At Honor McKellar's 100th birthday last year, celebrated NZ opera singer Jonathan Lemalu yesterday emphasised the crucial role of teacher Honor McKellar in his singing career.
She was honoured as a former New Zealand mezzo-soprano opera singer, as the University of Otago’s first executant lecturer in voice (1970-85) and for her overall influence on New Zealand music.
She has long played a key role in the Dunedin Performing Arts Competitions Society and its senior vocal festival.
In a prerecorded video link, Lemalu paid tribute to Miss McKellar as a very professional singer and teacher who had helped him to focus, and improve himself.
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