Megan is from Wellington.

She was in the New Zealand Youth Choir from 1997-1999

Rachel Alexander, MMus (Hons), GradDipTchg (Secondary), BA

Rachel performs regularly, both as a soloist and in choirs around Auckland and New Zealand. She was a member of NZYC and has sung with the New Zealand Opera Chorus from 2005-2014.  Rachel has been a member of Voices NZ since 2010. Rachel teaches both itinerant voice and classroom Music at Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland. She is the director of their Year 7 & 8 Choir, Senior Choir, co-director and vocal consultant to the St Cecilia Singers and also directs two Handbell Choirs.  Rachel is also Assistant Director (vocal) of the New Zealand Secondary Students Choir. Rachel studied at the University of Auckland and completed her Master of Music in Vocal Performance.

Victoria’s musical training began in early childhood on the piano and cello, and then in a singing capacity, through her involvement in church and school choirs. She has been actively involved in the NZ choral and chamber music scenes for approximately 20 years and has performed with many groups as a chorister and a soloist. She was a member of the Auckland University Chamber Choir from 2001-2012 and the NZ Youth Choir from 2001-2004, touring with them both nationally and internationally.

Victoria has been a member of Voices NZ Chamber Choir since 2006 and is a current member of the St Matthews in the City Vocal Quartet with whom she performs on a weekly basis. In addition to singing roles, she is also an artist, mother and independent midwife.

Sponsored by
Ron & Lynn Holbrook 

Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (Te Arawa, Ngā Puhi), soprano, has a Bachelor of Music, (Honours,
first-class), majoring in classical vocal performance, from the University of Auckland. From
2018 – 2019, Natasha was based in San Francisco, where she completed her Post-Graduate
Diploma in Vocal Studies, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of
César Ulloa.
Natasha made her professional debut with New Zealand Opera, and was a Dame Malvina
Major Emerging Artist with the company in 2018. Natasha was a member of the Kiri Te
Kanawa Foundation’s mentoring programme in 2016, and has been supported by the
foundation ever since.
Natasha was recently based in Pittsburgh, PA, as a 2019/20 Resident Artist with Pittsburgh
Opera. Natasha made her United States, mainstage debut, with Pittsburgh Opera, as Rosalba,
in their 2019 production of Catan’s, Florencia en el Amazonas. Natasha also played the role
of Morgana, in the company’s 2020 production of Handel’s, Alcina.
Throughout 2021, Natasha has been performing throughout New Zealand, performing the
role of Lisa, for Days Bay Opera’s La Sonnambula, and Purea, in the world premiere of Tim
Finn’s, Ihitai ‘Avei’a – Star Navigator, with New Zealand Opera. Most recently, Natasha
performed the role of Zerlina, in Wellington Opera’s production of Mozart’s, Don Giovanni,
as well as the role of Marzelline, in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s concert
performance of Beethoven’s, Fidelio.

Clara is from the North Shore in Auckland. After attending Westlake Girls she went to AUT to complete a Bachelor of Business. She is currently studying for a masters degree at Monash University in Melbourne.

She enjoys choral singing and joined NZYC in 2014 for two years and performed the Verdi Requiem with Bach Musica. Clara also plays cello and trumpet and has now re-joined NZYC for the 2017-1019 choir.

Originally from Auckland Manase is currently studying at The University of Auckland, pursuing a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Classical Performance Voice. Manase is a member of Voices NZ Chamber Choir and the Freemasons NZ Opera chorus and is also alumni of Auckland Chamber Choir and NZ Youth Choir. He is regularly in demand as a soloist for various public and private functions throughout NZ. Ensemble and choir singing are a passion of Manases’, however he hopes to one day move into the realm of opera and focus on his solo singing development. 

Sponsored by:

David Lovell (2017-2019)