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 were thrilled to see so many of our choral community recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours this year.
We extend our hearty congratulations to National Cadenza Coordinator and NZCF Otago...
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...
NZCF has had advance notice of an upcoming movie release we’re sure will appeal to our members and would provide the ideal opportunity for a choir fundraiser!
Military Wives is directed by Peter...
Elizabeth Crayford reports on the 20th annual Teapot Summer School which took place in Brightwater, Nelson from 10-19 January 2020
How about this for a summer holiday? Being part of a capacity choir...
The New Zealand Youth Choir (NZYC) has just turned 40 and to celebrate, it’s holding a special Christmas concert in Auckland, Friday 6 December, before boarding a cruise ship the next day for a...
Continuing our series of videos recorded at the 2019 Choral Connect convention in Wellington, we’re delighted to release Rachel Fuller’s presentation Not just an accompanist! in which she...
Looking for ways to show your choir director how much you appreciate them? How about giving them the gift of a career-boosting opportunity for Christmas? Both your conductor and your choir will...
Following on from this year’s highly successful Choral Connect convention in Wellington, we’re delighted to release the second in a series of videos we recorded at selected Choral Connect...
Children in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty, Wellington and Nelson regions have been singing their lungs out, rehearsing for their respective The Kids Sing (TKS) festivals to be held in Hamilton, Wellington...
This month, Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir is embarking on a unique tour of nine regional centres for Chamber Music New Zealand. Choirs Aotearoa Chief Executive Arne Herrmann tells us more…
As...
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...
Introducing NZCF’s new Accounts and Membership Manager
We’re delighted to welcome Jenni Prentice to the NZCF staff to take on the combined roles of Accounts Manager and Membership Administrator....
With WSCM2020 now less than a year away, and with hundreds of people from over 40 countries already registered, the 12th World Symposium on Choral Music in Auckland is shaping up to be one of the...
