Join the New Zealand Youth Choir for an evening of choral excellence in New Plymouth!

The New Zealand Youth Choir (NZYC) has achieved considerable success since its formation in 1979. Performances in New Zealand and fourteen international tours including visits to the UK, Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, Singapore, Russia, the Republic of Korea, China and the Pacific Islands have firmly established its reputation for consistency, energy and excellence. The Choir is comprised of around fifty 18 to 25-year-old singers and operates on a 3-year audition cycle.

Music Director Rowan Johnston reflects on the April  NZYC course:

“Hav­ing seen the pas­sion and qual­ity of per­form­ance from the NZYC in our first per­form­ance, I am look­ing for­ward to push­ing these young sing­ers to be the very best they can be.

We work with a range of music styles, from tra­di­tional clas­sical music to wai­ata, and in many lan­guages. This choir will sing in Eng­lish, Latin, French, Ger­man, Māori, Tongan, Arabic, Korean and Esto­nian.

We also col­lab­or­ate with oth­ers ensembles and arts organ­isa­tions throughout the coun­try.

Our next col­lab­or­a­tion will be June in Palmer­ston North, where we will work with the NZ Choral Fed­er­a­tion to con­nect with local choirs and then travel to New Ply­mouth – the first time for NZYC in 15 years – to per­form with a spe­cial appear­ance from local ensemble Ombré, fol­lowed by a work­shop for local sec­ond­ary schools.”