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OR those who are interested in-choral singing, 1YA offers an attractive programme next Saturday evening (November 9), by the Lyric Harmonists’ Choir. Claude Laurie, whose photograph appears above, will be the conductor.
Mr. Laurie is a seasoned: musician who has five choifs under his direction at present and is, in addition, organist and choirmaster at Knox Church, Parnell, and music master at the Wesley. Training College, Paerata. The choir, which was formed in 1938 to specialise in shorter choral works, is one of the youngest musical bodies in Auckland, and one of the most. enthusiastic, Already it has given 36 public concerts, Three have been given each season in the concert chamber of the Auckland Town Hall, and many visits have been paid to country districts. Lately the choir has been increasingly identified with the raising of funds for patriotic and charitable purposes. The choir’s programme next Saturday evening will open at 7.40 p.m., and will include two works by the Auckland composer, John Tait, who is, incidentally, the associate conductor. Harrison’s choral arrangement of Weber’s "Invitation to the Waltz" will also be presented, and another item of interest will be "Diaphenia" by Stanford, one of the pieces set at the recent Centennial competitions.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 72, 8 November 1940, Page 7
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