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Karen Grylls: celebrated musical storyteller steps off the podium
Choral conductor Dr Karen Grylls leads Voices NZ in a tribute concert in the Aotearoa NZ Festival before stepping down as Music Director. She talked to Five Lines about her long and successful career.
Voices NZ’s ‘Horizons’: moving stories of migration
‘Horizons”, presented by Voices NZ, is a collaboration between Music Director Karen Grylls and Stage Director Jacqui Coats. The dazzling concert offers immersive musical storytelling about migration, trauma and homecoming.