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    • WYC Presents: A Work in Progress Concert
      • Wellington Youth Choir presents their first concert of 2021! A Work In Progress is a casual concert showcasing the choir’s work throughout the first part of the year. Directed by Philip Oliver and accompanied by Heather Easting, this short selection of work to date covers an exciting range of pieces, styles and languages. Wellington Youth Choir is a self-run, mixed group of singers between the ages of 18-27. It is made up of around 30 university students and young professionals living in the Wellington region. The choir provides a bridge between school and community choirs for young singers, many of whom are current or former members of the New Zealand Youth Choir and New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir. Koha entry! Find the Facebook event here! Ngā Mihi, Wellington Youth Choir

    • 2021 Auditions
      • Kia Ora and Happy New Year! Wellington Youth Choir welcomes you to 2021! Wellington Youth Choir is made up of around 50 young professionals and university students aged 18 to 27 years old. We pride ourselves on being energetic, inclusive, and just a little bit dorky. We perform a lot of different music in various languages, at a bunch of cool places inside and outside of Wellington, and would love to have you involved this year!  Our auditions will be held on Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st of February, from 11am-5pm, at Wellington East Girls’ College. There will be someone outside to direct you to the audition rooms! We would love to have you sing with us this year, all you have to do is email the choir at wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com! We look forward to meeting you! Ngā Mihi, Wellington Youth Choir

    • WYC Presents: Reprise
      • The Wellington Youth Choir are delighted to presentREPRISE A concert with a cause. Reprise is the choir’s final major concert event for 2020. This performance showcases the choir to it’s highest degree and is always highly regarded and received. An event you won’t want to miss, the evening will take the audience back through favourites of the choir’s past, with an entertaining mix of Classical and Modern pieces.This year, we are proud to be partnering with the Wellington City Mission, with a percentage of all ticket sales being donated to their fantastic cause. Important details:Date: 30 October 2020Time: 7:30pmVenue: St Peter’s on WillisTicket prices: $15 waged, $10 unwaged Please note, these concerts usually sell out and due to potential level 2 restrictions we are limited to only 100 person max capacity. Secure your tickets quick to ensure you don’t miss out. Procure your tickets below: Go to Event Finda If you cannot attend, but care to give a little to the cause, follow the link below to make a donation to the team at the Wellington City Mission: Go to The Wellington City Mission 2020-10-30T19:30:00  days   hours  minutes  seconds until Reprise __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-26942-5f533a0cd7a2f', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy settings', } } }); });

    • 2020 Auditions
      • Kia Ora and Happy New Year!   Wellington Youth Choir welcomes you to 2020, a year filled with new tunes, fun times, and a big tour! Wellington Youth Choir is made up of around 50 young professionals and university students aged 18 to 27 years old. We pride ourselves on being energetic, inclusive, and just a little bit dorky. We perform a lot of different music in various languages, at a bunch of cool places inside and outside of Wellington, and would love to have you involved this year!    Our auditions will be held on Sunday the 1st of March, from 9am-6pm, at Toi Poneke Performing Arts School. Click here for a map to get to Toi Poneke, and here for a map of the school and where the audition room will be.   We would love to have you sing with us this year, all you have to do is  a) Email the choir at wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com   OR b) Follow the Facebook event link here to book your audition slot!     We look forward to meeting you! Ngā Mihi, Wellington Youth Choir

    • Onwards – Wellington Youth Choir’s 30th Anniversary Concert Series
      • This year, Wellington Youth Choir is proud to celebrate our 30th Anniversary! We have come a long way from our origins back in 1989 (before our website could even exist!) For years, Wellington Youth Choir has centred around bringing together young people who all collective enjoy singing. We are most proud of our history, and we’d like to thank all current and previous members who have had a part in Wellington Youth Choir’s history.   With that, we proudly present the start of our upcoming concert series, Onwards! Under the direction of director Mark Stamper, this series includes a wide variety of pieces and genres, celebrating our hope for the past, present and future with pieces that capture the youthful and diverse singers that makes Wellington Youth Choir unique. This year, we are excited to be bring our concert to the beautiful Hawkes’ Bay region! Wellington Youth Choir is a self-run, mixed group of singers between the ages of 18-27. It is made up of around 40 university students and young professionals living in the Wellington region. The choir provides a bridge between school and community choirs for young singers, many of whom are current or former members of the New Zealand Youth Choir and New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir. Come along and join us for an evening of vibrant, high-quality singing from the Wellington Youth Choir! Details: Saturday 28th of September, 7-8pm Tickets are $5 unwaged & $10 waged You can find a link to the Facebook event below! https://www.facebook.com/events/922610491470886/

    • WYC Presents: Lux Aeterna
      • Hello all! We hope you are just as excited as we are about our upcoming concert: Lux Aeterna! Lux Aeterna will be centred around finding our own sense of spirituality. This concert will feature sacred texts, but also those that allow us to explore thoughts and ideas beyond the norm. Wellington Youth Choir is a self-run, mixed group of singers between the ages of 18-27. It is made up of around 50 university students and young professionals living in the Wellington region. The choir provides a bridge between school and community choirs for young singers, many of whom are current or former members of the New Zealand Youth Choir and New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir. Come and experience the new sounds, vibrancy, and vocal colours of the Wellington Youth Choir as we begin our 30th-anniversary concert series! The concert will be held at Queen Margaret College Hall, 24th May, 7:30pm-8:45pm You can find a link to the Facebook event below! https://www.facebook.com/events/313601869308589/   We can’t wait to see you there!!    

    • Our 2019 Auditions are Live!
      • Kia Ora! Wellington Youth Choir wishes you a warm welcome into 2019! We’re ready to charge into the year, with new repertoire, a new Music Director, and new singers! Speaking of new singers, we are very excited to let you know that our auditions for 2019 are live and ready for bookings! Do you love to sing? Have you sung in a choir previously or have always wanted to? Wellington Youth Choir is just what you’re looking for! Wellington Youth Choir is made up of roughly fifty students and young professionals aged between 18-27, and prides itself on being an energetic, inclusive, and passionate group. Performing a wide variety of pieces ranging from Verdi’s Requiem, to more contemporary and unique pieces, we often perform in different venues and locations within and outside of Wellington. Auditions will be held on Sunday 3rd March from 9am-4pm at Toi Poneke Arts Centre. For more information, and to book an audition slot, please email our choir administrator at wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com! You can also follow the link to our Facebook event here!   We look forward to hearing from you!   Ngā Mihi, Wellington Youth Choir.

    • Applications Open: Musical Director!
      • As 2019 approaches, the Wellington Youth Choir are looking for a new Musical Director! This is an exciting opportunity for experienced and passionate choir directors to lead the Wellington Youth Choir. The position will start in February 2019, with the 2019 year running through to October. WYC was established in 1989, and works with young people aged 18-26, providing a bridge between school choirs and community choirs. If you are experienced at working with young people, and passionate about a diverse choral repertoire, we would love to hear from you. The Musical Director is supported by the WYC Committee members and will benefit from other contacts in the Wellington choral community. To apply, please send a cover letter to wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com outlining your background, any relevant qualifications and experience, as well as any ideas that you have for WYC’s 2019 repertoire. Please feel free to include any other information that you think may be helpful! For more information, visit http://www.wellingtonyouthchoir.wordpress.com, or contact Steph James (Chairperson) at wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com or 021 512 328.

    • Final Concert for 2018!
      •   Kia Ora! What a year it has been! The choir has put in a tremendous effort into learning a large amount of repertoire over the year. Not only did we place our annual camp and tour events in the first semester, but this semester, the choir took part in Verdi’s Requiem, performing with the mighty Orpheus Choir and Orchestra Wellington on September 8th. We then performed in the ‘Triple C’ concert with Wellington Young Voices, FilChoro, and the New Zealand Youth Choir the very next day! Our schedule this year has been fairly gruelling, but the choir has been able to accomplish so much in that time! This makes us particularly excited to bring you all our final concert series of the year, under the same title; Something Borrowed, Something New. This concert showcases pieces from last trimester, and a few new ones, including the beautiful Samoan song “Le Masina E”. We are very excited to see you all there and end the year with a bang! The concert will be held at Wellington Central Baptist Church (on Boulcott Street). Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start. Cash on the door – $15 waged, $10 unwaged. For more information, see out facebook event link below!   https://www.facebook.com/events/1421778541258556/  

    • We’ve been nominated as a finalist for the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards 2018!
      • Wellington Youth Choir has been nominated as a finalist for the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards 2018! We’re incredibly thankful for the support of the community and look forward to the Awards ceremony in July! About the Awards Every year, Wellington International Airport, Wellington Community Trust, and the five local councils come together to recognise the work carried out by community groups in the wider Wellington region. The focus of the Awards is to celebrate volunteers for their valuable contribution to society. Finalists from each region to compete for the overall award in their category, and the opportunity to be named Supreme Winner. Members of the public are invited to nominate any not-for-profit group or organisation working in the interests of the community.

    • We’re looking for tenor and bass voices to join us!
      • WE’RE LOOKING FOR TENORS AND BASS VOICES TO JOIN US IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER! Wellington Youth Choir is a self-run, mixed group of singers between the ages of 18 and 27. It is made up of around 50 university students and young professionals living in the Wellington region. Email your interest to wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com and we’ll see you there!

    • WYC Presents: Something Borrowed, Something New
      •   When – Saturday 26th of May, 5pm Where – St Matthew’s Anglican Church, 37 Church St, Masterton Tickets are $15 waged and $10 unwaged – door sales only!   Wellington Youth Choir presents its’ first concert series for the year, and we are very excited to be bringing our music to St Matthew’s Anglican Church in Masterton! Directed by Jared Corbett & Penelope Ceri, Something Borrowed, Something New is an exciting collection of choral music across a variety of genres, from times past and present, through things borrowed and new! This concert series includes long-forgotten pieces performed by the choir in previous years, as well as exciting, brand-new pieces creating new sounds and music never heard before! Come along and enjoy an evening of youthful energy and high-quality singing!    

    • WYC Camp 2018
      • Kia Ora! Wellington Youth Choir has been working very hard this term! We’ve welcomed several new faces to the choir, and have raced through our repertoire in anticipation of our upcoming concerts! I have been in the choir for nearly 4 years now, and going on camp has always been something I look forward to. The schedule left plenty of room for team activities and tea breaks, while still concentrating on having effective rehearsal time. Having an entire weekend for longer rehearsals allowed the choir to learn more about proper singing technique, and how to apply that to all the pieces we’ve selected for this term’s concerts. The aim of going on camp is to learn a large majority of our repertoire and to encourage the choir members to be social with one another. I believe that we were successful in both these aspects, largely due to the outstanding leadership of our musical directive team. Jared and Penny kept the choir concentrated and engaged during rehearsals, and were wonderful participants in all of our team games. Another mention should go to our accompanist Gabriel, who worked wonders at the piano, and was very patient and attentive in sectionals. Yes, some of us are holding potatoes, it’s a long story.      Forest Lakes is a fantastic place to stay; the large homestead was perfect for both rehearsals and exceptional games of hide and seek. I’m sure everyone in the choir would be more than happy to return next year. Until then, we will be practising for our upcoming concerts in the Wairarapa and in Wellington, the details of which will be not far away, so watch this space!   Finally, I’d like to thank the WYC committee, for their hard work in organising the camp, and all the hard work they are currently putting into our upcoming tour. Bring on the rest of 2018!   – Tahlia.                

    • WYC Camp 2017
      • Our choir spent the last few days at Forest Lakes in Otaki under workshops, socialising and of course, singing! We even have a sweet video from it all which is linked below: We’re all looking forward to performing our pieces at our first concert series in May, so keep an eye out for details coming soon!  

    • WYC Auditions for 2017 are now live!
      • Do you love to sing? Have you sung in a choir previously or have always wanted to?  Wellington Youth Choir is just what you’re looking for! The choir is made up of roughly fifty 18-28 year olds, and prides itself on being an energetic, inclusive, and passionate group. The focus is not only on making great friends and meeting some of Wellington’s best, but also creating a healthy, vibrant sound. Auditions will be held on Sunday 5th March from 12-7pm at Toi Poneke Arts Centre, located at 61/69 Abel Smith St, Te Aro. For more information, and to book an audition time, please email our choir administrator at wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com.

    • WYC Presents: Raise Up A Song
      • WYC presents: Raise up a Song The Wellington Youth Choir presents their final concert of 2016. Recently returned from their successful tour to Nelson and Blenheim, the choir is in fine form and excited to finish the season with a bang. Directed by Hazel Fenemor and with support from Jared Corbett and Penelope Hooson, this concert is a collection of both lively and luscious choral works that highlight the communicative power of music. The variety of this programme allows the choir to showcase their ability to perform high quality music in a range of styles with feeling and meaning. The programme contrasts light-hearted and rhythmic pieces such as Tequila Samba, with the complex and harmonically divine style of Mendelssohn and Eric Whitacre. Also included are folk songs, a waiata, and gospel. Come along for an entertaining evening celebrating these choral favourites. Central Baptist Church, Boulcott St Saturday 15th October, 5pm Waged $14, Unwaged $10 Tickets available from Eventfinda or at the door (cash only)

    • Tour to Nelson and Blenheim 2016
      • Wellington Youth Choir are going on tour! We’re off to Nelson and Blenheim over the weekend of 16th – 18th September 2016, and are really excited to share our music in our Musical Director’s hometown. The choir will present a concert on Saturday 17th September in Nelson’s iconic Christ Church Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets are available at the door (cash only) or from http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/wellington-youth-choir-on-tour/nelson The choir will then travel to Blenheim on Sunday 18th to perform at the beautiful Church of the Nativity at 3pm. Tickets available at the door (cash only) or from http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/wellington-youth-choir-on-tour/blenheim Waged $14, Unwaged $10 We also plan to make appearances at the Nelson Saturday Market and the Marlborough Farmers Market, keep an eye out for us and tell your Nelson and Blenheim-based friends and family!

    • Wellington Youth Choir Mid-Year Auditions
      • It’s that time of year again and the Wellington Youth Choir are holding mid-year auditions! The choir rehearses every Wednesday evening from 6:45 – 8:45 at Wellington East Girls College (Mt Victoria). We are also going on tour to Nelson and Blenheim on the 16th-18th of September so you will need to be availible during those times. Using this link, http://doodle.com/poll/v2zaa7e7rq3yg5eh, sign up to a half hour time slot to book your audition (individual auditions are on a first come first served basis within each half hour slot). The audition will be approximately 10 minutes and will require you to sing an acapella song of your choice that best showcases your voice (the national anthem is fine). We will also give you a sight reading exercise and some scales to test your range.

    • WYC Presents: In Winters’ Keeping
      • A selection of pieces inspired by nature and weather, featuring works by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Johannes Brahms, David Hamilton and more.  Ticket prices: Waged – $15 Unwaged – $10 (sold at the door) Conducted By Hazel Fenemor, this concert features a jazz combo, a piece for three choirs, and a piece accompanied by tuned wine glasses so don’t miss out! We are also performing this concert on Sunday the 22th of May, 2:30pm at the St Albans Church in Eastbourne if you are unable to attend this performance.

    • Auditions for WYC 2016 are now open!
      • Wellington Youth Choir is holding auditions for 2016! We are an auditioned mixed choir made up of approximately 50 students and young professionals aged between 18 – 25. The choir puts equal emphasis on excellence and enjoyment, resulting in a first-class sound and a fun atmosphere. Auditions will be held at Toi Poneke (61-69 Abel Smith St). T o sign up for an audition slot, please visit the following link: http://doodle.com/poll/i39pkm35mg4ghzwk If you have any questions about the audition process or about the choir in general, please contact us at wellingtonyouthchoir@gmail.com. Rehearsals are currently held on Wednesdays from 6.45pm – 8.45pm (this may be subject to change). Rehearsals commence in the first week of March, and are scheduled according to the university calendar.

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