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Celebrated New Zealand choir director Dr Karen Grylls CNZM has announced that 2024 will be her final year as Artistic Director for Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand (CANZ) – the body that manages the country’s four national choirs – as she signals a shift to a new role as Artistic Director Emerita.
July is a busy month for our four national choirs, Voices NZ, NZ Youth Choir, NZ Secondary Students’ Choir and the Aotearoa NZ Academy Choir, with each taking part in international projects.
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Simon Eastwood, Denzel Panama and Fergus Byett are the three category winners of Compose Aotearoa!, our national choral-song-writing competition, now in its second year.
The New Zealand Youth Choir (NZYC) has just turned 40 and to celebrate, it’s holding a special Christmas concert in Auckland before boarding a cruise ship the next day for a 17-day tour.
After an Australasian-wide search, Christchurch-born Susan Densem was today appointed to role of Music Director of the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir (NZSSC).
For the first time in New Zealand Youth Choir (NZYC) history, three Auckland brothers – Benjamin (Tenor), Benedict (Bass) and Benett Tan (Tenor) – have all made it into the new NZYC.
New Zealand Youth Choir has appointed David Squire as its new Music Director. He will take on the role held by Karen Grylls since 1989.
In August, New Zealand’s national chamber choir, Voices New Zealand, takes some of our best choral music to Argentina. Our award-winning choir has been invited to perform at the 9th World Symposium on
The Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand Trust, which manages the New Zealand Youth Choir and Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, has appointed Trevor Kempton as its new Chair.
The New Zealand Youth Choir will put on a trans-Tasman serenade when the Australian Gondwana Chorale joins them for a concert at the TSB Showplace on July 9.