Kim Sutherland

Kim Marie Sutherland OAM is the founder and Music Director of the Hunter Singers group and the Head Teacher of Creative and Performing Arts at Merewether High School, Newcastle, New South Wales (Australia).

In 1989 Sutherland founded the choir group Hunter Singers, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014. Sutherland's leadership of Hunter Singers has brought her and them to recognition at many high levels, through many performances. With her support, Hunter Singers has produced two CDs and made overseas tours to the United States, Italy, New Zealand and Canada. Performances in iconic locations like the Salzburg Cathedral and the Verona Arena Di Verona Festival provided the young talents of Hunter Singers with the excitement of international competition and the learning, experience and growth that comes with it.

Sutherland graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, completed a Master of Fine Arts, studied conducting with Myer Fredman and has been involved in many performances of all different levels and types.

Awards

Sutherland has received many forms of award and recognition for her services. She won the Wesley Institute Orchestral Conducting Competition in 1999, the Australian Council of Education Quality Teaching Award, was a finalist for the NSW Department of Education Teacher of the Year in 2001 and has received many other commendations, awards and honours.

Her most notable and recent accolade was the Medal of the Order of Australia, awarded "for services to the arts" in 2013.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "SUTHERLAND, Kim Marie". It's an Honour - Australia Celebrating Australians. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2015. For service to the arts.
  2. ↑ "Music Director". Hunter Singers. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


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