Richard Madden, of Dunedin, QSM, for services to music
Mr Madden is the conductor of the Royal Dunedin Male Choir, a member of the Auditioning Panel of Dunedin Sinfonia, and Musical Director of Knox College Choral Scholars. He was Assistant Director of Music for Dunedin’s St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, a member of the New Zealand Choral Federation Board of Governors, and an advisor to the Royal Schools of Music. He has had conducting roles with the Dunedin Sinfonia’s Academy of Strings and organised school shows locally. He has written more than 50 choral compositions, including work performed at Sir Edmund Hillary’s memorial service at the Royal Chapel at Windsor.