Tausala (she/they) is a Samoan New Zealander (Utuali’i and North Shore, Auckland) who is passionate about creating beautiful and impactful music with NZYC. Tausala is a member of the Auckland Chamber Choir, and has been passionate about choirs since her inaugural performance at the Big Sing Finale as a part of Takapuna Grammar School Chorale. They have ten years of Classical Piano and five years of Classical Voice lessons under their belt. Tausala is currently training as a choral conductor through NZCF’s New Zealand Young Conductor Training programme, working as an intern with All Together Now. On the side, they work as a Dean at Diocesan School for Girls’ boarding house.

Jemma is a soprano who calls both Wellington and Dunedin home. She is in her fourth year at Otago University studying a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in German. She also studies Classical Voice with Judy Bellingham. Jemma has performed with the Days Bay Opera, Musical Theatre Dunedin, Octagon Ensemble and Opera Otago. Jemma played the role of Hélène in Opera Otago’s production of ‘An Incomplete Education’ for the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2023.

Born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, Alanah is a student at the University of Auckland, studying Classical Voice with Dr Morag Atchison. Outside of the New Zealand Youth Choir, Alanah is currently a member of the Auckland Chamber Choir, and sings professionally with St Matthew’s Voices and Auckland Choral.

Alanah has sung as a chorister and soloist with ensembles such as the Auckland Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2023, she was the winner of the West Auckland Performing Arts Competition’s Kotuku Cup for Vocal Solo with the Aotea Youth Symphony. For over four years, Alanah sung as a member of the New Zealand Secondary Students Choir. During her years at Westlake Girls High School, Alanah attended the Big Sing National Finale and toured Australia and Italy with the premier choirs, and was twice the recipient of the Excellence in Music Performance Solo Cup. 

In her time so far at the University of Auckland, Alanah has been a recipient of the Pears-Britten Award in Singing, the Beatrice Ratcliffe Scholarship in Music, the Evelyn M Harrison Scholarship, and the Auckland University Singers’ Choral Prize. Alanah was also a finalist in the Graham Allen Musical Theatre competition, and played Despina in the UoA School of Music’s Opera Scenes production in 2023.