2024 Year 7 RI Singers

The ‘RI Singers’ is the official school choir, where a group of up to 100 of the best singers are selected to represent our school through the art of choral singing.

The choir is taken by Pip Faulknor - a Year 8 Teacher & Team Leader at our school. Miss Faulknor has an extensive background in singing - as a trained Opera & Musical Theatre singer, under the tutelage of Janice Webb, earning her ATCL in classical singing, Musical Theatre & Rock & Pop Contemporary singing, and currently working towards her LTCL in classical singing; and chorally - singing in choirs her whole life, including representing our country as a member of the NZ Graduate Choir for close to a decade, under Terence Maskell - a group that included singers who have now gone on to have amazing careers including Cameron Barclay (Australian Ten Tenors); Julien Van Mellarts (runner up for the Lexus Song Quest); Isabella Moore (Lexus Song Quest Winner); Pene Pati (Sol3 Mio; Opera NZ) & Amitai Pati (Sol3 Mio; Lexus Song Quest Winner).

The RI Singers rehearse during school time, on Fridays 11.20 am-12.30 pm weekly in the school hall. Rehearsals include learning vocal and choral singing techniques and songs for performances. The main performances for the choir this year include our term Awards Assemblies and other performances for the school. Additionally, there is a possibility for the choir’s participation in a local ‘Central Zone’ Music Festival to replace the APPA Music Festival.

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Information on 2024 Year 7 RI Singer

Students interested in participating in the RI Singers will need to audition - a timetable for auditions will be posted in the school's daily notices & sent to teachers on Wednesday next week. Please complete the Y7 RI Singers Express of Interest form by 9:00 am on Monday 12 February.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Faulknor at [email protected]