Each NZSSC cycle culminates in an international tour.

 

In 2024 the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir will be touring CHINA

 

See them off at their international tour Farewell Concert in early July, and see how much our singers have grown over the past cycle!

 

This concert is one night only so don’t miss out!

 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

TICKETS JUST $18 (plus booking fees)

Ends June 5th!

 

Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to Christ Church, the choir will present a wide range of music from classical choral to gospel, jazz, modern, and music from Aotearoa and the Pacific. This is your chance to see their first concert performance of 2024!

“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”– NZSSC singer

Bring the whole family for an evening of choral excellence and entertainment!

 

  • Get your early bird special before 14th December 2023 to secure a great concert at a great bargain!

Tour Support

 

Parental guidance advised: Themes of grief and loss

 

From Bach to today! In a daring reimagining of early music, join Voices New Zealand as they take an emotional journey through song. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, with surprising arrangements of traditional choral works in beautiful settings.

Conductor and Music Director Karen Grylls is excited to bring this new show to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch: “‘Der Weg’ by Leonie Holmes, alongside Bach’s ‘Komm, Jesu, komm’, newly commissioned for this occasion, will be a real highlight of the concert.”

Directed by renowned Opera director Jacqueline Coats, the journey of the concert will be guided by puppetry from Little Dog Barking Theatre Company, a first for a Voices New Zealand concert.

 

Music Director Karen Grylls

Director Jacqui Coats

Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir

 

Contributing artists

Cello James Bush
Marimba Eric Renick

Puppetry Kenny King

 

Repertoire

O ves Omnes Victoria
Es ist ein Ros Praetorius
Es ist ein Ros Sandström
Mass in B Minor (Crucifixus) Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm Jesu Komm Johann Sebastian Bach
Der Weg Leonie Holmes (World premiere 26 May)
Hear My Prayer Purcell
My Prayer Chilcott
When the Violin Sings Reena Esmail
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach
O lux beata Trinitas William Byrd
O lux beata Trinitas Andrej Makor
Ecce Quomodo Moritur Justus Jacobus Gallus Handl. Bob Thiele and David Weiss, restructured by Robert Wiremu

 

This tour is supported by:

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Left unfinished at the time of his death in 1791, Mozart’s Requiem is not only testament to his extraordinary talent but continues to be regarded as one of the most profound and moving musical expressions in classical music.

 

Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Robert Wiremu) | Requiem in D minor K 626

 

About composer Robert Wīremu:

As an occasional composer, Robert has been relatively prolific in output. A student of the late Jack Body, the late David Farquhar, and the very active Ross Harris, Robert was a singer (studying with Emily Mair) specialising in new and old music. It’s not surprising then that he would focus his writing on work featuring the voice. He’s also strongly influenced by Māori sounds and perspectives, which is evident in his output.

Since the late 90s, Robert has taught musicianship and voice at the University of Auckland. During the majority of that period, he worked very closely with Karen Grylls, transforming the Auckland Chamber Choir, establishing applied approaches to the teaching of musicianship skills, and supporting the development of conducting studies.
About this project, he says: “The opportunity to reimagine a cultural masterwork, a giant in the classical canon, comes with a lot of expectation. Some will believe it inappropriate to touch such an icon, that Mozart was a perfect artist, and genius. This is not in dispute. Some will expect me to burn down the institutions and raze the establishment. I’ve had my ups and downs with Wolfgang, but I commit to this project with utmost respect. All I can offer is a commentary on how I hear the requiem, how it effects me, how I relate to it, how I live with it, how it infiltrates my days. That’s all!”

Voices NZ 25th Birthday

Happy birthday to us! 🎉 You may know that our 25th birthday is coming up, and we’re going to celebrate in style by going on this national tour with Chamber Music New Zealand.
There are two ways that you can help us celebrate as alumni or long-time of the choir. If you live in any of the places we’re taking ‘Reimagining Mozart’, please consider coming along. We and Karen would love to see you.
Secondly we encourage you to share in this group your photos and memories of Voices NZ over the years. We will collate and treasure them as we reflect on this milestone and the next 25 years. You can email them to choirs@choirsnz.co.nz
Ka rawe! 🎈
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The New Zealand Youth Choir is coming to Wānaka!
Watch the best young singers in NZ show off their skills performing choral works both new and old.
With 13 international tours and multiple championship titles under their belt – the NZ Youth Choir is not to be missed!

 

 

BONUS PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITY:

We’ll be doing a NZ Songbook Singalong from 3:15pm – 3:45pm.

The NZ Youth Choir will be doing a pre-concert sing along, using pieces and material from the NZ Song Book!
Learn an iconic kiwi waiata with help from mebers of the NZ Youth Choir. We will have some sheet music available.

If you would like to learn some of the music in advance, check out ‘Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi’ on the NZ Songbook website.
https://nzsongbook.nz/songs/tutira-mai-nga-iwi/

 

 

See the choir at Lake Wānaka Centre for our first ticketed concert of 2024!

We’re excited to showcase our talents for you and impress everyone in Wānaka!

 

WĀNAKA BONUS PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITY:

We’ll be doing a NZ Songbook Singalong from 3:15pm – 3:45pm.

The NZ Youth Choir will be doing a pre-concert sing along, using pieces and material from the NZ Song Book!
Learn an iconic kiwi waiata with help from mebers of the NZ Youth Choir. We will have some sheet music available.

If you would like to learn some of the music in advance, check out ‘Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi’ on the NZ Songbook website.
https://nzsongbook.nz/songs/tutira-mai-nga-iwi/

 

 

 

Come see us in Dunedin as we finish the Otago tour! Our Dunedin singers are sure to thrive as we wrap up our tour in their hometown!

Be sure to get your tickets now, and see some of your best local singers in action!