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Foundation provides significant support for 2012 Lexus Song Quest
The Lexus Song Quest is New Zealand’s most prestigious song contest.
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Professor Jack Richards - Foundation Patron
Following a meeting with Dame Kiri last year Professor Jack Richards responded to her invitation to support the Foundation on an ongoing basis.
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DVD will help promote foundation's work
The Foundation now has a 6 minute DVD which will be used for promotional and educational purposes.
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Foundation supports New Zealand singing school
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation recently announced significant support for the 2013 New Zealand Singing School through a naming rights sponsorship of its Festival of Song.
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Kawiti Waetford completes a good year
Twenty-one year old New Zealand baritone, Kawiti Waetford is about to complete his second year of study at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
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Masterclass experience values as reward
So Carlos Barcenas, a Colombian tenor currently studying in Melbourne, was still stunned that such an opportunity had come his way