Collegiate Orchestra
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The Collegiate Orchestra in Dunedin
, New Zealand
began as a training orchestra for student music teachers at the Dunedin College of Education
in the late 1970s. Later, memberships were open to students, staff and alumni of the University of Otago
and Otago Polytechnic
, as well as the general public.
The Collegiate Orchestra is now based at the University of Otago
Faculty of Education and members are made up of general students and alumni of the University of Otago as well as the Dunedin community. It holds a main concert per semester, in addition to Christmas concerts, church services and musical events in the community, such as the Rhododendron Day and Dunedin Society of Women Musicians Concerts.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
began as a training orchestra for student music teachers at the Dunedin College of Education
Dunedin College of Education
The University of Otago College of Education is a teacher-training facility in Dunedin, New Zealand, run as part of the University of Otago since 2007. Formerly called Dunedin College of Education , the college was founded in 1876, and has the longest continuous history of teacher education in New...
in the late 1970s. Later, memberships were open to students, staff and alumni of the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
and Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic
The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with campuses throughout the region of Otago including Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown....
, as well as the general public.
The Collegiate Orchestra is now based at the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
Faculty of Education and members are made up of general students and alumni of the University of Otago as well as the Dunedin community. It holds a main concert per semester, in addition to Christmas concerts, church services and musical events in the community, such as the Rhododendron Day and Dunedin Society of Women Musicians Concerts.