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Experience the energy and joy of secondary school groups from across the motu sing their hearts out for The Big Sing Gala Concert, including the massed choir of 800 singer. Video, Audio
Experience the energy and joy of secondary school groups from across the motu sing their hearts out over three days in Wellington.
The Big Sing is a regional secondary schools choral festival that attracts the most participants of any New Zealand music event. Taking place in 10 centres, it involves around 8,000 students from over 200+ schools, supported by their families and communities. It is a highlight of the school year, and a rite of passage for young singers from Kaitaia to Bluff.
The Big Sing Finale brings regional finalists together for a three-day sing-off, finishing with the Gala Concert featuring a massed choir performance by over 800 singers, and the prize giving ceremony.
Your MC for The Big Sing Finale Gala 2024 is RNZ Concert Days and Inside Out host Nick Tipping.
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The Big Sing is produced by the New Zealand Choral Federation. Video by JXLive with audio by RNZ Concert.
TRAD English: Bobby Shaftoe - Paradisum/Virginia Le Cren MARK RONSON & ANDREW WYATT arr Mack Huff: I'm Just Ken - All The King’s Men/Steven Rapana EGIL HOVLAND: Laudate Dominum - Bel Suono/Maria Colvin KEITH CHRISTOPHER: Let All Men Sing - The Centennial Choir/Terence Maskell DAN WALKER: The Secret Migration - Seraphim/Rowan Johnston FIVE STAR, RJ CRICHTON, JAMMON JAM & TRAD arr Rev. Ieremia Amituana’I, Simon Matāfai: Pasifika Medley - Avondale College Gospel Choir/Fredda Sorensen, Seumanu Simon Matāfai TRAD Andalusian arr Joni Jensen: El Vito - Voces Luce/Mark Stamper SCHUBERT: Psalm 23 Op 132 - Euphony/David Squire AUROUA AKSNES, ODD MARTIN SKAAINES, MAGNUS SKYLSTAD, KATERINA GIMON: Apple Tree - Femme/Sarah Rae, Peter de Blois FRANK LOESSER: Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat - Kentoris/Denzel Panama JACK BAKER & TE KURAHUIA: Ngā Atua Māori - Blue Notes/Isaac Stone JOZEF SWIDER: Cantus Gloriosus - Choralation/Fiona Wilson BRONSON TAMAFAIGĀ MOEATEA SEIULI arr John Lafaele, Tusi-Saylie Mose, Lea’aesola Vuna: Vi'i o 'Ā'oga Maualuga o Manurewa - Rewaken Polycation Choir/Lea’aesola Vuna MALAYSIAN FOLK SONG arr Tracy Wong: Jong, Jong Inai - Leonessa/Elise Bradley CHRIS ARTLEY: Dawn - King’s College Kappella/Rachel Sutherland, Steven Rapana ELAINE HAGENBERG: Song of Miriam - Resolutions/Helen Charlton KO MATSUSHITA: Kotoba-asobi Uta - Cantare/Fiona Wilson ROSEPHANYE POWELL: The Word Was God - Fortissimo/Jacob Moore DAVID CONTE: I Pant for the Music Which is Divine - Saints Alive/Denzel Panama COLE PORTER arr Michael Fletcher: Miss Otis Regrets - Ngā Korimako/Michael Fletcher TRAD Filipino arr Saunder Choi: Leron, Leron Sinta - St Cecilia Singers/Jono Palmer SARI KAASINEN: Emoni Ennen - Serenata/Luana Prictor JAMES GORDON arr Diane Loomer: Frobisher Bay - Voicemale/David Squire MODERN MĀORI QUARTET arr Penelope Isaac: Māreikura - Rāwhiti/Penelope Isaac
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 31/08/24 (RNZ)
The adjudicators for The Big Sing 2024 Finale are Paul Holley OAM (photo by Maxine McCabe), Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa, and Michael Stewart. Photo: The Big SIng
Find out all about the Finale adjudicators on The Big Sing website.
Listed alphabetically by choir