com/apollo.rvt.co.nz/
Arts Centre of Christchurch
Postal Address: PO Box 845, Christchurch 8140
Website: www.artscentre.org.nz
Burnside High School
Burnside High School, P O Box 29-677, Fendalton, Christchurch 8504
Ph: (03) 358 8383, Fax: (03) 358 8380, Website: https://www.burnside.school.nz/aurora-centre/
Canterbury Philharmonia
Practices:
Patron: John Emeleus
Musical Director: Mark Hodgkinson, Email: musdir@xtra.co.nz
Chairperson: Lynette Murdoch, Email: chairperson@canterburyphilharmonia.org.nz
Vice Chairperson: Alastair Sands
Secretary: Tim Wilkinson Email: secretary@canterburyphilharmonia.org.nz
Treasurer: Alison Macklan Email: treasurer@canterburyphilharmonia.org.nz
Librarian: Alison Griffith-Collins Email: librarian@canterburyphilharmonia.org.nz
Website: www.canterburyphilharmonia.org.nz
Canterbury Singers
Practices: Wednesday at 7.30pm to 9.00 p.m. at St Silas Church, Main North Road, Redwood
Musical Director/Conductor: Sandra Norquay
President: Peter Callanan
Past President: Jenny Allison, Ph: (03) 359 8054, Email: jennyallison@xtra.co.nz
Secretary: Julie Davis, Ph: (03) 351 5192, Email: joollzd@gmail.com
Treasurer: Gillian Gartly
Accompanist: Lyn Goode
Librarian: John Boxall
Canterbury Westland Music Teachers Association
President: Jane Herman, Shirley Boys’ High School Email: jmh@shirley.school.nz
CBS Music (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament)
Aims:
Promoting and performing great music of the Christian Church, encouraging and training young musicians, giving performance opportunities within the Catholic Mass and in concerts and tours, and promoting and organising recital tours.
Practices: Wednesdays at 7.30 pm. to 9.30 p.m. at Catholic Pro Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch
Musical Director: Don Whelan Ph: (03) 358 5873, Cell: (027) 458 5873
Email: don.whelan@xtra.co.nz
Chairperson: Ken Joblin
Librarian: Beris Whelan
Website: www.cathedral.org.nz
Cecilian Singers
Practices: Mondays from 7.30 to 9.30 pm, The Maker’s Room, The Arts Centre, Christchurch
Musical Director/Conductor: Rosemary Turnbull
Secretary: Julia Arden, Email: julia.arden@xtra.co.nz
Treasurer: Katrina Hawker Email: hawkerkatrina@gmail.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ceciliansingers/
Chamber Music New Zealand
Postal Address: 31 Englefield Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051
Concerts Manager: Jody Keehan, Ph: 0800 266 2378, Email: jody@chambermusic.co.nz
Website: www.chambermusic.co.nz
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Postal Address: PO Box 855, Christchurch 8140, Ph: (03) 366 0046, Email: admin@christchurchcathedral.co.nz
Contact: Chris Oldham
Website: www.christchurchcathedralchoir.com
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Society (Inc.)
Postal Address: PO Box 855, Christchurch 8140
Contact: Tim Andrews at above contact details
Website: www.christchurchcathedralchoir.com
Christchurch City Choir
Practices: Tuesdays 7.30 to 9.30 at All Souls Church, 30 Church Lane, Merivale, Christchurch
Postal Address: PO Box 1652, Christchurch 8140, Email: info@citychoir.co.nz
Patron: Simon O’Neill.
Chairman: Philip Brazier
Musical Director/Conductor: John Linker
Choir Manager: Mandy Perry, Email: info@citychoir.co.nz
Email: finance@citychoir.co.nz
Librarian: Tanja Mitrovic, Email: library@citychoir.co.nz
Website: www.citychoir.co.nz
Christchurch City Chorus of Sweet Adelines International
Practices: Wednesdays at 7.00pm to 10.00pm, Harmony Church, 220 Antigua Street, Christchurch
Postal Address: PO Box 33-089, Barrington, Christchurch 8025
Musical Director: Virginia Humphrey-Taylor
Email: lovetosing@ccchorus.co.nz
Webstie: www.ccchorus.co.nz
Christchurch Competitions Society
President: Helen Balch
Secretary: Tricia Radford, PO Box 8629, Riccarton, Christchurch 8440., Email:chchcomps@gmail.com
Website: www.chchcomps.org.nz
Christchurch Liedertafel Inc
Practices: Mondays at 7.00 pm to 9.15 pm at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Musical Director: Daniel Cooper
President: Nigel Salsbury – (all correspondence to Lindsay Strang)
Secretary: Lindsay J Strang Ph: (03) 365 6765, Email: ljstrangnz@gmail.com
Website: www.liedertafel.org.nz
Christchurch Organists’ Association Inc.
President: Trevor Lord, Ph: (03) 352 4506
Secretary: Rosemary Allison, Email: chch.organ.assoc@gmail.com
Treasurer: Nicholas Collins
Website: www.organz.org.nz/chch
Christchurch School of Music
Postal Address: PO Box 22-245, Christchurch 8142, Ph: (03) 366 1711, Fax: (03) 366 1742, Email: office@csm.org.nz.
Patron: John Emeleus
Musical Director: Celia Stewart.
President: Robyn Nuthall
Office Manager: Leigh Cookson
Treasurer: Gavin Shepherd
Website: www.csm.org.nz
Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival Association
Postal Address: PO Box 21-353, Edgeware, Christchurch 8143
Patron: Russell Kent
Musical Directors: Rachel Wilford
President: Sharyn Hay
Business Manager: Miranda Donnell Email: admin@musicfestival.school.nz
Website: www.musicfestival.school.nz
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
Postal Address: PO Box 3260, Christchurch 8140
CEO: Graham Sattler; Email: graham.sattler@cso.co.nz
Website: http://www.cso.co.nz
Concerts for Christchurch Foundation Trust
Artistic Director: Trish Rainey Email: concertsforchristchurch@gmail.com
Friends of The Christchurch Town Hall Organ Trust.
Town Hall Organ Curator: Martin Setchell, Ph: (03) 351 6450, Email: martin.setchell@nzorgan.com
Email: friends@nzorgan.com
Treasurer: Susan Gilmour
Website: www.nzorgan.com
Garden City Orchestra
We are a community orchestra that enjoys achieving high standards of performance in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. We play classical, show, film, theatre, etc music at two concerts each year and we especially enjoy engaging the wider community in pre-Christmas performances. We welcome players of all ages including students and young adults.
Practices: Fendalton Community Centre, 170 Clyde Road, Thursdays 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Musical Director/Conductor: Beth Cohen
Email: gco.chch@gmail.com
Website: www.gardencityorchestra.org.nz
Global Voices Choir
Practices: Wednesdays at 7.30pm to 9.30 p.m.
St Marks Church Hall, Opawa Road, Opawa, Christchurch
Email: enquiries@globalvoices.org.nz
Website: www.globalvoices.org.nz
Harmony Singers
Practices: Wednesday mornings from 10.00am to 12.00pm, Chapel Street Centre, Harewood Road
Musical Director/Conductor: Margaret Mahoney
President: Joan Beere, Ph: (03) 384 8341 Email: seafarers234@gmail.com
Secretary: Irene Frost, Email: irenefrost@xtra.co.nz
Treasurer: Diane Hawes, Email:dianehawes16@gmail.com
Harp Orchestra Christchurch
Practices: Wednesday 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Hohepa Canterbury, 23 Barrington Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024
Musical Director: Helen Webby, Ph: 021 664 344; Email: helenwebby@gmail.com
Website: www.harp.co.nz
Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand, Christchurch Branch (IRMT)
Chairman: Janey Seed Email:janey_seed@xtra.co.nz
Secretary: Marnie Barrell, Ph: (03) 981 9185
Treasurer: Gina Fowler
Email:christchurch@irmt.org.nz
Website: www.irmt.org.nz
Jubilate Singers
Practices: Mondays at 7.15pm to 9.30pm at Knox Church
Patron: Philip Norman
Musical Director: Felicity O’Brien
President: Stephen French
Secretary: Vivien Hicks, Ph: 027 842 8236, Email: vivienhicks@gmail.co.nz
Treasurer: Brian Curtis, Email: briancurtis@inet.net.nz
Librarian: Steph Gilks
Website: www.jubilate.org.nz
Music Education Canterbury
Postal Address: PO Box 31-038, Ilam, Christchurch 8444
Co-Chairs: Judith Bell and Kate Husband, Email: bell.judith@gmail.com; katebelle04@yahoo.co.nz
Administrator: Email: musiceducationcanterbury@gmail.com
Website: https://menza.co.nz/
NZ Choral Federation Canterbury/West Coast Region
Chair: Helen Charlton, Email: chair.cwcnzcf@gmail.com
Website: www.chchch.nz
NZ Opera
Education and Development Co-ordinator:
Email: development@nzopera.co.nz
Website: www.nzopera.com
NZ Trio
Contact: Jessica Duirs Manager Email: manager@nztrio.com
Website: www.nztrio.com
Quantum Acoustics (formerly The Plainsmen)
Practices: Mondays at 7.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. , Brake Street Hall, Upper Riccarton.
Postal Address: P.O. Box 6497. Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8442.
Musical Director: Gavin Hurley
Secretary: Maurice Perwick Email: maurice.w.perwick@gmail.com
Librarian: R Jansen, Email: rblajan@xtra.co.nz
Website: www.plainsmen.co.nz
Resonance Ensemble
Contact: Sue Bealing, Secretary Email: resonancechristchurch@gmail.com
Website: www.resonance.net.nz
Risingholme Orchestra Inc
Practices: Thursday 9.45 am to 12 noon, Woolston Club, Hargood Street, Woolston
Conductor: Philip Norman
Chairman: Pauline Sewell Email: risingholme.orch@gmail.com
Secretary: Claire Hobbs Email: risingholme.orch@gmail.com
Treasurer: Carmel Harris Email: risingholme.orch@gmail.com
Librarian: Linda Sorensen
Website: www.risingholmeorchestra.co.nz
Risingholme Singers Inc
Practices: Monday at 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Opawa Baptist Church,285 Wilsons Road, Opawa
Concerts: Two public concerts, Winter in June and Christmas at end of November. Also participates in the annual Community Choirs Festival.
Music Director: Henry Nicholson
President: Jill Willmott, Ph: (03) 388 3235, Email: risingholmesingers@gmail.com
Schola Cantorum
Practices: Tuesday at 7.30 to 9.30 pm, The Makers Workshop, Arts Centre, Cnr Rolleston Avenue and Hereford Street
Conductor: Courtney Hickmott
President: Tony Dale Email: scholacan@gmail.com
Secretary: Anne Heffernan-Dale Email: scholacan@gmail.com
Treasurer: David Peddie
Librarian: John Ogier, Ph: (03) 980 8761
Website: www.scholacantorum.org.nz
St Albans Community Choir
Choir Director: Heather Mitchell-Gladstone QSM, Ph: (03) 357 4474; Cell phone: 021 644 092, Email: heathergladstone@xtra.co.nz
South Brighton Voices
Practices: Wednesday 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., New Brighton Union Church Hall, Cnr Collingwood and Union Streets
Conductor/Musical Director: Diane Coad
President: Carol Smith, Ph: (03) 382 5099, Email: sbcspresident@gmail.com
Secretary: Meira Smith, Email: sbvoicessecretary@gmail.com
Treasurer: Moya Trainor, Ph: (03) 388 1509, Email: moya_trainor@hotmail.com
Accompanist: Caleb Brand
Librarian: Jean Williams
Sunday Classics Inc. (Christopher’s Classics)
Chairman: Mark Hickman
Secretary/Treasurer: Doris Barnard Email: d.barnard.nz@gmail.com, Website: http://www.christophersclassics.nz/
The Knox Church
Custodian: Jeremy Woodside, Telephone: 379 2456; Email: office@knoxchurch.co.nz
Website: www.knoxchurch.co.nz
Toi Toi Opera
Creative Director: Katherine Doig, Email: toitoiopera@gmail.com
Website: www.toitoiopera.com
University of Canterbury School of Music
Information on the music courses offered at Canterbury University can be found at www.canterbury.ac.nz
Waimakariri Community Arts Council
Chairman: Brian Hoult, 15 Douglas St, Rangiora. Email: bjhoult@clear.net.nz
Secretary: Cathy Batchelor, Ph: (03) 313 2844, Email: cathy.batchelor1@gmail.com
Treasurer: Michael Harrison
Woolston Brass
Practices: 37 Dampier St, Woolston. Sid Creagh Memorial Bandroom (Woolston Brass rehearses Monday & Wednesday 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., Academy groups rehearse Tuesday from 6.00 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.)
Postal Address: PO Box 8187, Riccarton, Christchurch 844o
Music Director: Tyme Marsters Ph: 021 329 144; Email: tyme@woolstonbrass.org
Marketing and Sponsorship Manager: Caroline Turner; Ph: 021 533 466; Email: caroline@woolstonbrass.org
Treasurer: Rebecca Reside Email: treasurer@woolstonbrass.org
Website: www.woolstonbrass.org