The Ōtautahi-based members of the NZ Youth Choir are delighted to present Haere Rā: a fundraising concert designed to showcase the best of the youthful talent Christchurch has to offer as we prepare to leave Aotearoa’s shores for Asia and Europe.
Featuring invited guest ensembles from around the city who are near and dear to our hearts – either as directors, managers, or fellow members – we are honoured to be joined by Quantum Acoustics (current Barbershop Harmony NZ silver medalists), The Christchurch Boys’ Choir, Cantrices from Christchurch Girls’ High School (national/regional The Big Sing finalists) and the Christchurch Youth Choir. We are especially excited as all of these featured groups are also “youths” just like us!
The NZYC regional members will serenade you with songs from Cole Porter and Herbert Howells, offer sacred favourites from Thomas Tallis and Charles Wood, and share home-grown classics like Isa Isa and Haere Rā (Now is the hour).
Be sure to bring your spare change too as we will be running some raffles – including some very, very special items which we will announce closer to the time.
We are thrilled to be touring Asia and Europe in 2025, including representing New Zealand at the Grand Prix of Nations in Denmark and the Choir of the World competition in Wales. Proceeds will go towards supporting an equity-based hardship fund to ensure that no singer is left behind due to financial strain!
This event is hosted by the Ōtautahi members of the New Zealand Youth Choir and joined by special guests from around Christchurch!

 

 

 

 

 

The Auckland members of the New Zealand Youth Choir are delighted to present Tō Mātou Haerenga | Our Journey, a concert series by NZYC Auckland. We invite you to experience our European journey with us, as we present a selection of music from a variety of genres that closely follows our European tour destinations.

 

On this journey, we explore the Scandinavian territory with works from Alfvén and Pedersen. With Mendelssohn and Gjeilo, you’ll be transported further into Europe. On our journey, we do not forget about home – Puanaki and Komene remind us of our roots, and a surprise feature from Lim reflects our excitement about stopping over in Singapore.

 

Tō Mātou Haerenga | Our Journey is a concert series fundraising for the New Zealand Youth Choir’s European Tour in July this year. The choir will be competing in two of the world’s top choir competitions: the European Choir Games in Denmark, and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales. Ticket proceeds will go directly to our equity-based hardship fund to ensure no singer is left behind.

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

 

After the resounding success of ‘The Firefly Wakens’, local members of NZYC are thrilled to present a novel programme celebrating the spirit of childhood!

 

From South Africa to Singapore, we step into the bright-eyed lives of children across the globe. Stumbling through the coltish joys of youth, we are thrust to the cusp of adulthood and confronted with the wider questions of the world – what it means to love, to long for, when to turn, and when to keep going.

 

From percussion driven folk songs to tender lullabies, virtuosic solos to lush harmonies suspended in time, this concert will bring together the novel and the nostalgic. Featuring John Tavener’s ‘Svyati’, Eric Whitacre’s ‘A Boy and a Girl’, songs from NZ composer Jenny McLeod’s ‘Childhood’, and three Aotearoa premieres by contemporary composers Maria Kõrvits (Estonia), Toh Ban Sheng (Singapore), and Jacob Narverud (USA), Childhood is a tender tribute to youth, the growing pains of adolescence, and carrying childlike wonder into adulthood.

 

We are joined by acclaimed cellist Tomos Christie, who is fundraising to pursue further study in Europe in 2025.

 

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 and joined by special guests from Wellington!

Our ANZAC Day performance will be held at Wirinaki Whare Taonga in Upper Hutt!

 

Join us for a concert featuring songs of remembrance and commemoration!

 

 

In this concert, you'll hear the stellar voices not only of the NZ Youth Choir, but our newest cohort of Academy Choir singers!

Multiple members of the academy choir have successfully transitioned into NZSSC and NZYC, and we are so excited to sing with them in this concert!

 

Concert supported by (and a big THANK YOU to):

 

    Pelorus Trust

Join the NZ Youth Choir in their last Wellington Performance ahead of their 2025 international tour!

 

This concert will be particularly special as the choir performs the entire 'Passing of the Year' by Jonathan Dove.
Jonathan Dove is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music, and his writing for choral forces is charged with intensity and beauty. The Passing of the Year is dedicated to the memory of his mother and sets seven texts with moving directness and a beguiling sense of the seasons’ passing.
Though NZYC will be performing selected movements across their international tour - this concert is the only time the choir will be singing the work in its entirety.

These concerts are supported by (and a big THANK YOU to):

     Pelorus Trust

 

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.
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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!)
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!)
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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