Administration
The Royal Dunedin Male Choir is administered by the Royal Dunedin Male Choir Incorporated, limited to and exclusively for charitable purposes, in New Zealand. The activities of the Choir are administered by a Committee, elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Principal Officers
| Patron: | Judy Bellingham MNZM |
| President: | Nick Nicolson |
| Immediate Past President: | Peter Keddell |
| Vice Presidents: | Neil Hall, Robert Storm, Don Barkman and Peter Stapleton] |
Musical Director - John Buchanan MNZM
John BuchananJohn has won many accolades during his professional career including the Dunstanza senior girls’ choir Gold Medals at Melbourne Eisteddfod in 2014; People’s Choice in the 2015 Big Sing Regional Competition and in 2017 winning a silver award and the award for the best presentation of a song in Te Reo at The Big Sing Finale in Auckland. In 2018 the Seniors Girls were invited to attend the Australian International Music Festival in Sydney where they gained a very high Silver Award
In 2017 he was invited to conduct the Roxburgh Brass Band taking them to the National championships in Wellington where they won the D grade section and Conductors award for best conductor. The following year the band went to the National Championships in Blenheim and again won the whole D grade section- a first for the band.
When John returned to Dunedin earlier this year he was invited to conduct Opera Otago’s production of Mikado. He is also very involved with the New Zealand Choral Federation and he was contracted by them to organise three musical festivals in three regions of the country.
John now lives in Dunedin with his partner Sharon McLennan.
Accompanist
Linda Folland| Linda Folland |
Committee
| John Buchanan MNZM | Musical Director |
| Nick Nicolson | President |
| Peter Keddell | Immediate Past President |
| Ian Gray | Secretary |
| Neil Hodgkin | Treasurer |
| Neil Hall | Registrar |
| Robert Storm | Librarian |
| John Dennison | Assistant Librarian |
| Michael Ayers | |
| Rod Maclennan | |
| Ray Sheppard | |
| Jonathan Storm | |
| Graeme Welsh |
Website Editor
| John Buchanan with John Shanks of Spacific Design |
Honorary Solicitor
| Paul Hubbard (of Downie Stewart) |
Honorary Members
| Judy Faris |
| Allan Garth |
| Sir Bryn Terfel |
| Netta Wylie |
| Russell Clark |
Contacts
Postal
Secretary
Ian Gray
Royal Dunedin Male Choir
68 Church Street
MOSGIEL 9024
Phone: 021 884 661
rdmchoir@gmail.com
In person
The Choir administration does not maintain a physical office. If you wish to speak to a committee member we suggest that you visit us during a choir rehearsal session on a Monday evening between 7:00pm and 9:30pm. There is typically a short break in rehearsals at 8:30pm.
Rehearsals are on Mondays at 7:15pm at the Caversham Baptist Church, corner of Surrey Street and Main South Road, Caversham, Dunedin.
The RDMC Lyre emblemcarved by Phil Ashton