23 August 2024, Issue 1224
A milestone of melody Tauranga’s musical treasure Coreen Gray is enjoying reaching 100 this week, with a surprise performance put on for her by some of Tauranga’s top classical singers and the Tauranga Civic Choir, at Bayswater
Village where she’s lived for more than 20 years. From England to Tauranga, music has brought Coreen a lifetime of joy and she thrilled the audience at her birthday celebration concert by taking to the grand
piano herself to sing ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’. The singer, who was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal in 2020 for her contributions to choral music, says music will always be a part of her life simply
Photo: John Borren.
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because it makes her happy. “I just love it. It’s just one of those things that really is a joy of life.” Read more about Coreen and her musical life on page 16.
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