Nelson / Marlborough

The Big Sing 2021 - Ticketing and Session Times

04 Jun 2021

EAST COAST Wednesday 2 June Toitoi Hastings Arts and Events Centre Gala concert: 7:30pm ($20 adults, $15 gold card, $12 school students) Tickets available through...

The Big Sing - Dates for the regional festivals 2021

11 Aug 2020

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...

Queen's Birthday 2020 honours

03 Jun 2020

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...

NZCF virtual choir project

03 Apr 2020

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...

The Big Sing 2020 is cancelled

20 Mar 2020

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...

Introducing The Big Sing 2020 regional adjudicators

05 Mar 2020

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,...

Introducing Emma Billings, NZCF’s new Events Manager

08 Feb 2020

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...

The perfect choral movie fundraiser

05 Feb 2020

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...

Teapot Summer School January 2020

04 Feb 2020

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...

NZ Youth Choir turns 40

06 Dec 2019

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...

Not just an accompanist!

06 Dec 2019

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...

WSCM2020 Advance Registration closes soon!

06 Dec 2019

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...

A Kodály-inspired approach

05 Nov 2019

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...

Do you hear the children sing?

04 Oct 2019

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...

Voices for the Oceans

24 Sep 2019

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...

Triple Cadenza

06 Sep 2019

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...

Five Minutes with... Jenni Prentice

06 Sep 2019

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....

Flocking to WSCM2020

06 Sep 2019

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...

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