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This concert is held at St David’s Cathedral in Hobart and is open to everyone. Tickets $25 adults, $20 concession, free for children under 16.

This is it! The final Aotearoa concert of this three year cycle before we begin our Australian Tour. Join us in the beautiful St Matthew-in-the-City to celebrate the ups and downs of what has been the strangest NZ Youth Choir cycle in our 40+ year history.

From the difficulties of lockdowns, canceled tours, virtual rehearsals and times when we were the only national choir in the world able to get together, to the jubilant highs of touring again, working with world class musicians like Eric Whitacre and Voices New Zealand, singing the Carmina Burana,  it’s certainly been an adventure!

We’ll be performing repertoire from the last three years, as well as some newer pieces that we are taking to Hobart, Port Arthur, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney across November and December.

Come see us off in style, this will be a night to remember.

With support from:

Come and support Auckland members of the New Zealand Youth Choir as they prepare for a tour of Australia in late 2022.

Led by the choir members themselves, this is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best young choral/ensemble singers in New Zealand perform in both small ensembles of lower, upper and mixed voice combinations plus massed items and solos. Moreover, the concert will feature choir members not only as versatile singers but also composers and conductors. 

Music will include works by J.S. Bach, Byrd, Gershwin, Holst, Mäntyjärvi, Pärt, Whitacre, and more! This will truly be a choral feast with something for everyone from the spirited Renaissance and Baroque to the spice and delight of contemporary choral music and jazz.

We will also be holding a raffle in which you can win a double pass to our upcoming concert in September, featuring the music of Eric Whitacre sung by the New Zealand Youth Choir and Voices NZ Chamber Choir conducted by Whitacre himself! Tickets for the raffle are $5 each.

We would also be grateful for any donations that you’d like to offer. There will be an option to add a donation at checkout. 

NZYC Auckland members performing:

Soprano:

Eden Garside
Libby Montgomery
Maggie Zhang

Alto:

Anna Hamilton
Keani Taruia-Pora
Grace Wellik

Tenor:

Matthew Bennett
Nicholas Curry
Josh Long
Ivan Zhang

Bass/Baritone:

Takerei Komene
Blake Nicholson
Blake Scanlen
Benedict Tan

COVID-19

Singers will be unmasked in concert and taking a RAT test the day prior and on concert day. We request that audience members are masked and do not attend if they feel unwell.

The internationally awarded national choir for secondary school singers is back in Nelson for the first time since 2006! Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to the NCMA, the choir will present a wide range of music from classical choral to gospel, jazz, modern, and music from New Zealand and the Pacific – repertoire from Eric Whitacre, Antonio Lotti, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Puanaki whānau, David N Childs and crowd favourite, a bit of toe-tapping Toto!

The choir of 53 singers, selected at nationwide auditions to join the NZSSC for a two year cycle, has had several Nelson members over the years, and this year includes Charle Rainey of Nelson College. Charle is very excited to perform in his own town and recommends you all come along! “ The repertoire that we sing in this choir is so diverse and fresh. It’s not that choral music you’d expect. The choir is one of the best sounding in Aotearoa, and we have so much fun performing the pieces. Anyone who sings in choirs or just for fun as a hobby should come and hear us perform in Nelson, especially schools kids as the performance could encourage them to audition for the choir. I’m really looking forward to performing in Nelson with this fantastic choir, and I really hope other young Nelsonians come to listen.”

Music Director Sue Densem has been with the NZSSC since 2019, through the “COVID years” and has therefore faced a lot of disruption, including two cancelled international tours. The Southern Stars Tour stands in place of the NZSSC’s tour to Tasmania, with ticketed concerts in Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Wānaka, and casual performances at Aoraki Mt Cook and Queenstown.

Bring the whole family – under 12s are free, and concessions available.

 

“The audience was enthralled and totally absorbed in everything they heard and saw, from start to finish. … Little wonder that the audience was on its feet at the end in a prolonged standing ovation in appreciation of a superb concert where all the singers continually projected the pleasure they gained from singing and sharing this with an appreciative audience.” – Hawke’s Bay Today

 

Keeping everyone safe

• Our choir and staff are fully vaccinated
• There will be restricted audience numbers if the venue is in the Red level of the Protection Framework
• Audience will be kindly asked to wear masks, which we will have available
• If you have any specific questions around our commitment to keep our choir and audience safe, feel free to email choirs@choirsnz.co.nz

Tour partner:

With support from:

The internationally awarded national choir for secondary school singers is back in Wānaka! Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to the Lake Wānaka Centre, the choir will present a wide range of music from classical choral to gospel, jazz, modern, and music from New Zealand and the Pacific – repertoire from Eric Whitacre, Antonio Lotti, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Puanaki whānau, David N Childs and crowd favourite, a bit of toe-tapping Toto!

The choir of 53 singers, selected at nationwide auditions, join for a two year cycle.

“The repertoire that we sing in this choir is so diverse and fresh. It’s not that choral music you’d expect. The choir is one of the best sounding in Aotearoa, and we have so much fun performing the pieces. Anyone who sings in choirs or just for fun as a hobby should come and hear us perform” – Charle Rainey, NZSSC member

Music Director Sue Densem has been with the NZSSC since 2019, through the “COVID years” and has faced a lot of disruption, including two cancelled international tours. The Southern Stars Tour stands in place of the NZSSC’s tour to Tasmania, with ticketed concerts in Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Wānaka, and casual performances at Aoraki Mt Cook and Queenstown.

Bring the whole family – under 12s are free, and concessions available.

“The audience was enthralled and totally absorbed in everything they heard and saw, from start to finish. … Little wonder that the audience was on its feet at the end in a prolonged standing ovation in appreciation of a superb concert where all the singers continually projected the pleasure they gained from singing and sharing this with an appreciative audience.” – Hawke’s Bay Today

Keeping everyone safe

• Our choir and staff are fully vaccinated
• There will be restricted audience numbers if the venue is in the Red level of the Protection Framework
• Audience will be kindly asked to wear masks, which we will have available
• If you have any specific questions around our commitment to keep our choir and audience safe, feel free to email choirs@choirsnz.co.nz

Tour partner:

With support from:

The internationally awarded national choir for secondary school singers is back in Blenheim! Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to the Church of Nativity, the choir will present a wide range of music from classical choral to gospel, jazz, modern, and music from New Zealand and the Pacific – repertoire from Eric Whitacre, Antonio Lotti, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Puanaki whānau, David N Childs and crowd favourite, a bit of toe-tapping Toto!

We are especially excited to welcome Marlborough Girls’ College choir Ovation to our concert. They will present their Big Sing repertoire ahead of their South Island Cadenza performance in August.

“ The repertoire that we sing in this choir is so diverse and fresh. It’s not that choral music you’d expect. The choir is one of the best sounding in Aotearoa, and we have so much fun performing the pieces. Anyone who sings in choirs or just for fun as a hobby should come and hear us perform” – Charle Rainey, NZSSC member, Nelson

Music Director Sue Densem has been with the NZSSC since 2019, through the “COVID years” and has faced a lot of disruption, including two cancelled international tours. The Southern Stars Tour stands in place of the NZSSC’s tour to Tasmania, with ticketed concerts in Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Wānaka, and casual performances at Aoraki Mt Cook and Queenstown.

Bring the whole family – under 12s are free, and concessions available.

“The audience was enthralled and totally absorbed in everything they heard and saw, from start to finish. … Little wonder that the audience was on its feet at the end in a prolonged standing ovation in appreciation of a superb concert where all the singers continually projected the pleasure they gained from singing and sharing this with an appreciative audience.” – Hawke’s Bay Today

Keeping everyone safe

• Our choir and staff are fully vaccinated
• There will be restricted audience numbers if the venue is in the Red level of the Protection Framework
• Audience will be kindly asked to wear masks, which we will have available
• If you have any specific questions around our commitment to keep our choir and audience safe, feel free to email choirs@choirsnz.co.nz

Tour partner:

With support from:

The internationally awarded national choir for secondary school singers is back in Christchurch! Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, the choir will present a wide range of music from classical choral to gospel, jazz, modern, and music from New Zealand and the Pacific – repertoire from Eric Whitacre, Antonio Lotti, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Puanaki whānau, David N Childs and crowd favourite, a bit of toe-tapping Toto!

The choir of 53 singers, selected at nationwide auditions, join for a two year cycle.

“The repertoire that we sing in this choir is so diverse and fresh. It’s not that choral music you’d expect. The choir is one of the best sounding in Aotearoa, and we have so much fun performing the pieces. Anyone who sings in choirs or just for fun as a hobby should come and hear us perform”– Charle Rainey, NZSSC member

Christchurch-based Music Director Sue Densem has been with the NZSSC since 2019, through the “COVID years” and has faced a lot of disruption, including two cancelled international tours. The Southern Stars Tour stands in place of the NZSSC’s tour to Tasmania, with ticketed concerts in Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Wānaka, and casual performances at Aoraki Mt Cook and Queenstown.

Bring the whole family – under 12s are free, and concessions available.

“The audience was enthralled and totally absorbed in everything they heard and saw, from start to finish. … Little wonder that the audience was on its feet at the end in a prolonged standing ovation in appreciation of a superb concert where all the singers continually projected the pleasure they gained from singing and sharing this with an appreciative audience.” – Hawke’s Bay Today

 

Keeping everyone safe

• Our choir and staff are fully vaccinated
• There will be restricted audience numbers if the venue is in the Red level of the Protection Framework
• Audience will be kindly asked to wear masks, which we will have available
• If you have any specific questions around our commitment to keep our choir and audience safe, feel free to email choirs@choirsnz.co.nz

Tour partner:

With support from: