Our musical co-directors for 2023
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Supertonic is excited to share that for 2023 the choir will be under the direction of Isaac Stone and Virginie Pacheco.
Isaac Stone: Isaac is a music teacher at Tawa College in Wellington, where he does a mix of classroom teaching, singing teaching and choir directing. He has a BMus in Classical Singing from the New Zealand School of Music. He has directed Wellington Youth Choir, the Tawa College Blue Notes as well as Supertonic. In addition to this, he has been a member of the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, the New Zealand Youth Choir, Inspirare and is now a member of Voices New Zealand. Virginie Pacheco: Virginie began her musical training in France, where she graduated with Honors from the University of Nancy with a Bachelor in Musicology. After completing diplomas in Recorder and music theory, Virginie settled in Montreal to pursue her Masters in Conducting at the Université de Sherbrooke. She quickly became an acclaimed emerging conductor, winning the Iwan Edwards award in 2015. She has participated in masterclasses throughout the world, and in 2017 spent a summer residency with the Ontario Youth Choir. |
The Choir
Supertonic is a Wellington based choir that strives to push the boundaries of what choral music can be.
The choir was formed in 2014 and since then has performed concerts that cover the entire musical spectrum, from Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor to a pop spectacular celebrating Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie.
More recently the choir has performed alongside Brett Mckenzie and The Muppets in the Jim Henson Retrospectacle and Mama Kin Spender at the local Coastella music festival. Overcoming the difficulties of performing live concerts in 2020, Supertonic brought the classic music of Elton John to life in a choral pop extravaganza. In 2022 Supertonic performed North and Joy led by co-musical director Virginie Pacheco.
Supertonic's returning co-musical director Isaac Stone has led the choir since its inception. A teacher of classroom music and leader of the choral programme at Tawa College in Wellington, he places a premium on making choral music that is enjoyable and accessible to singers and audiences alike.
The choir was formed in 2014 and since then has performed concerts that cover the entire musical spectrum, from Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor to a pop spectacular celebrating Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie.
More recently the choir has performed alongside Brett Mckenzie and The Muppets in the Jim Henson Retrospectacle and Mama Kin Spender at the local Coastella music festival. Overcoming the difficulties of performing live concerts in 2020, Supertonic brought the classic music of Elton John to life in a choral pop extravaganza. In 2022 Supertonic performed North and Joy led by co-musical director Virginie Pacheco.
Supertonic's returning co-musical director Isaac Stone has led the choir since its inception. A teacher of classroom music and leader of the choral programme at Tawa College in Wellington, he places a premium on making choral music that is enjoyable and accessible to singers and audiences alike.
