New Year Honour 2021: Alison Stewart has spent much of her life involved in choral music
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Reverend Alison Stewart both preaches and conducts choirs in the chapel at Huntley School. Photo / Bevan Conley
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron Time at an Anglican girls school that is strong in singing has shaped the life of Alison Stewart, who has been awarded a Queen s Service Medal in the New Year Honours for services to choral music.
She is the director of music and chaplain at Huntley School near Marton.
The award recognises decades of involvement with choirs, which started when Stewart discovered that she loved getting people to sing together.