Katterwall's Women's Choir Accompanist

K: What's your background?
C: "I started learning piano when I was 7 but I didn't really like it until I was 16 when I met my last piano teacher. I also started singing in my school choir from 11, and conducting from 12 - coaching my class choir for a competition every year. I took up conducting again at my Residential Hall at HKU while I was doing my music degree. Upon graduation, I worked with HK Arts Festival and Edward Lam Dance Theatre."

K: How did you get involved with Katterwall?
C:"I  met Bethan in 2000 when I auditioned for the first choir she set up at HKYAF. I sang with her for almost a year and then we lost contact with each other. I met her again at the last performance of the HKAF 2003 where I was working in Customer Services. I was talking with my colleagues about what we would do when we were unemployed. Then the next day Bethan asked if I would like to help set up a choir with her. And that's how I started, helping her with Kassia Women's Choir once a week until 2005 when I started working as a full-time administrator.

K: What's been your scariest moment so far?
C: "I guess they are from two Women's Choir concerts. We booked City Hall for "Stocking Filler"in 2004 but it had a fire ten days before the concert. Luckily, Island School lent us their school hall. For "Disco Divas" in 2005 at the HKAPA, there were some mis-communications between me and the stage manager. We didn't have a keyboard when I turned up at the venue at 2pm on the day! I called Tom Lee and it was sorted - I don't know what would have happened otherwise!"

K: What are your fondest Katterwall memories from the past 5 years?
- When we got the Cultural Centre Concert Hall for the first Raising the Roof in 2005 with HK Welsh Male Voice Choir.
- Seeing Kassia Youth Choir on TV with local Pop Stars.
- Hearing Hullaballooers singing Cantonese songs.
- The sound that Kassia Men's Chorus made in their last Christmas concert 'Let it Ring, Let it Swing, Let it Snow!'

K: What are you looking forward to in the future?
C: "One day, local students will take vocal lessons as they take piano lessons; music teachers & school principals will understand it takes more than a mouth and two arms to be a choir conductor; and Kassia Choirs will tour China. And of course, one day Soho Collective will conquer the world!"

2006: Eight Soho Collective members sing 'Happy Birthday' to the Rugby Sevens and 'Hey Baby' to the South Stand.

2007: Bethan gives a talk on the history of 'Music At The Rugby Sevens' for SKAL – the Travel and Tourism.

2008: Eight Soho Collective members perform a cappella national anthems and Jo-Anne Trevenna and Matthew Hale perform 'Time To Say Goodbye' before the cup final.

20^th April: Sung Evensong @ St. John's Cathedral, 6pm. Conducted by Bethan Greaves