From touring with Sir Howard Morrison and Dame Malvina Major, to her favourite movies and "go to" songs, Lizzie Marvelly has given students a rare insight into herself and the music industry ahead of her Rotorua concert.
The singer, writer and columnist spoke frankly and openly about the business that has been a major part of her life at a Q&A session with music students at Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's Rotorua campus today.
About 30 students, who were not at all shy in asking questions of the former Rotorua woman, attended the session along with polytech music tutors Ben Wilcock and David Grindley.
Marvelly said she wanted to give back to her hometown before embarking on a short tour of the nation starting in Rotorua on September 16.
Her "The 10 Years Tour" marks 10 years since she took to the stage at age 16 with Sir Howard and Dame Malvina on their The Knight With A Dame tour.