Background
Grylls, Karen Lesley was born on July 9, 1951 in Pahiatua, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Daughter of Alan Leslie and Jean Grylls.
Grylls, Karen Lesley was born on July 9, 1951 in Pahiatua, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Daughter of Alan Leslie and Jean Grylls.
Diploma in Teaching, Secondary Teachers College, Christchurch, 1974. Master of Music with Honours, University Auckland, New Zealand, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory, University Washington, Seattle, 1985.
Artistic director Choirs Aotearoa, Wellington, New Zealand, since 1989. Associate professor music University Auckland, since 1999. Board member IFCM, 2002—2008.
Board member & founding member New Zealand Choral Federation, Auckland, since 1985. Artistic co-director International Summer School Choral Conducting, Wellington, since 2001.