Karen Grylls
Karen Grylls CNZM | |
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Born | Karen Lesley Grylls 9 July 1951 Pahiatua, New Zealand |
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Alma mater | University of Washington |
Thesis | The aggregate re-ordered: a paradigm for Stravinsky's Requiem canticles (1993) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Music |
Sub-discipline | Choral conducting |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Karen Lesley Grylls
Early life and education
Grylls was born in
Grylls completed
Career
From 1989 to 2011, Grylls conducted the New Zealand Youth Choir. In 1992, the Youth Choir won the Silver Rose Bowl award at the international choral competition Let the Peoples Sing. She founded the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir in 1998.[6] In 2011, she became artistic director of Toronto's Exultate Chamber Choir for two years.[6] Since 1986, Grylls has been a lecturer in music at the University of Auckland, rising to become an associate professor in 2000.[3]
Grylls has been a judge at numerous international choral competitions and festivals.[6][7]
Honours and awards
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In the
Selected works
- Grylls, K. (2012). "Voices of the Pacific: The (ch)oral traditions of Oceania". In De Quadros, A. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Cambridge University Press. pp. 177–184. ISBN 9780521111737.
References
- ^ ISSN 1172-9813.
- ^ "Dr Karen Grylls – long-time advocate for choral music". RNZ. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Karen Grylls, Officer of NZ Order of Merit". University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Grylls, Karen (1979). The convention and the ideal a study of Benjamin Britten's three church parables (MMus). University of Auckland.
- OCLC 29976878.
- ^ a b c d "Three National Choirs Perform Carmina Burana". www.scoop.co.nz. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "SOUNZ Karen Grylls". www.sounz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "The King's Birthday and Coronation honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.