Events Archive - Page 2 of 8 - New Zealand Youth Choir

Tinā is the story of Samoan teacher Mareta Percival. Struggling after the death of her daughter in the Christchurch earthquakes, Mareta reluctantly takes on the role of substitute teacher at an elite, wealthy private school and is surprised to find children crying out for guidance, inspiration, and love. Using the symphony of her culture to empower her students, she forms a choir, bringing them together while unexpectedly rediscovering her passion for being a teacher and mother.

This event is hosted by the Auckland members of the New Zealand Youth Choir.

Tinā is a powerful, inspirational film about the healing power of music.
Enter the story of Samoan teacher Mareta Percival a teacher and mother, struggling after the death of her daughter in the Christchurch earthquake reluctantly takes on the role of substitute teacher in a wealthy private school and is surprised to find children crying out for guidance, inspiration, and love. Using the symphony of her culture to empower her students, she forms a choir, bringing them together while unexpectedly rediscovering her passion again for being a teacher and mother.

This event is hosted by Bronte and Dan your Palmy members of the New Zealand Youth Choir.

Message Dan or Bronte on Facebook, or email daniel.hodgetts@outlook.com to purchase tickets and support us!

$30 General Admission (Drink included!)

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Bronte and I appreciate your support. 🙂

TICKETS: Email daniel.hodgetts@outlook.com to purchase tickets and support us!

NZYC Wellington also have another fundraising concert in the works, so follow us to stay tuned!

Message us on Facebook, Instagram, or email kassandrawmusic@gmail.com to purchase tickets and support us!

$30 General Admission / $25 Concession (snacks included!)

We are thrilled to be touring Asia and Europe in 2025, including representing New Zealand at the Grand Prix of Nations in Denmark and Choir of the World competition in Wales. All proceeds will go towards establishing an equity-based hardship fund to ensure that no singer is left behind due to financial strain!

This event is hosted by the Lower North Island members of the New Zealand Youth Choir.

Message us on Facebook or email courtney.hickmott@outlook.com to purchase tickets and support us – and you will want to be in quick, there are only a select number of seats available!

$30 General Admission, inc. a non-alcoholic drink
Optional upgrade of house wine, let us know when booking

NZYC Christchurch also have a collaborative fundraising concert in the works, so follow us to stay tuned and discover the other wonderful Ōtautahi groups performing too!

Join the NZ Youth Choir in their first concert performance of 2025!
In the beautiful Whangārei, we’re excited to bring you our signature mix of choral works – from choral canon to contemporary, waiata to pese, you’ll be humming your way home with new favourite pieces stuck in your head!

This year the choir is getting ready for it’s international tour to compete in two major choir competitions. The choir is now in its third and final year of its training and performance programme, so what you hear is the ‘best of the best’!

Music Director: David Squire
Deputy Music Director: Michael Stewart
Vocal Coach: Dr Morag Atchison

Note: If you would like to support us without purchasing a ticket, continue to ‘GET TICKETS’, scroll past tickets, and enter your donation amount under ‘DONATIONS’.

Help support New Zealand’s finest young singers and indulge in a rich and innovative Christmas experience!

We begin in the deep winter with Velja Tormis’ striking Autumn Landscapes and Philip Stopfords Lully, Lulla, Lullay, unfurling into the awakening spring through Paul Mealor’s Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Reena Esmail’s The Unexpected Early Hour. The programme bursts into the festive summer season with classics including by Eric Whitacre, Dobrinka Tabakova, and Felix Mendelssohn. This concert also centres local composers, including Igelese Ete, Anthony Ritchie, and Reuben Rameka.

We are thrilled to be touring Asia and Europe in 2025, including representing New Zealand at the European Choir Games in Denmark and Choir of the World competition in Wales. All proceeds will go towards establishing an equity-based hardship fund to ensure that no singer is left behind due to financial strain!

This event is hosted by the Lower North Island section of the New Zealand Youth Choir.

Two magical evenings at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre featuring the power and passion of kapa haka and the lyrical beauty of choral music. Each concert, held in conjunction with and supported by Te Matatini, will begin with a spellbinding performance from one of Auckland’s, and indeed Aotearoa’s, most celebrated kapa haka rōpū. Anyone wanting to see the very best of this wonderful art form should secure their tickets now!

Concert Two on Thursday 18 July opens with Ngā Tūmanako, much-fêted overall winner at the Te Matatini festival in 2019. The group was established to continue and fulfil the aspirations of its past community leaders at Hoani Waititi Marae. Its current leaders are graduates of the marae’s Kōhanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa Māori – a full-immersion educational pathway established to ensure the survival of Māori language and culture.

The second half features a performance by the New Zealand Youth Choir, conducted by David Squire. Founded in 1979 and now counting many renowned singers, conductors and other musicians among its alumni, NZYC needs no introduction in this country or in many other parts of the world. Expect superb singing and a varied, highly entertaining programme!

Booking fees apply, for more information click here

Mānawatia a Matariki!

No fewer than eight choirs, five composers, three lyricists, and a kapa haka rōpū will all feature in Matariki He Kāhui Reo (Matariki, a constellation of voices), the ground-breaking choral work that is Aotearoa New Zealand’s signature offering at the World Choir Games 2024.

Devised by creative team John Rosser, Robert Wiremu and Ataahua Papa, the work celebrates the nine identified whetū (stars) of the Matariki cluster.

A group of the country’s most eminent choral composers – David Hamilton, Anthony Ritchie, Chris Artley, Rosa Elliott and Reuben Rameka – has set to music texts by Tuirina Wehi, Ataahua Papa and Māori star lore expert Rangi Mātāmua, who advised the creative team throughout the writing process.

The world première at Holy Trinity Cathedral will be an immersive experience for the audience, with the choirs (each embodying a single whetū) arranged right around the glass-walled cathedral to suggest a separated but connected cluster. Matariki herself will move in among her ‘star children’ as they perform.

In line with the importance of this event in the choral history of Aotearoa, the choirs chosen to sing in Matariki He Kāhui Reo are among the finest in the country: Voices Of New Zealand Chamber Choir, Viva Voce, New Zealand Youth Choir, The Graduate Choir New Zealand, Auckland Chamber Choir, Choralation and Fortissimo.

The work will be sung entirely in te reo Māori, with narration and screen translations in English.

Booking fees apply, for more information click here

See Matariki He Kāhui Reo – Concert Two here

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!

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.

Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi

Join NZYC in their final concert for 2024!

The New Zealand Youth Choir (NZYC) has achieved considerable success since its formation in 1979. Performances in New Zealand and thirteen international tours including visits to the UK, Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, Singapore, Russia, the Republic of Korea, China and the Pacific Islands have firmly established its reputation for consistency, energy and excellence.

Welcome in spring and celebrate choral music with the best young voices in Aoteaora!

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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.

If you would like to learn some of the music in advance, check out ‘Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi’ on the NZ Songbook website.

Tūtira Mai Ngā 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!

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.

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