Dr Guy Jansen, MNZM, Wellington
For services to music. Dr Guy Jansen is a music educator and choral musician. He founded the New Zealand Youth Choir in 1979 and was its Musical Director. The choir is reputed to be the first national youth choir in the world. He also founded the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir, and pioneered training in choral conducting with the establishment of the International Summer Schools in Choral Conducting. He was closely involved in the production of the ‘New Zealand Hymnbook’ in 1986. He has been at the forefront of the move to broaden church music repertoire, with a feature of his work being the fusion of styles. Dr Jansen also formed the Festival Singers and Bel Canto.