Ms Karen Knudson, of Dunedin, QSM, for services to choral music
Karen Knudson was a piano and organ teacher prior to her appointment as Musical Director at Dunedin’s Knox Church, where she has conducted the church and children’s choirs. She has conducted the Knox Church Choir in several performances, including the International Peace Choir Concert in Berlin. She was Choir Musical Director of the Otago Girls and Boys High School Choirs. She organised several trips and led the choirs’ participation in the New Zealand Choral Federation’s The Big Sing Competition. Ms Knudson is Musical Director of the Dunedin RSA Choir and plays double bass for the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.