2025 Cadenza and Finale Choirs
23 Jun 2025
We are thrilled to announce the choirs that have been selected to take part in The Big Sing Cadenza and Finale 2025.
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: Reserve choirs for Finale are indicated within the Cadenza lists, marked with an asterisk (*) and reserves for the Cadenza festivals are listed below each one.
Selected choirs will be notified by email of the deadline for acceptance. We will update this page with the finalised lists once that deadline has passed.
Congratulations to all!
Dates and locations:
Lower North Island Cadenza (Whanganui, 10-11 August)
Royal Whanganui Opera House
South Island Cadenza (Timaru, 15-16 August)
Craighead Diocesan School & Sacred Heart Basilica
Upper North Island Cadenza (Rotorua, 18-19 August)
Sir Howard Morrison Centre
Finale (Dunedin, 28-30 August)
Dunedin Town Hall
FINALE
(listed alphabetically by choir)
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Altissime | Samuel Marsden Collegiate | Wellington |
| Bel Canto | Burnside High School | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Bel Suono | Waikato Diocesan School | Waikato - Bay of Plenty |
| Blue Notes | Tawa College | Wellington |
| Cantare | Westlake Girls High School | Auckland |
| Cantus Columba | Columba College | Otago - South Canterbury |
| Choralation | Westlake Boys High School and Westlake Girls High School | Auckland |
| Con Anima | St Patrick's College, Wellington | Wellington |
| Euphony | Kristin School | Auckland |
| FEMME | Southland Girls' High School | Southland |
| Fortissimo | Dilworth School | Auckland |
| King's College Kappella | King's College | Auckland |
| Leonessa | Takapuna Grammar School | Auckland |
| Macleans College Chorale | Macleans College | Auckland |
| MANifesto | Palmerston North Boys' High School | Manawatū - Whanganui |
| Ngā Korimako | Wellington College and Wellington Girls' College | Wellington |
| Paradisum | Epsom Girls Grammar School | Auckland |
| Resolutions | Rangi Ruru Girls' School | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Saints Alive | St Cuthbert's College | Auckland |
| Seraphim | Chilton Saint James School | Wellington |
| Serenata | Rangitoto College | Auckland |
| St Cecilia Singers | Diocesan School for Girls | Auckland |
| Voces Luce | Queen Margaret College | Wellington |
| Voicemale | Westlake Boys High School | Auckland |
UPPER NORTH ISLAND CADENZA
(listed alphabetically by choir)
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| All The King's Men | King's College | Auckland |
| Avondale College Gospel Choir * | Avondale College | Auckland |
| Black Watch Singers | St Cuthbert's College | Auckland |
| Confortare * | St Paul's College, Ponsonby | Auckland |
| Grammar Voices * | Auckland Grammar School | Auckland |
| Kentoris | Saint Kentigern College | Auckland |
| Luminosa Armonia Chorale * | Tauranga Girls' College | Waikato - Bay of Plenty |
| Raukura Choir | Rotorua Boys' High School | Waikato - Bay of Plenty |
| Schola Cantorum | Baradene College of the Sacred Heart | Auckland |
| Takapuna Grammar School Chorale | Takapuna Grammar School | Auckland |
| The Fundamentals | Rangitoto College | Auckland |
| Unspoken | Manurewa High School | Auckland |
UPPER NORTH ISLAND CADENZA RESERVE CHOIRS
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Animoso | Bethlehem College | Waikato - Bay of Plenty |
| Gloriana Choir | Mount Albert Grammar School | Auckland |
| Kau Hiva Heilala | One Tree Hill College | Auckland |
| Nota Bella | Westlake Girls High School | Auckland |
| Rosmini Chamber Choir | Rosmini College | Auckland |
| Sonic Fusion | Tauranga Girls' College and Tauranga Boys' College | Waikato - Bay of Plenty |
LOWER NORTH ISLAND CADENZA CHOIRS
(listed alphabetically by choir)
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Ad Lucem | Napier Girls' High School | East Coast |
| Aotea All-Comers Choir | Aotea College | Wellington |
| Bella and the Fellas * | Freyberg High School | Manawatū - Whanganui |
| Colla Voce | Havelock North High School | East Coast |
| Early Birds | Tawa College | Wellington |
| HIBS and St Patrick's College Silverstream Combined Choir | Hutt International Boys' School and St. Patrick's College Silverstream | Wellington |
| Jubilate | Queen Margaret College | Wellington |
| NIU Choir | Bishop Viard College | Wellington |
| PNGHS Pasifika Gospel Choir | Palmerston North Girls' High School | Manawatū - Whanganui |
| Rāwhiti | Wellington East Girls' College | Wellington |
| St Dominic's College Choir | St Dominic's College | Manawatū - Whanganui |
| Voxology | Napier Boys' High School | East Coast |
LOWER NORTH ISLAND CADENZA RESERVE CHOIRS
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Cantate | Wairarapa College | Wellington |
| Cantatrices | Palmerston North Girls' High School | Manawatū - Whanganui |
| Schola Cantorum | St Matthew's Collegiate School | Wellington |
| Taita Kolisi | Taita College | Wellington |
| Te Whānau Tahi Choir | Naenae College | Wellington |
| Woodford House Chapel Choir | Woodford House | East Coast |
SOUTH ISLAND CADENZA CHOIRS
(listed alphabetically by choir)
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Voices | Burnside High School | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Cantabella | James Hargest College | Southland |
| Mandate | Otago Boys' High School | Otago - South Canterbury |
| Nautilus Chorale | Otago Girls' High School | Otago - South Canterbury |
| NayCol Chorale | Nayland College | Nelson - Marlborough |
| 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 |
| Staccoro | St Andrew's College | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Suono Bellissimo | Motueka High School | Nelson - Marlborough |
| Synergy | Marlborough Boys' College | Nelson - Marlborough |
| Vivace * | Villa Maria College | Canterbury - West Coast |
SOUTH ISLAND CADENZA RESERVE CHOIRS
| Choir | School | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Bedean Choir | St Bede's College | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Cantrices | Christchurch Girls' High School | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Combined Nelson Colleges Choir | Nelson College For Girls and Nelson College | Nelson - Marlborough |
| Concordia Cantores | Christ's College and St Margaret's College | Canterbury - West Coast |
| Craighead Chorale | Craighead Diocesan School | Otago - South Canterbury |
| Creui Chori | Burnside High School | Canterbury - West Coast |
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