Medics making music
Corpus Medicorum, a Melbourne-based orchestra of doctors, medical students and health professionals, will perform in Christchurch this September to raise funds for the Canterbury Charity Hospital.
A group of talented individuals whose professional lives are devoted to helping people, the orchestra is widely known for presenting a much-loved concert series at Melbourne Recital Centre, with profits donated to the Royal Melbourne Hospital to fund lung cancer research. To date it has donated more than $1 million for the research.
Corpus Medicorum was founded in 2002 by Royal Melbourne Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon and violist Phillip Antippa, and is widely regarded as one of Australia’s premier amateur orchestras. Its current conductor and musical director is Associate Professor Keith Crellin, a noted violist and teacher, and ex-founding member of the Australian String Quartet.
Corpus Medicorum has toured internationally three times, to St Petersburg Russia in 2014, to Osaka Japan in 2016, and in 2018, to Europe with concerts
in Thessaloniki, Milan, and Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Rebirth
concert series
Corpus Medicorum will tour New Zealand’s South Island with concerts in Christchurch and Dunedin.
For the Christchurch concert, Maestro Crellin will conduct master works from Weber, Brahms, and an Elgar cello concerto, featuring soloist and first year doctor from Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital, Catherine Kwak.
CHRISTCHURCH
7.30PM
Wednesday 21 September
Christchurch Town Hall Auditorium
Tickets to the concert are $60/$25 and can be bought from premier.ticketek.co.nz.
A worthy cause
Demand for Canterbury Charity Hospital’s free medical, surgical, dental and counselling services is steadily increasing as many Cantabrians struggle to access care through the public system. For some people, being turned down for life-altering procedures means enduring pain and discomfort.
The hospital’s 300 volunteers, including surgeons, dentists, anaesthetists, nurses and support staff work hard to provide health services to as many people as possible, but need public support and donations to help meet the cost of providing the services.
“We don’t receive any Government funding. With your assistance, we can offer more life-changing medical treatments to the vulnerable in our community, who would not otherwise have access to care,” explains fundraising coordinator Rosie Graham.
“A gift from you will mean better health and quality of life for hundreds of Cantabrians.”
To be eligible for care, people must have been turned down by the public health system, not have medical insurance and be able to demonstrate that they cannot afford to have their treatment privately.
To donate to the Charity Hospital, visit the website www.charityhospital.org.nz.
