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A diverse selection of Christmas music both classic and contemporary will be presented when the Kowhai Singers host festive concerts in Warkworth and Leigh at the end of the month.
A Merry Kowhai Christmas will take place at Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, November 30 at 7.30pm and then at the Leigh Community Hall the next day, Sunday, December 1, from 4pm.
The concerts will include excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, traditional and not-so-traditional Christmas carols, and works by contemporary English composers and conductors John Rutter and Bob Chilcott.
The singers will be accompanied by accomplished Auckland-based organist and pianist Helen Lukman-Fox, an Indonesian-born Australian who has studied the organ and church music all over the world.
She is known for bringing a sense of fun to her playing and quirky improvisational style, with a repertoire that includes music from Disney and Marvel movies, pop, light jazz and fusion, as well as Bach and the classics.
The Christmas concerts will be the culmination of the Kowhai Singers’ 40th anniversary year and the second year under the musical direction of Ken Leech. New members are always welcome – there are no auditions, although it is expected that members can sing in tune and have basic music-reading ability.
Tickets for A Merry Kowhai Christmas cost $25 from Briar Rose Flowers in Warkworth, choir members or online at https://www.trybooking.com/nz/, or $30 at the door, cash only.
