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To achieve his MusD he presented 11 of his own compositions, written over the past 10 years.
ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff His work has been published and performed in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. “I do try to write music that I hope people will like listening to. I don’t write for the 23rd century. I’m not into electronics.” Emeleus and his wife of 58 years, Janet, live at a retirement village in Riccarton, where he conducts a choir. “A lot of people do things in their 80s, I’ve just kept going with my music. “When you get older you’re bound to come up against hurdles that you wish you didn’t have to. But if you can still do things then I think, for goodness’ sake, get on and do it. Otherwise, you’ll just mope around.”