Perform choral music
Rehearse and present upper-voice choral repertoire as an equal-voice female choir.
The Cecilian Singers Incorporated
Upper-voice choral music in Canterbury
The Cecilian Singers Incorporated is a registered New Zealand charity and incorporated society associated with Christchurch women's choral performance, community concerts and support for New Zealand music.
Purpose
Music, performance and community access
The society's public charitable purpose is cultural and community based: rehearsing and performing upper-voice choral music, encouraging musical development, reaching smaller communities and supporting New Zealand composers and young musicians.
Share music widely
Promote appreciation and enjoyment of choral music across the wider community, including smaller communities.
Support musicians
Support New Zealand composers and provide performance opportunities for talented young musicians.
Choir profile
A Canterbury choir with a long public record
The public register describes a performing membership of around 20 to 30 singers, led musically by a Music Director and governed by a society committee.
Primary activity
Arts, culture and community choral performance.
Area of operation
Canterbury, New Zealand.
Governance structure
Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and committee member roles are publicly recorded as active positions.
Historical people and roles
Names recorded in the choir's public history
These notes reflect historical Cecilian Singers roles and responsibilities connected with the choir's earlier public website and organisational history.
Judy Harvey
Executive Committee Chair in 2011, with responsibilities covering tickets, concerts and organisational matters.
Rosemary Allison
Music Director in 2011, with responsibilities connected to joining the choir and concert invitations.
Nan Anderson
First Music Director and founder of the choir in 1981.
Latest published annual return
FY2025 public financial snapshot
The FY2025 annual return was modified on 1 July 2026. These figures are included as public charity information and are not a donation request.
Total income
NZ$22,587
FY2025 gross income
Total expenditure
NZ$18,230
FY2025 total expenditure
Government grants
NZ$8,652
Reported in FY2025
Annual returns
18
Public records from FY2008 to FY2025
Registered charity details
The Cecilian Singers Incorporated
Charity number
CC30581
NZBN
9429042775164
Companies Office
291332
Legal structure
Incorporated Society
Registration status
Registered
Charity registered
30 June 2008
Current register address
15A Rue De La Mare, Parklands, Christchurch 8083
Historical source address
2 Loburn Kowai Road, RD 2, Rangiora 7472
Public contact email
info (at) cecilians (dot) com
Website history
A domain long associated with the choir
Public web archives show that cecilians.com carried Cecilian Singers content for many years. Later domain availability checks in July 2026 found the domain deleted at the registry level.
Generic placeholder
The earliest archive was a hosting placeholder and is not treated as choir content.
Full choir website
Archived pages identify The Cecilian Singers as a Christchurch women's choir with concerts, membership and support information.
Under construction
The site still appeared as a Cecilian Singers Christchurch maintenance page in April 2024.
Domain unavailable
DNS and Verisign RDAP checks reported NXDOMAIN and Object not found.
Domain transparency note.
Historical event dates and private member contact data from old archived pages are not reused here. This page presents static public information based on the supplied organisation record, New Zealand charity data and domain-history evidence verified on 27 July 2026.