Classes
Private lessons - singing, piano, violin, guitar and bass guitar
Learn from an experienced professional performers both starting our paid performance careers in our teens.
Emma was asked to join the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra at 15 years old, has a degree in Performance music and a career spanning multiple genres and styles here and overseas.
Jonathan started his paid career in his teens too, as the very last apprentice actor of the Court Theatre and has over 50 professional productions to his name. He has countless lead role credits here and overseas in many genres, writing awards and recording on Spotify.
Passionate teachers, we retired from performance careers returning to NZ to the rural idle that is North Canterbury some 16 years ago. We focus on sharing our knowledge and skills with the next generation.
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Glee Clubs
FREE Glee Club trial sessions at the start of 2026
Details on each Glee Club's page.
Our Rangiora Glee Clubs are vocal groups, pop choir for all ages right here in North Canterbury.
It is a great opportunity to sing some amazing music with other like-minded souls and along
the way make fabulous friends: from Hamilton (the Musical!) to Les Misérables, from Adele to Ed
Sheeran, John Legend to the Beatles, from P!nk to Elton John.
In addition to having lots of fun, members will also learn vocal skills and technique from the best.
And if past experiences are anything to go by, they may well find their tribe and make lifelong
friends. There will be opportunities to perform (for those who want to). They will also learn how to
follow along with the actual music! (Don’t stress – it’s not that hard).
Student Bands
The student Band work really enables students to apply their knowledge and get the joy of playing with others -
it really is a blast - and the students grow hugely during the process.
Eg. In Emerging Band, we leverage off the skills the students have learnt in their private lessons and
apply them in the band context. This band context consolidates their existing skills but more
importantly, develops new ones. Playing with others – being in time with others, ensuring you can
hear yourself and others – are all skills that need to be developed. Through this, students hone their
skills faster and to a much higher skill level, than purely having private lessons.
We believe our band is a unique offering. Band action is of course available for students at many
high schools. However, it is very rare for high school music teachers to be experienced performers.
It is rarer still for a teacher to play in band with students regularly. We will be creating (as opposed
to copying) the work which our students experience.
And it is SO much FUN! We wish we’d had this opportunity when we were kids LOL!
Glee Club - Adults
Our Rangiora Glee Clubs are vocal groups, pop choir for all ages right here in North Canterbury.
It is a great opportunity to sing some amazing music with other like-minded souls and along
the way make fabulous friends: from Hamilton (the Musical!) to Les Misérables, from Adele to Ed
Sheeran, John Legend to the Beatles, from P!nk to Elton John.
In addition to having lots of fun, members will also learn vocal skills and technique from the best.
And if past experiences are anything to go by, they may well find their tribe and make lifelong
friends. There will be opportunities to perform (for those who want to). They will also learn how to
follow along with the actual music! (Don’t stress – it’s not that hard).