Miss Jill Kerr, of Diamond Harbour, MNZM for services to choral music and music education
Miss Jill Kerr was Director of Music at St Margaret’s College for 40 years. She has taught at The Cathedral Grammar School and St Michael’s Church School. She has held musical leadership roles at St Michael’s Church and sang with the Royal Christchurch Musical Society’s choir. She was elected an Honorary Member of the United Kingdom-based Guild of Church Musicians.
She is an Associate of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand and an affiliate of the Royal Schools of Church Music. She was Christchurch Cathedral’s first female Precentor and was invited to Oxford University as a visiting Precentor. Miss Kerr conducts the Christchurch Cathedral Singers