About — HARBOUR VOICES

Previously named North Shore Chorale, the choir was established in 1986 by influential local musician and teacher, Margot Lloyd. Harbour Voices has been performing under the baton of Nicholas Forbes since 2014.

NICHOLAS FORBES | Musical Director

A conductor, singer and organist, Nicholas is the Director of Music at St. Matthew-in-the-City and Organist of King's College, Auckland. He has taught music at King's College and Rangitoto College, as well as lecturing at the University of Auckland, where he studied historic keyboard with James Tibbles and conducting with Dr. Karen Grylls. Previously, he was the Director of Music at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Nicholas conducts Harbour Voices, GALS (Auckland's Rainbow Choir) and is a singer and Associate Conductor with Voices New Zealand, the national chamber choir. In 2022, he is a Conducting Fellow with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

LEE MARTELLI-WOOD |
Piano Accompanist

Lee began accompanying soloists in 1989 in the national brass band competitions. Since then she has enjoyed playing for many brass performers and singers, and accompanying choirs. Lee was the accompanist for the North Shore 100 Voice Chorale for 15 years.

She has twice been awarded the Accompanist of the Year by BBANZ, and has served as official accompanist in national events in Australia and the US.

Currently Lee works for Choirs Aotearoa managing the national academy training choir of 90 singers aged 15-25, and is also supporting Festival Opera in Napier with a pilot project.

The Committee