The King’s Birthday weekend concert is part of celebrations for the 50-year anniversary of the choir and will be held at Invercargill’s First Church.
The choir was founded in 1975 by Invercargill man Ron James, who now lives in Australia but will be attending the celebration.
Musical director Christine McLeod said it was not often an orchestra, choir and soloists performed in Invercargill.
"Make the most of the opportunity is what I’d say to people.
"Live music, you just can’t beat it.
"Watching the orchestral players, watching the singers and seeing it happen.
"It’s quite visceral is the word I would use."
First Church had very good acoustics and she hoped there would be a good attendance.
"It just makes the occasion that much better when you’ve got a big crowd that are there and humming and enjoying the music.
"Performers live to perform for people."
She suggested school choir members form a party to attend the concert which was a cheaper way to pay for their ticket.
"I just want to encourage them to come to hear what you can grow into and do when you get up at that level."
The concert, on Saturday night, will have two parts.
In the first half, popular songs selected from the choir’s five-decade repertoire will be performed and in the second half the Invercargill Symphonia and special guest soprano Rebecca Ryan will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria.
Ryan, who grew up in Bluff, has an international career and now lives in Oamaru.
Ms McLeod sang in the choir for about 18 years before becoming the musical director in 2019.
The name of the choir was a "little musical joke", Ms McLeod said.
The a cappella style of music spelt with two ps in the middle is when there is no musical accompaniment to the singing.
Capella, on the other hand, was the Italian word for goat.
Accompanist Sheryl Walker has been playing the piano for the choir for about 40 years.
Mrs Harvey said after she completed her Fellowship of Trinity College London diploma in 1982 she started playing for different groups in the city and was approached by Mr James to play for the choir.
Twelve of English poet Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories, set to music by Edward German, were to be performed by the choir.
"I got talked into doing that and just one thing led to another."
Two of the Just So songs would be performed at the concert.
During Vivaldi’s Gloria, she would play the organ.
She enjoyed playing for the choir and attending practice became part of her routine.
"Monday night’s choir night."
