Honor McKellar

Honor McKellar
Born
Winifred Honor McKellar

(1920-11-10)10 November 1920
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died2 February 2024(2024-02-02) (aged 103)
Alexandra, New Zealand
EducationRoyal Academy of Music
Occupation(s)Mezzo-soprano opera singer, singing teacher
EmployerUniversity of Otago
Known forTeaching singers Jonathan Lemalu and Patrick Power

Winifred Honor McKellar QSM (10 November 1920 – 2 February 2024) was a New Zealand mezzo-soprano opera singer and singing teacher, and was the first full-time lecturer in singing at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Her students included Jonathan Lemalu, Patrick Power and Matt Landreth. In 1989, she was awarded a Queen's Service Medal for services to music, and in 2012, she was made a life member of the New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing.