Join us for a magical event with music from the Academy's Senior Choir and Choral Scholars under
the baton of Elise Bradley MNZM (recent recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal for services to Music),
the Junior Choir under the directorship of Amelia Giles, and visiting choir The Young Women's Choral Projects of
San Francisco, led by Dr Matthew Otto.
In addition, you'll be inspired by living NZ taonga Witi Ihimaera, and musical artist Kingsley Spargo, as they
share their personal insights into the wonder of Matariki.
A truly unmissable event for the whole family!
After an exceptional 2024 season that included being awarded a Gold Diploma at the World Choir Games,
singing with Roderick Williams OBE (who sang at the coronation of King Charles), and performing at the Kids Sing
and Junior Treble Festival, as well as two of our own concerts, we are delighted to welcome new
singers to enrol from term 3 and join us for the rest of our 2025 season 'He Pūrākau - Telling Tales'.
Enrolments for both choirs will open towards the end of term 2, for terms 3 and 4 2025.
Senior Choir (singers aged 10+)
Junior Choir (singers aged 7-9)
We're also offering three ways for Aotearoa's choral educators to upskill and support each other too!
Click on the link below for more information about all these opportunities!
On Wednesday 9 April, NZ Children's Choral Academy launched their 2025 'He Pūrākau - Telling Tales' season with a special concert entitled 'Tales as told through Time'. Through Disney songs and time themed tales, our Junior and Senior Choirs wowed the audience with their performance standard so early in the year.
It was also a particular delight to see the inaugural performance of the Choral Scholars - a new strand of NZCCA - made up of singers specially selected each year based on their musical abilities, vocal quality and leadership skills. We look forward to seeing further performances from them, and to our next concert in the 2025 season, a Matariki celebration on Sunday 22 June, with esteemed guests The San Francisco Women's Choral Projects and celebrated author Witi Ihimaera.
We were thrilled that the World Choir Games were held in Auckland in 2024, giving Senior Choir the opportunity to
compete without needing to leave New Zealand! And what a wonderful experience we had!
We competed in the Children's Choir Open Category held in the Auckland Town Hall, along with 11 other children's
choirs from all over the world, including China, Taipei and Australia.
We were thrilled to be awarded a Gold Medal for our competition recital -
an amazing accomplishment, especially considering NZCCA is only 18 months old, and this was our first competition.
We also got to sing a Friendship Concert at MOTAT, along with the Australian Children's Choir and Shanghai Sfuture Choir.
This was a great opportunity to sing in a more informal setting and make friends with fellow singers from different countries.
We are so pleased we were able to have this chance to compete and share on the world stage and look forward to the
next opportunity in the near future!
At the New Zealand Children's Choral Academy, we are developing the next generation of choral leaders and outstanding young choral singers, through our Junior and Senior choirs, our termly Conductors' Series and our Outreach programmes. We are a registered charity (Registered Charity CC59992), and rely on grants, sponsorship and donations to run our programmes. We would appreciate your support via our Givealittle page!
