We were delighted to receive entries from all over New Zealand for The Online Sing: A showcase for NZ secondary school choirs.
We held watch parties on our YouTube channel and The Big Sing Facebook...
On Thursday 24 September the Performing Arts Centre at Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt reverberated with the sound of school choirs performing again.
The Mini Sing brought together choirs from...
We’re pleased to announce the dates for The Big Sing 2021. Check out the tables below for the TBS dates in your region, as well as dates and locations for Cadenza and Finale.
Registrations for...
180 secondary school students from Whangarei to Invercargill reached out from their bubbles during lockdown to join voices in NZCF’s virtual choir project, The Virtual Sing. Our newly-released...
With the cancellation of many of NZCF’s major events this year, including the World Symposium of Choral Music and The Big Sing, we have been exploring other ways to engage with our choral...
We’re very sad to announce that The Big Sing will not take place in 2020.
There is no guarantee at all that the restrictions on gatherings of more than 100 people will be lifted by the end of May...
We’re pleased to announce our adjudicators for The Big Sing 2020 regional festivals:
Philip Norman: Auckland, Waikato-Bay of Plenty
Rachael Griffiths-Hughes: Wellington, Taranaki,...
We are delighted to welcome Emma Billings to the NZCF team in a new role as Events Manager.
This new position within the team will incorporate the role of The Big Sing National Coordinator, which Emma...
We are delighted to announce our three regional adjudicators for 2020: Philip Norman, Rachael Griffiths-Hughes and Peter Watts. A full list of regional dates and adjudicators is below, along with...
As the dust settles on another highly successful Big Sing Finale, we’re keen to acknowledge the huge amount of effort on the part of everyone who contributed to its success. From our National Big...
The Big Sing got even bigger this year with the addition of three highly successful Cadenza festivals in the South Island (Timaru), Lower North Island (Whanganui) and Upper North Island (Rotorua). A...
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Around 830 singers with their choir directors and supervisors will converge on Dunedin 29-31 August when the 24 secondary school choirs selected from The Big Sing (TBS)...
Thirteen secondary school choirs selected from The Big Sing Regional competitions in Auckland and Waikato/Bay of Plenty took to the stage to compete in the inaugural Big Sing Cadenza in Rotorua on...
Twelve Secondary School choirs selected from The Big Sing Regional competitions in Wellington, East Coast, Manawatu-Whanganui and Taranaki took to the stage to compete in the inaugural Big Sing...
Ten secondary school choirs selected from The Big Sing Regional competitions in Nelson/Marlborough, Canterbury/West Coast, Otago/South Canterbury and Southland took to the stage to compete in the...
Over 1800 young singers are excitedly preparing for The Big Sing Cadenza and Finale festivals coming up this month in Timaru, Whanganui, Rotorua and Dunedin. 36 secondary school choirs were selected...
We’re very excited to announce that Hilary Barry will be the compère for the Gala Concert at this year’s The Big Sing Finale in Dunedin. Hilary was a member of the New Zealand Youth Choir from...
We’re enormously grateful to our national sponsors, Tour Time, for their ongoing, generous support of The Big Sing, both at regional level, at Finale, and now this year at our three Cadenza...
A big shout-out to all the choirs who entered the Ministry of Youth Development’s ‘Spirit of the Festival’ Youth Ambassadors Award this year. As always, our regional committees anguished over...
We’re pleased to announce our adjudicators for The Big Sing 2019 Cadenza and Finale festivals:
Christie Anderson: Cadenza Timaru & Cadenza Whanganui
Tim Sharp: Cadenza Rotorua & Finale
Madeleine...
Palmerston North Girls’ High School Cantatrices scooped Supreme Award at Manawatu-Whanganui TBS on Thursday 13 June and also received the Judith & Guy Donaldson award for the best performance of a...
Another successful TBS 2019 event! Check out the Awards List 2019
Photos: St Bede’s MYD Choir shining their shoes before performing & Gala in ChCh Town Hall
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What an amazing time we have all had! Well done to all the fabulous choirs who participated to make the event such a great success.
Click the links below to see the results:
TBS 2019 Akld Regional...
940 singers from 25 secondary school choirs will be coming to the Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North for the Manawatu-Whanganui ‘The Big Sing’ Regional Festival on Thursday 13 June.
Districts &...
The Big Sing regionals are well underway, with Hawkes Bay leading the way on 29 & 30 May and Christchurch choirs singing their hearts out as we ‘go to print’. Further festivals are scheduled for...
Pass by any Wellington high school in the coming weeks and you may well hear the sound of glorious choral music echoing through the air. The reason behind that is The Big Sing Wellington Regionals –...
Download the timetable for the daytime sessions as of the end of April. There may be minor changes which will be shown in updates.
Entry cost is $2 pp for these sessions, paid at the door.
Please note...
The SOUNZ-NZCF Composition Competition is a great opportunity for budding composers to explore their creative skills in choral music and get valuable feedback from an award-winning NZ...
The Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) is supporting The Big Sing (TBS) for the third consecutive year, in recognition of the ways in which TBS festivals offer development opportunities to student...
Here are the dates and venues of The Big Sing 2019 regional festivals. For any enquiries about your local event, please contact your Regional TBS Coordinator.
NORTHERN AREA
Auckland
Auckland...
We’re pleased to announce our adjudicators for The Big Sing 2019 regional festivals:
Andrew Withington: Auckland, Waikato-Bay of Plenty
David Burchell: Wellington, Taranaki, Nelson-Marlborough
Jono...
Cadenza, the ‘next best thing to The Big Sing Finale’ will be launched this August in Rotorua (please note the change in dates!), Whanganui and Timaru.
Cadenza enables 36 competing choirs from...
Registration for The Big Sing (TBS) 2019 is now open, as are entries for the NZCF/SOUNZ choral competition. TBS is a dynamic, national group-singing competition for secondary school students. The Big...
Plans are shaping up for three Cadenza festivals around the country this August. Cadenza is the ‘next best thing to The Big Sing Finale’ enabling 36 competing choirs from across New Zealand to...
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge”
(Albert Einstein)
For nearly three decades Timaru and indeed the rest of New Zealand have had the...
In May 2019, the NZCF Association of Choral Directors is running in-school choral workshops in the Invercargill, Dunedin and Timaru regions prior to The Big Sing (TBS) festivals. ACD Advisor Dr...
In our February issue of eBreve we will outline plans for Cadenza, our new initiative for The Big Sing choirs, which we’re intending to launch in August 2019, in three regional centres. Planning is...
You can now see all videos from The Big Sing National Finale 2018 here. This includes the Opening Ceremony, Gala Concert and NZSSC Concert. Happy watching!
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A fabulous opportunity for 18-28 year olds, the Asia-Pacific Youth Choir (APYC) will take place in Hong Kong from 20-25 July 2019. NZ was one of the original members of the Asia Pacific Choral...
TBS REGIONAL DATES AND VENUES 2019
Registration opens February 18 and closes March 18, 2019.
Late closing April 5, 2019, late entry fee $80.
Late payment fee $100 after May 9.
SOUNZ Composition...
Have you visited our YouTube page lately?!
If so, you will see that the videos of each choir are being gradually uploaded. At the moment there are three sessions available with more coming soon.
You...
The Big Sing 2018 National Finale Awards
Here is the full list of awards presented at the Gala Concert, at the Michael Fowler Centre on Saturday 1st September. Congratulations to all who took...
Here is the session information for the Finale!
THE BIG SING 2018 FINALE RECITAL ORDER
THURSDAY 30 AUG
Session 1: 2-3:30pm
S1.1 R – Burnside HS Senior Chorale Burnside High School
S1.2 E –...
DAVID CHILDS
David is a full-time freelance composer of music, conductor, educator, and owner of River Avon productions (www.davidchilds.com). In addition to a busy composing and presentation...
It’s that time of year again! The largest annual event of the New Zealand Choral Federation calendar is upon us from August 30 to September 1 – The Big Sing National Finale 2018!
Watch the...
NZCF is pleased to announce the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) ‘Spirit of the Festival’ Youth Ambassador Awards for 2018. The awards are given in recognition of the ways in which TBS...
The Big Sing Wellington Regionals 2018 proved to be a huge success, with two spectacular days of choral music that was enjoyed by all. This year a near record 40 choirs entered, with 1500+ students...
NEWSFLASH: Tickets are now on sale for The Big Sing Finale Gala Concert on Saturday 1 September at 6.30pm from Ticketmaster. Tickets are $30 for Adults, and $20 for Students and Children.
The New...
A snowy day meant that Dunstan High School was unable to attend but we were glad they could travel to Invercargill two weeks later and take part in their festival.
The folks from Timaru and Oamaru...
The Canterbury/West Coast Regional competition was held on Thursday 7 & Friday 8 June 2018 in the lovely new auditorium at The Piano, Centre for Music and the Arts, while the evening Gala Concerts...
