Your invitation to join
our “Club 100”
It takes a village to raise a child, they say. Let’s
pause and think for a moment about just how
amazing is it that Auckland has fostered its
own community choir for over 160 years now
and celebrated its unique Christmas tradition
of Handel’s Messiah performances for the past
consecutive 100 years. For all these years
Auckland Choral has been able to flourish and
continue to develop because of the on-going
support of its audience, so a big THANK YOU
to you.
The Auckland Choral Foundation is a charitable
trust with the purpose to ensure that choirs like
Auckland Choral will “keep singing forever”.
It distributes money to coach individuals and
choral ensembles; to fund the performance
of significant, larger scale choral works;
to fund instrumental, orchestral and solo
singing associated with choral performance
and encourage and establish links between
performers; to provide choral performance
opportunities for the development of emerging
soloists; to grant scholarships and internships
for young choristers and in general to promote
the knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of
choral singing.
The Auckland Choral Foundation has chosen
this 100 Hallelujah landmark event as a
launching pad to foster Auckland Choral’s next
100 years of continuous growth.
You are invited to join our growing number of
benefactors entering the “Club 100” with the
goal to raise One Million dollars in donations
and bequests to secure Auckland Choral’s next
100 years.
Auckland Town Hall, 2018. iain bremner .
Aleisha Wallabh-Smith and Jacob Siohane-Royle,
Foundation Scholarship recipients. iain bremner .
Your donation is vital to achieve this goal.
Securing $1 million will enlarge the endowment
fund sufficiently to be able to use its interest to
future-proof the choir’s life and its commitment
towards striving for excellence.
As a “Club 100” member you will receive special
opportunities ranging from complimentary
programmes, dress rehearsal or performance
tickets to invitations to social events, exclusive
concerts or to personally meet with music
director and/or principal artists.
Please contact us today by email foundation@
aucklandchoral.com or ring Christine Keller-
Smith on 021 1409 021 — because, as you know,
it takes a village to raise a child.