This event will not be going ahead due to the cancelling of the festival

 

Moving, uplifting, and thought-provoking. A very special evening of music indeed.

— OTAGO DAILY TIMES

 

Our moana is living and breathing and Taonga Moana is a love letter to our oceans.

Join us as we present a musical and visual journey that transports you across the seas to explore the vulnerable beauty of our oceans.

Following the great Māori navigator Ui-Te-Rangiora on his quest to save the oceans, Taonga Moana is poetry that begs the question, will you protect the voice of the ocean?

Conducted by Dr Karen Grylls, with elegant direction and choreography by Arts Foundation Laureate Sara Brodie, this spectacular theatrical event features new music from eclectic Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and New Zealand’s Warren Maxwell.

On this evocative and uplifting journey, travel with our navigator to the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans to encounter whales, turtles and mysterious serpents.

He whakaaturanga toi ataata tēnei e pā ana ki te moana, ki tōna ātaahua, ki tōna tapu, me ōna tini āhuatanga katoa. Ko te ingoa o te whakaaturanga nei ko Taonga Moana, he whakaaturanga e whaiwhai ana i ngā tapuwae o te toki whakatere waka nei, o Hui-Te- Rangiora, ko tāna i whai ai, ko te oranga tonutanga o te moana.

 

IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR THIS TOUR! All three ticketed concerts are CANCELLED.

We’re heading south in October on a special tour to Te Waipounamu, the South Island!

Sadly we had to change our original plans to tour to Timaru and Dunedin for public concerts, as we will NOT have our Auckland singers with us and therefore have an incomplete choir.

All three ticketed concerts are CANCELLED. In Christchurch only we will be able to present an open rehearsal to the public on Sunday 10 October at 3.30pm at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School. Tickets are free, but you do NEED TO PRE-BOOK, so we know who is in attendance and we can regulate the audience size. A booking link will be posted here early next week.

This is disappointing for us all and we hope to come back to the south soon. Any tickets purchased to any of the three concerts, Christchurch, Timaru and Dunedin will be refunded fully.

 

 

With support from:

 

Unfortunately due to the current COVID-19 outbreak we are forced to cancel this concert. We are going to try to reschedule for April 2022, so keep an eye out for that! All ticket holders will be refunded, thank you for your understanding.

 

Ngā mihi.

SOLD OUT

Fall in love with the music of this exquisite new vocal ensemble made up of singers from Voices New Zealand.

Our singers will serenade you with music from the ages, romantic to contemporary weaving all matters of the heart into an entertaining evening of song.

 

Wellington’s brand new vocal ensemble 9Live are heading to the pub! Grab a pint and let some of Wellington’s most accomplished vocalists take you round the world – without leaving your barstool.

Witness the debut of this professional ensemble, singing jazz from Germany, Scandinavian folk, some gorgeous modern works and even taking a trip down ‘Penny Lane’. 9Live is made up of singers from New Zealand’s premier chamber ensemble Voices New Zealand, and with this programme called Encore, you’ll be thirsty for more.

 

Repertoire

Penny Lane – Lennon-McCartney arr. Bob Chilcott
Rest – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Earth Song – Frank Ticheli
This Marriage – Eric Whitacre
Ave Maris Stella – Edvard Grieg
Underneath the stars – Kate Rusby
Words – Anders Edenroth
Kaipaava – Finnish folk song arr. Essi Wuorela & Jussi Chydenius
Bardinerie – Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor, J.S Bach arr. Ward Swingle
Lay a Garland – Robert Pearsall
Can’t Buy Me Love – Lennon-McCartney arr. The Kings’ Singers

 

Ensemble funding from Creative New Zealand

 

The final gala concert of the New Zealand Choral Federation’s biennial convention Choral Connect, celebrating the choral traditions of Aotearoa. Featuring a stunning line up of award-winning performers: taonga pūoro player Horomona Horo, the New Zealand Secondary Students Choir, Te Kapahaka ō Te Wharekura ō Hoani Waititi Marae and Auckland members of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir.

 

 

You can find out more about the Choral Connect conference here.

 

 

The final gala concert of the New Zealand Choral Federation’s biennial convention Choral Connect, celebrating the choral traditions of Aotearoa. Featuring a stunning line up of award-winning performers: taonga pūoro player Horomona Horo, the New Zealand Secondary Students Choir, Te Kapahaka ō Te Wharekura ō Hoani Waititi Marae and Auckland members of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir.

 

 

You can find out more about the Choral Connect conference here.

 

 

All welcome to see and hear the choir in rehearsal, in preparation for our performance at the National ANZAC Day Service

We are performing at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington for this years National ANZAC Day service. Public welcome.

Keep an eye out for more information!