News & Reviews Archive - Page 4 of 16 - New Zealand Youth Choir

Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together “virtual choirs,” singers from many countries spliced together on video. Now, for the first time ever, he creates the experience in real time, as 32 singers from around the world Skype in to join an onstage choir (assembled from three local colleges) for an epic performance of Whitacre’s “Cloudburst,” based on a poem by Octavio Paz. Check it out here.

https://www.facebook.com/1NEWSNZ/videos/10154366053946218/

CONGRATULATIONS to all this weekend’s Semi-Finalists, especially Filipe Manu, Eliza Boom, Joel Amosa, Manase Latu, Joe Haddow our five 2018 Finalists! See them at the Lexus Song Quest Grand Final Gala at Auckland Town Hall, 28 July – who will win? Tickets are selling fast at www.songquest.co.nz

For the first time choristers will have the chance to join a national academy of choral singing. Organised by
Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand, all three national choirs (NZ Secondary Students’ Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ)
will be in residence and keen singers from around the country can book their place to experience these choirs in action, sit-in and sing with the choirs, and have access to their professional artistic staff for workshops in musicianship, vocal and conducting techniques.

Register for one of these three groups:
– Group S: age 13-17, mirroring NZSSC
– Group Y: age 18-25, mirroring NZYC
– Group V: Adults (age 25+) with a good choral skill level, and a keen desire to advance their vocal and language skills.

Dates 25 – 28 January
Times: Fri (1pm – 6pm), all other days (10am – 6pm)
Venue: Auckland Diocesan School

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