Childhood: NZ Youth Choir Fundraising Concert

Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm UTC+13:00

St Andrew's on The Terrace | Wellington

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Childhood: NZ Youth Choir Fundraising Concert
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After the resounding success of ‘The Firefly Wakens’, local members of NZYC are thrilled to present a novel programme celebrating the spirit of childhood!

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From South Africa to Singapore, we step into the bright-eyed lives of children across the globe. Stumbling through the coltish joys of youth, we are thrust to the cusp of adulthood and confronted with the wider questions of the world - what it means to love, to long for, when to turn, and when to keep going.

From percussion driven folk songs to tender lullabies, virtuosic solos to lush harmonies suspended in time, this concert will bring together the novel and the nostalgic. Featuring John Tavener’s ‘Svyati’, Eric Whitacre’s ‘A Boy and a Girl’, songs from NZ composer Jenny McLeod's 'Childhood', and three Aotearoa premieres by contemporary composers Maria Kõrvits (Estonia), Toh Ban Sheng (Singapore), and Jacob Narverud (USA), Childhood is a tender tribute to youth, the growing pains of adolescence, and carrying childlike wonder into adulthood.

We are joined by acclaimed cellist Tomos Christie, who is fundraising to pursue further study in Europe in 2025.

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We are thrilled to be touring Asia and Europe in 2025, including representing New Zealand at the Grand Prix of Nations in Denmark and Choir of the World competition in Wales. All proceeds will go towards establishing an equity-based hardship fund to ensure that no singer is left behind due to financial strain!

This event is hosted by the Lower North Island members of the New Zealand Youth Choir and joined by special guests from Wellington!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

St Andrew's on The Terrace, St Andrews Church & Hall, 28 The Terrace, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand,Wellington, New Zealand

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