Would you like to join our small, dynamic NZCF team? We are looking for someone with strong accounting skills and a passion for choral music to manage our day-to-day accounts, handle communications...
All of New Zealand is now at Alert Level 1, as of 8 October 2020.
There are currently no limits on the number of people at a gathering, which means that choirs in all parts of the country are able...
In sunny weather and sublime conditions, this year’s Christchurch community choral festival was a celebration of singing that lifted the spirits of Covid-weary Cantabrians. Over ten days, and...
“No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.” (W.H Auden)
This month, Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir is taking to the operatic stage for Voices...
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 ready to launch the first phase of our exciting new virtual choir project, Kids Online Singalong! in partnership with MENZA (Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa).
The project is open to all...
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...
We are excited to announce that our biennial national conference, Choral Connect, will take place July 14 – 17 2021 in Auckland under the leadership of Artistic Director Karen Grylls. Choral...
Hosted by Simon Christie, Choral Kōrero is a new series of talks that aims to uncover a broad spectrum of insights and anecdotes from New Zealand’s choral community. Throughout the series,...
This term we’re creating a series of new playlists on the NZCF YouTube channel to celebrate the achievements of our secondary school choirs in this extraordinary year.
High school choirs are...
New Zealand Choral Federation is looking forward to bring back The Big Sing in 2021.
Dates for the regional festivals are:
REGION
DATES
VENUE
East Coast
Wed 2 and Thurs 3 June
ToiToi Hawke’s...
We are delighted to announce the results of the 2020 NZCF/SOUNZ Choral Composition Competition for secondary school students. The competition was adjudicated by renowned NZ composer, David Hamilton,...
A new round of Creative New Zealand funding opportunities has just opened and we’re delighted that two of CNZ’s Arts Practice Directors, Rose Campbell (Music & Opera) and Briar Munro (Community...
In July we bade farewell to a remarkable woman who contributed enormously to the New Zealand choral scene, Paddy Nash.
Paddy was Administrator of the New Zealand Youth Choir from 1985-1988 and came to...
We’re excited to bring you an opportunity to subscribe to ‘Live from London’, a new, online festival from the VOCES8 Foundation, featuring some of the world’s finest vocal ensembles...
