Contralto from Christchurch
ELL-KNOWN in = Christchurch’s musical life is Mrs, Nelson Kerr, who will present items from 3YA at 9.22 p.m. and 9.43 p.m. on Friday, August 23. As Miss Ethel Johnson, she began her studies under the late Sydney Williamson, and was later a pupil of W. H. Dixon until his return to England. By the time she was 18, she had graduated to contralto soloist with the Christchurch Glee and Madrigal Society, and she played later in "H.M.S. Pina-
fore" and "Les Cloches de Corneville." She has also featured as a _ successful soloist for the Royal Music Society in "The Messiah," "Cavalleria," and "Tsrael in Egypt." She has appeared in the Ashburton Choral Society’s presentation of German’s "Merrie England," and "The Bohemian Girl." For the Christchurch Harmonic Society, she has played parts in " Maritana" and "The Messiah."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 8
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139Contralto from Christchurch New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 8
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