The story of the Brunwick Women’s Choir begins in 1991. Co-founder Lyn Szilagyi was working as a maternal and child health nurse and believed that for some women, singing would be the best way of saying “who they were” to the world. Lyn’s enthusiasm was so infectious that her colleague Cathy Nixon was persuaded to take up the role of musical director.
Finding money was the next step so Lyn, Cathy and co-founder Judith McKenzie-McHarg sought funding from the local council to seed the choir. Mission accomplished! Their next task was to find women to join the choir. They placed a notice in the local newspaper and held their breath.
Forty women turned up to the first rehearsal…and the journey began!
