We’re flying in from around the country to rehearse in Wellington this week. No public concert but lots of opportunities for us to rehearse, get to know each other, and make some special visits around the region. Make sure to follow us on facebook for exclusive behind the scenes!
“When in doubt, sing loud.”
From playwright Ro Bright and director Kitan Petkovski, the team behind the multi-award-winning Kiwi heartbreaker Daffodils, comes a new uplifting small-town family story performed with the help of a mass choir, with songs composed by Pat Irwin (The B-52s, SUSS).
The Greer household is a battlefield, overflowing with ant armies, wine gums and decades of hoarded fashion. Alison’s universe is centred around caring for her daughter Billie and mother Tup. Surrounded by chaos, Billie discovers a YouTube video that sets the trio on a mission to find a choir big enough to make Tup’s eyes pop.
Premiering at the Festival of Colour in collaboration with Voices Aotearoa NZ and locally-sourced community singers, The Hall brings audiences and choirs together in a ceremonious and frank story about unconditional love.
The Hall from Bullet Heart Club on Vimeo.
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A breathtaking musical and visual homage to the beauty and vulnerability of our oceans.
Celebrating our moana as precious taonga with uplifting music from around the globe, this beautiful concert accompanies the flight of the kuaka/godwit, from icy northern seas all the way down to a fragile sanctuary in Antarctica.
Starting in the north with a new work by eclectic Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi about the Arctic Ocean, we encounter whales, turtles and mysterious serpents on this musical journey following the great Māori navigator Ui-Te-Rangiora on his quest to save the oceans.
Travelling through Latvia, Canada, the US and Indonesia, we arrive at a sanctuary, the majestic Antarctic captured in a new work by New Zealand’s Warren Maxwell, inspired by his own, personal experiences on the ice.
Conducted by Karen Grylls, with elegant direction and choreography by Arts Laureate Sara Brodie, Taonga Moana is set to a stunning landscape of projected moving images.
This spectacular theatrical event is an ode to the power and poetry of oceans – essential, now more than ever, to survival on our planet.
This show comes to us straight from their high-profile performance at Auckland Arts Festival. See them in Wanaka!
“Moving, uplifting, and thought-provoking. A very special evening of music indeed.” – Otago Daily Times
“Impressions…. ranged from full blown despair to total joy and delight.” – The Hook
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This immersive concert experience features breath-taking visuals from the multi-award winning BBC Earth television series on the big screen, with the original music score by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and David Fleming, performed live by the APO with Voices New Zealand.
Watch surfing dolphins, powerful killer whales, colourful clownfish and ethereal jellyfish. From icy polar seas to vibrant coral reefs, from the luminous deep sea to vast undulating kelp forests — Blue Planet II Live in Concert is an unforgettable exploration of the awe-inspiring wonders of the deep.
Christchurch pre-sales SOLD OUT – Door sales only
Our nationally selected choir of singers aged 18-25 is so excited to be returning to Christchurch, Westport and Greymouth. In the last few years this award-winning ensemble have toured the South Pacific, gone viral on Facebook, sung for the Prime Minister and had many events cancelled by the Pandemic. Now they’re rearing to get back on the road and celebrate the new year with new repertoire, new singers, but the same quality which kiwis have come to expect for their NZ Youth Choir.
It is always an honor to put the black uniform. These 50 singers have been selected from all over the country to represent New Zealand. The trophy cabinet at headquarters is full to the brim and includes the “world cup” of choir singing, the “Choir of the World” trophy won in 1999 in Wales.
This is your chance to see the choir on your home turf for one night only. Pack your whānau, bring your mates, this will be one glorious night out.
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We’ll be at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for most of the day on Waitangi Day 2021, performing a special concert in the afternoon. Keep an eye on our website and facebook page for more details.
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7pm, FRIDAY 5 February 2021
Since visiting Whangārei in 2019 we have toured the South Pacific, gone viral on facebook, sung for the Prime Minister, and had many events cancelled by the pandemic. So we are rearing to go, to celebrate the new year with new repertoire, new singers, but the same quality which kiwis have come to expect from their NZ Youth Choir.
These 50 singers have been selected from all over the country to represent New Zealand. The trophy cabinet at headquarters is full to the brim and includes the ‘world cup’ of choir singing, the ‘Choir of the World’ trophy won in 1999 in Wales.
This is your chance to see this award-winning ensemble on your home turf for one night only. Pack your whānau, bring your mates this will be one glorious summer night out.
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After a tough year which saw many of our events cancelled, including our international tour, we are incredibly excited that the 2019-2020 choir can come together one last time to present a week of concerts in Auckland and Wellington.
Join us for our favourite music from the last couple of years - including David N. Childs, Dan Davidson, Michael McGlynn, Stephen Rapana - as well as a few Christmas jingles for the festive season!
“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.” - Hawkes Bay Today, 2018
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For this concert only we will be joined by world-renowned Heldentenor and NZSSC alumnus Simon O'Neill!
A native of Ashburton Simon began his singing career as 1st bass in the NZ Secondary Students Choir. He is now recognised as one of the finest Helden-tenors on the planet. He has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Berlin, Munich and Vienna Staatsoper, Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh, Salzburg and Bayreuth Festivals. Simon’s performances as Siegmund in Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Pappano, Teatro alla Scala and Berlin Staatsoper with Barenboim, at the Metropolitan Opera with Runnicles in the celebrated Otto Schenk production returning with Luisi in the Lepage Ring Cycle and in the Götz Friedrich production at Deutsche Oper Berlin with Rattle were performed to wide critical acclaim. He is a Fulbright Scholar, an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, alumnus of The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music and University of Otago, he holds a Doctor of Music from Victoria University (Honoris Causa), Arts Foundation Laureate, and is a Grammy nominated recording artist with EMI, Decca and Naxos. Simon lives in Auckland with his wife, Carmel and their three children.
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Celebrating our moana as precious taonga with uplifting music from around the globe, this beautiful concert accompanies the flight of the kuaka/godwit, from icy northern seas all the way down to a fragile sanctuary in Antarctica.
Starting in the North with a new work by eclectic Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi about the Arctic Ocean, we encounter whales, turtles and mysterious serpents on this musical journey following the great Māori navigator Ui-Te-Rangiora on his quest to save the oceans. Travelling through Latvia, Canada, the US and Indonesia, we arrive at a sanctuary, the majestic Antarctic captured in a new work by New Zealand’s Warren Maxwell, inspired by his own, personal experiences on the ice.
Conducted by Karen Grylls, with elegant direction and choreography by New Zealand Arts Laureate Sara Brodie, Taonga Moana is set to a stunning landscape of projected moving images.
This spectacular theatrical event is an ode to the power and poetry of oceans – essential, now more than ever, to survival on our planet.
This Auckland premiere is part of the Auckland Arts Festival. We’re proud to be part of the ROHA KI TE TAIAO / CARING FOR OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT – AIR, LAND, WATER strand of events at the festival.
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After a tough year which saw many of our events cancelled, including our international tour, we are incredibly excited that the 2019-2020 choir can come together one last time to present a week of concerts in Auckland and Wellington.
Join us for our favourite music from the last couple of years - including David N. Childs, Dan Davidson, Michael McGlynn, Stephen Rapana - as well as a few Christmas jingles for the festive season!
“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.” Hawkes Bay Today, 2018
Get your tickets, we'll see you there!
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