 Imogen Thirlwall, President Norma McCallum, Music Director Marie Brown & Amelia Berry At our Concert on 6 December 2009 the second recipient of the Kapiti Chorale Award in Vocal Performance was announced. The second recipient of the award is Imogen Thirlwall. Imogen is originally from Tauranga and is studying a Bachelor of Music majoring in both Performance Voice and Music Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English Studies. She was in the 2005-2006 NZ Secondary Students Youth Choir (with Amelia Berry the inaugural winner of the award) and is a current member of the 2008-2010 NZ Youth Choir. Imogen has studied second instrument performance in both Trumpet and Orchestral Conducting, and plays in the NZSM Big Band under Rodger Fox. She received a Victoria University School Leavers Scholarship for Academic Excellence in 2007 and was nominated to perform in the 2008 Young Performer of the Year Competition. |