Events
Auckland
Dame Malvina appeared with The Graduate Choir conducted by Terence Maskell in a fundraising variety Concert and dry eyes in the audience were hard to find when the Choir and Dame Malvina sang the Nuns' Chorus! Hanna Lee with her electric violin also surprised and delighted the audience.
Contact the Auckland Committee
Christchurch
Akaroa Summer Festival, January 2010
The Foundation supported masterclasses for some 20 young singers culminating in a Gala Concert with Dame Malvina at the Gaiety Hall. International tutors were Aidan Lang, Linda Kitchen and Sharolyn Kimmorley.
The Dame Malvina Major Foundation Golf Tournament
This is to be held at the Terrace Downs High Country Resort on Friday 5 March 2010.For further information contact either of the following:
Glen Price (convener)
email: theprices@xtra.co.nz
phone: 03 332 2749
Anna Midgley
email: v-a-midgley@xtra.co.nz
phone: 03 337 4653
fax: 03 337 4693
PO Box 2324, Christchurch
Christchurch Society Competitions
The Dame Malvina Major Foundation awards the 1st prize of $4000 in the Opera Aria competition.
Further planning in progress.
Contact the Christchurch committee
Dunedin
Pictured here with Frances Wilson, adjudicator, are Otago Daily Times Aria Winner, Joanna Foote (centre) from Auckland, The Dame Malvina Major Foundation 2nd Prize winner, Julien Van Mellaerts from Dunedin, and Third Equal Sarah Anne Walker (left) from Sydney and Rachelle Pike from Christchurch.
19 September 2010 Otago Daily Times Aria, Mayfair Theatre
The Dame Malvina Major Foundation second prize of $3000 will be awarded.
Events to be announced.Contact the Dunedin Committee
Taranaki
Friday 5 March 2010
St Mary's Church Consecration Concert
The Committee has been invited by the Anglican Bishops' of Waikato/Taranaki to present some of Taranaki's talented young performers as a part of the celebrations for the inauguration of St Mary's Church as a Cathedral. Dame Malvina will also perform as part of the celebration to this invitation-only event.
Sunday 21 March 2010
Ryman Healthcare - Jean Sandel Village Official Opening
A one-hour programme of local aspiring talent will celebrate the opening of the newly-completed Jean Sandel Retirement Village.
Tickets are available to the public at a small cost; please contact the Taranaki Regional Committee for more information.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Round 1 Grants Applications close 5pm
An application form can be downloaded here or by contacting the Taranaki committee.
August 2010
KCL Property 'Youth Showcase'
The annual youth showcase is an event our performers are proud to be involved with, and audiences are honoured to have seen. Showcasing some of our finest talent from all levels of Foundation grant recipients; secondary, elite/tertiary, and groups.
This year's date is yet to be confirmed, please contact the Taranaki Regional Committee for more information.
Contact the Taranaki Regional Committee
Wellington
Young Wellington singers charm residents at Shona McFarlane Retirement Home
Four students from the Wellington School of Music gave up their Sunday afternoon last August to share their talents with the residents of the Shona McFarlane Retirement Home in the Hutt Valley. The students, singers Amelia Berry, Bianca Andrew and Joshua Kidd, and harpist Jennifer Newth, were accompanied by Catherine Norton.
They were joined by Dame Malvina Major, who once again demonstrated her commitment to the opportunities available for young singers and who spoke with many of the audience afterwards.
6pm Thursday 29 April "Opera at Kirks"
Dame Malvina with PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artists, Polly Ott (Soprano), Brigitte Heuser ( (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew Grenon (Tenor) and Alexander Ioan (Soprano) accompanied by Bruce Greenfield, will sing at Kirkcaldie & Stains department store in central Wellington at 6.00pm. Cocktail food and drinks will be served at the conclusion of the recital.
The Dame Malvina Foundation is delighted with the generosity of Kirkcaldie & Stains in agreeing to this wonderful sponsorship and with the organisation and promotion of the event. Tickets are $50 and are strictly limited to 200.
Please purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Tickets available from the Gifts, Cards & Stationery Department, Ground Floor, Kirkcaldie & Stains, or by sending your cheque payable to Kirkcaldie & Stains, P.O. Box 9976. Wellington 6141
22 August Wellington Regional Vocal Competition final,
St Andrew's on the Terrace.
The Dame Malvina Foundation awards the first prize of $4000.
Other events to be announced.
Contact the Wellington Committee
Mina Foley Scholarship to Wade Kernot
 The Foundation is delighted that Wade Kernot will be the third recipient of the Mina Foley Scholarship enabling a foremost young performer to return to the opera stage in New Zealand in a major role, this time in the title role of The Marriage of Figaro presented by the NBR New Zealand Opera in May/June.
In 2003, Wade joined the NBR New Zealand Opera for productions of Boris Godonov and Tosca. and was a PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist and later Young Artist with the company.
In 2005, Wade moved to Perth and took up a principal position with the Australian Opera Studio, later graduating with honours. During his two-year contract, his performances included Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, the title role in Elijah, Crespel, Luther, and Coppelieus in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Colas in Bastien und Bastienna, The Count des Grieux in Manon and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte.
Since that time, Wade's performances have included the bass role in Stravinsky's Pulcinella for the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany, and the role of Zuniga in Carmen for Southern Opera, New Zealand; the bass roles in the IFANZ/Opera de Lyon season of the Kurt Weill double bill, Colline in La bohème for NBR New Zealand Opera and Ferrando in Il trovatore for Southern Opera. In 2008, he was awarded the Patricia Pratt Scholarship in Music Performance.
In 2009 Wade studied at the National Opera Studio, London and performed the role of the Speaker in The Magic Flute for Southern Opera. He attended the Solti/Te Kanawa Accademia di Bel Canto and the Verbier Festival Opera Studio. He was also a semi-finalist representing NZ in both the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and the Neue Stimmen, in Germany, as well as runner-up in the Lexus Song Quest.
In August he commences a full-time position at St Gallen Theatre, Switzerland.
New Zealand Aria
 Pene Pati, a tenor from Auckland,, won the Dame Malvina Major Foundation first prize of $15000 at the New Zealand Aria (former Lockwood Aria) competitions in Rotorua in November 2009.
Dame Malvina presented the prize at the gala evening finals.
Sir Howard Morrison Vocal Scholarship
 Mr Owen Glenn in collaboration with Dame Malvina Major announced that The Glenn Family Trust has endowed a vocal performance scholarship in recognition of Sir Howard Morrison's unique talent.
The scholarship will be administered by The Dame Malvina Major Foundation and will be awarded annually to a New Zealand performer of exceptional potential aged between 16 and 32 years of age. Dame Malvina will provide private tuition to the recipient and some travel and accommodation costs should these be required.
Dame Malvina said: "I really want to do this - to choose talented people that I feel have the ability to make a career out of singing and performance as Sir Howard Morrison and I have done."
Click here for more information, including application details, which must be received by 15 March.
Lexus Song Quest 2009
Aivale Cole won first prize, and second and third place-getters were respectively, Wade Kernot of Auckland and Julia Booth of Hamilton. The other three finalists were Andrew Glover, Kristen Darragh and Polly Ott.
All finalists have received funding from the Dame Malvina Major Foundation in some way over the last several years. At concerts in Christchurch and Wellington, the three finalists dedicated their performance of a trio from Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart to Dame Malvina, to thank her for all her support. | 
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