Miss Sarah Rae, of Invercargill, MNZM for services to choral music
Sarah Rae is Musical Director of the Invercargill Schools’ Sing Out, leading around 700 students from 20 schools annually to prepare for the three-night festival. She is Head of Performing Arts at Southland Girls’ High School and directs the school’s ‘Femme’ choir. She was director of the Southland Youth Choir and is director of the mixed-voice choir The Ensemble and the Foveaux Harmony Chorus, part of the international Sweet Adelines organisation. She was a coach and educator with Young Women in Harmony, a national initiative providing musical education for women under 25. Miss Rae is musical coordinator of the Invercargill Proms music event, which raises funds for local charities.