Hawke's Bay-based tenor Vili Moore is looking forward to singing at the Tairawhiti Museum for the first time this Sunday.
Drawing on his Pasifika musical heritage and the nurturing and training he received with the Prima Volta programme in Napier, Moore is now studying with Margaret Medlyn at the New Zealand School of Music.
He will present a programme of favourite songs and operatic selections accompanied by prize-winning pianist Otis Prescott-Mason.
The pair will perform at Tairawhiti Museum at 2pm on Sunday.
“I am not actually familiar with the venue as I haven't been to Gisborne before but I have listened to other people's recordings from the venue and it sounds as if the acoustics or reverb of the building's structure make for an ideal performance space,” Moore told The Herald.