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The New Zealand Choral Federation (NZCF) is this country’s largest choral network, committed to promoting the performance, creation, and enjoyment of choral music for all. Our diverse community includes over 20,000 members from hundreds of community, school, and chamber choirs performing in styles ranging from classical, gospel, world music, sacred music and barbershop through to jazz, kapa haka, musical theatre, and opera.

NZCF offers opportunities for choral singers around the country through school, community and chamber choir festivals and workshops. Members enjoy discounts to events and concerts, assistance with APRA reporting and insurance cover, opportunities to connect with other singers, free concert advertising, and the use of the NZCF network to advertise vacancies and job listings. The Association of Choral Directors (ACD) is a professional development network for conductors, offering mentoring and conductor training for choral directors of all levels.

Several annual events for young New Zealanders have become a much-anticipated staple for schools around the country: The Big Sing involves around 10,000 students from over 260 high schools around the country, in ten regional festivals culminating in three area Cadenza festivals and the prestigious National Finale. The Kids Sing is for primary and intermediate schools, with festivals in eight regional centres involving over 3,500 children.

The larger-scale Sing Aotearoa event is a triennial festival for choral singers involving workshops, masterclasses, concerts, and collaborations with choirs and kapa haka groups.

NZCF also collaborates with a number of other NZ arts organisations. SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music partner with us for two awards for young NZ composers, the NZCF-SOUNZ Choral Composition Competition, and the SOUNZ-NZCF Te Reo Māori Choral Composition Award.

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