2024 Cadenza and Finale choirs
5 Jul 2024
We are thrilled to announce the choirs that have been selected to take part in The Big Sing Cadenza and Finale 2024.
Our regional adjudicators and audiences around Aotearoa enjoyed a series of varied and uplifting performances, and we warmly congratulate every choir that participated in The Big Sing this year.
Please find below the list of choirs selected for the Cadenza and Finale festivals, listed in alphabetical order. Please note that these final lists have incorporated the updated reserve choirs who moved into Cadenza and Finale following the RSVP deadline.
We also wish to congratulate the following choirs who were selected for Cadenza but have been unable to accept their invitations:
- Papatoetoe Singers — Papatoetoe High School, Auckland
- Bella and the Fellas — Freyberg High School, Palmerston North
- Cantate — Wairarapa College, Masterton
- Year 9/10 Choir — Wellington East Girls' College
- Staccoro — St Andrew's College, Christchurch
- Schola Cantorum — Christ's College, Christchurch
Dates and locations:
Lower North Island Cadenza (Hastings, 12-13 August)
Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts and Events Centre
South Island Cadenza (Timaru, 16-17 August)
Craighead Diocesan School & Sacred Heart Basilica
Upper North Island Cadenza (Rotorua, 24-25 August)
Sir Howard Morrison Centre
Finale (Wellington, 29-31 August)
Michael Fowler Centre
FINALE
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| All The King's Men | King's College | Auckland |
| Avondale College Gospel Choir | Avondale College | Auckland |
| Bel Suono | Waikato Diocesan School | Waikato/Bay of Plenty |
| Blue Notes | Tawa College | Wellington |
| Cantare | Westlake Girls High School | Auckland |
| Choralation | Westlake Girls High School & Westlake Boys High School | Auckland |
| Euphony | Kristin School | Auckland |
| Femme | Southland Girls' High School | Southland |
| Fortissimo | Dilworth School | Auckland |
| Kentoris | St Kentigern College | Auckland |
| King's College Kappella | King's College | Auckland |
| Leonessa | Takapuna Grammar School | Auckland |
| Ngā Korimako | Wellington Girls' College and Wellington College | Wellington |
| Paradisum | Epsom Girls Grammar School | Auckland |
| Rāwhiti | Wellington East Girls' College | Wellington |
| Resolutions | Rangi Ruru Girls' School | Canterbury/West Coast |
| Rewaken Polycation Choir | Manurewa High School | Auckland |
| Saints Alive | St Cuthbert's College | Auckland |
| Seraphim | Chilton St James School | Wellington |
| Serenata | Rangitoto College | Auckland |
| St Cecilia Singers | Diocesan School for Girls | Auckland |
| The Centennial Choir | Mt Albert Grammar School | Auckland |
| Voces Luce | Queen Margaret College | Wellington |
| Voicemale | Westlake Boys High School | Auckland |
UPPER NORTH ISLAND CADENZA
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland Girls' Grammar School Choir | Auckland Girls' Grammar School | Auckland |
| Black Watch Singers | St Cuthbert's College | Auckland |
| Boystrous | Kristin School | Auckland |
| King's College Cantorum | King's College | Auckland |
| Luminosa Armonia Chorale | Tauranga Girls' College | Waikato/Bay of Plenty |
| Macleans College Chorale | Macleans College | Auckland |
| Sacramentum | Sacred Heart College | Auckland |
| St Paul's Chamber Choir | St Paul's Collegiate School | Waikato/Bay of Plenty |
| St Paul's College Choir | St Paul's College, Ponsonby | Auckland |
| Stella Voce | Long Bay College | Auckland |
| The Fundamentals | Rangitoto College | Auckland |
| Voci Vivaci | Rotorua Girls' High School | Waikato/Bay of Plenty |
LOWER NORTH ISLAND CADENZA
(listed alphabetically by choir)
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Ad Lucem | Napier Girls' High School | East Coast |
| Altissime | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School | Wellington |
| Colla Voce | Havelock North High School | East Coast |
| Con Anima | St Patrick's College | Wellington |
| Jubilate | Queen Margaret College | Wellington |
| Jubilate | New Plymouth Girls' High School | Taranaki |
| MANifesto | Palmerston North Boys High School | Manawatū/Whanganui |
| Saints Unified Choir | St Peter's College | Manawatū/Whanganui |
| Singquisition | Nga Tawa Diocesan School | Manawatū/Whanganui |
| St Dominic's College Choir | St Dominic's College | Manawatū/Whanganui |
| Te Rau Aroha o Hukarere | Hukarere Girls' College | East Coast |
| Tira Tawa | Tawa College | Wellington |
SOUTH ISLAND CADENZA
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Ancora | James Hargest College | Southland |
| Aurora Voices | Burnside High School | Canterbury/West Coast |
| Bedean Choir | St Bede's College | Canterbury/West Coast |
| Cantrices | Christchurch Girls' High School/Te Kura o Hine Waiora | Canterbury/West Coast |
| Cantus Columba | Columba College | Otago/South Canterbury |
| CSC Verse 15 | Central Southland College | Southland |
| Dimensions | Southland Boys' High School | Southland |
| Ovation | Marlborough Girls' College | Nelson/Marlborough |
| Polyhymnia | Queen's High School and King's High School | Otago/South Canterbury |
| St Margaret's College Chamber Choir | St Margaret's College | Canterbury/West Coast |
| The Nautilus Chorale | Otago Girls' High School | Otago/South Canterbury |
| Vivace | Villa Maria College | Canterbury/West Coast |
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