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!
Our final engagement and performance of 2024!
This is your last chance to see the incredible Aotearoa NZ Academy Choir, right in the heart of the capital city!
Our bright young singers are ready to show you what they’ve got!
Our final engagement and performance of 2024!
This is your last chance to see the incredible Aotearoa NZ Academy Choir, right in the heart of the capital city!
Our bright young singers are ready to show you what they’ve got!
The World Choir Games will be landing in Auckland in July 2024!
The Aotearoa NZ Academy Choir will have the chance to partake and compete in the games – if you’re attending, look out for out iconic blue shirts!
We’re so excited to meet choirs from all over the world and engage in a bit of friendly competition!
Our flagship concert in Whangārei will delight you and your friends and whānau!
See the talent of NZ’s best young singers in a summer spectacle of choral magic.
Before the upcoming concert with the NZ Youth Choir, Gondwana Chorale and the Aotearoa NZ Academy Choir, we will host a conversation with Music Directors David Squire, Carl Crossin, Elise Bradley, Rowan Johnston, Paul Holley and more. This is your chance to dive into the music with a chance to kōrero, ask questions, and learn a bit about the process behind these national youth choirs.
David Squire – NZ Youth Choir
David Squire is one of New Zealand’s most prominent conductors, and Music Director of the New Zealand Youth Choir. Chair of the New Zealand Association of Choral Directors, he is also a national conducting advisor and tutor, and a governance board member of the New Zealand Choral Federation. He is also a national conducting advisor and tutor, and in 2016 he led the NZ Youth Choir to win the Grand Prix at IFAS in the Czech Republic.
Carl Crossin OAM (Adelaide, SA) – Gondwana Chorale
Carl Crossin is an Australian choral conductor, educator and composer. He is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the University of Adelaide. He was director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music in the University of Adelaide in 2010-14. Crossin founded the Adelaide Chamber Singers in 1985, and as director he has toured with them to Britain, Europe, North America and South-East Asia, won several awards for performance and CD recordings, and represented Australia in international choral and music education symposia and festivals. As well, Crossin and the Adelaide Chamber Singers have embarked on a program of commissioning and presenting new choral music. Over his career, Carl has conducted the Adelaide Symphony Chorus, the Intervarsity Choral Festival, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the Melbourne Chorale and Gondwana Chorale.
Paul Holley OAM (Brisbane, Qld) – Gondwana Chorale
Paul Holley is a choral conductor and music educator. His personal warmth and passion for choral music have inspired many singers to discover and develop their skills as choral musicians. With over 25 years of teaching experience in schools and many years of working with instrumentalists and singers Paul knows how to connect with people of all ages and enjoys collaborating with them in the music making process.
Presently, Paul is the Artistic Director of Voices of Birralee a community youth and children’s choir organisation based in Brisbane. He conducts two of the signature choirs the Birralee Blokes and Resonance of Birralee. Both of these ensembles have toured nationally and internationally, won several competitions, made numerous recordings and supported community events. He is also the co-conductor of the national youth choir Gondwana Chorale. In addition to these roles, Paul is a workshop presenter, choral clinician, guest conductor and mentor to younger conductors. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2016 for his services to choral music.
The internationally awarded national choir for secondary school singers is back in Dunedin! Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to St Paul’s 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. This is Dunedin’s first chance to see the brand new 2023 choir!
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”– NZSSC singer
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
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The internationally awarded national choir for secondary school singers is back in Timaru! Bringing their “infectious joy for music-making” to Craigshead Auditorium, the choir will present a wide range of music from classical choral to gospel, jazz, modern, and music from New Zealand and the Pacific. This is Timaru’s first chance to see the brand new 2023 choir!
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”– NZSSC singer
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
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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. This is Christchurch’s first chance to see the brand new 2023 choir!
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”– NZSSC singer
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
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