Big Sing, The, 2024

The
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SING
2024

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The New Zealand Choral Federation (NZCF), Te Kotahitanga Manu Reo o Aotearoa, 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, musical theatre and opera.

Sitting within the NZCF is the Association of Choral Directors (ACD), an organisation that provides professional development and a mentoring network for choral directors. All conductors of choirs in The Big Sing are eligible for free ACD membership.

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THE BIG SING

2024

NZCF East Coast
Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre
Wednesday 29 May 2024

Day sessions 9.30am & 1.45pm
Gala Concert 7.00pm

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Welcome

Kia Ora and welcome to the NZCF East Coast Regional festival of The Big Sing. This year we will be hosting 18 choirs filled with talented students from 11 secondary schools. A special welcome to Lytton High School from Gisborne, Hukarere Girls’ College and Napier Boys’ High School whoa re joining us for the first time in a few years.

The Big Sing is made possible by the passion and dedication of the students and choir directors and through the support of Creative New Zealand and the Ministry of Youth Development. Many thanks also to NZCF Regional Committee, the team at Toitoi for all their hard work that goes on behind the scenes, and my team of volunteers for their support to ensure the seamless running of the day

Andrea Wilson   NZCF East Coast Regional Coordinator

Rosemary Turnbull   Adjudicator

Rosemary Turnbull is an accomplished musician who ahs made significant contributions to the music community. She completed her music degree, diploma of teaching, and LTCL, piano in Christchurch. In Wellington, Rosemary taught secondary school music and performed as a soloist and chorister for five years. She then pursued further vocal training overseas as a recipient of a Belgian post-graduate fellowship.

Returning to New Zealand Rosemary performed as a soloist with major choirs nationwide, and presented numerous recitals. For over 20 years she worked in Christchurch as a vocal itinerant in several secondary schools, establishing choirs in all of them. Rosemary also directed adult choirs including the Hagley Singers and Cecilian Singers and has led various choirs to perform in Italy.

Rosemary’s expertise has been recognised through roles such as a vocal tutor for New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir, a regional Big Sing adjudicator, and an NZCF Governance Board member. She has also worked as an Assessor with Creative New Zealand and Vocal Coordinator with Voices NZ and New Zealand Youth Choir.  Today, she continues to inspire through private teaching and vocal consultancy.

Festival overview

Wednesday 29 May, Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, 109 Hastings Street South

Day sessions
9.30am and 1.45pm

Gala concert
7.00pm. Admission: Waged $25, Unwaged $20,
Students (university & school) $10

NZCF East Coast Regional Awards

Von Dadelszen Award for Best Performance of a New Zealand Composition or Arrangement
Best Performance of Choral Art Music
Best Performance of an Open Choice Piece
Best Performance of a Piece in Te Reo Maori
NZCF East Coast Award for Best Student Conductor
NZCF East Coast Award for Best Student Instrumentalist
Audience Impact Award
Ministry of Youth Development “Spirit of the Festival” Youth Ambassadors Award

Our Funders and Sponsors

Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand is a Crown entity governed by the Arts Council. The Council encourages, promotes and supports New Zealand arts to benefit all New Zealanders. It upholds the right to artistic freedom and promotes a New Zealand identity in the arts. NZCF is currently funded by Creative New Zealand under the Toi Totara Haemata (Arts Leadership) investment programme.

The Ministry of Youth Development
The Ministry of Youth Development encourages and supports young people, aged between 12 and 24 years old, to develop and use knowledge, skills and experiences to participate confidently in their communities. MYD’s support of The Big Sing recognises the ways in which our festivals offer development opportunities to participants and has enabled the introduction of the ‘Spirit of the Festival’ Regional Award and our Cadenza festivals.

East Coast TBS Festival Funders
Special thanks to First Light Community Foundation for their generous support.

The Big Sing

Session 1: Wednesday 29 May, 9.30am

1.   Havelock North High School
Havelock Singers
Music Director: Josh Folkers
Instrumentalists: Ruth Stevens (piano) and David Selfe (piano)
Excuses, Excuses – David Hamilton
Pure Imagination – L. Bricusse & A. Newley, arr. Mark Hayes
Alleluia! Alleluia! – Roger Emerson

2.   Sacred Heart Choir
Music Director: Lara Coates
Instrumentalists: Elizabeth Curtis (piano) and Ross Turner (guitar)
Kotiro Maori e – Tommy Taurima
I Loved You – Jay Rouse
You Will Be Found (from Dear Evan Hansen) – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

3.   Taradale High School
Celtic Heart
Music Director: Matthew Pipe
Instrumentalists: Joanne Li and Matthew Pipe
Ergen Deda – Peter Lyondev
Days of Beauty – Ola Gjeilo
Sway – Bic Runga, arr. Matthew Pipe and Celtic Heart

4.   Napier Boys’ High School
Napier Boys’ High Barbershop
Music Director: Tim Shirrifs
He Puru Taitama – Kingi Te Ahoaho Tahiwi
Honey/Little ‘Lize Medley – Harry Freeman, arr. Floyd Connett

Break

5.   Havelock North High School
Voix de Femmes
Music Director: Joe Christensen
Instrumentalist: Jeremy Jones (piano)
The Icicles – Juliet Woller
Child with the Starry Crayon – Eleanor Daley
If You Could Hear My Voice – Jim Papoulis

6.   Hastings Boys’ High School
Hastings Boys’ Crescendo Crew
Music Director: Jose Aparicio
Red, Red Rose – Stephen Lange
Stars I shall Find – arr. Victor C. Johnson
Pokarekare Ana – trad. Arr. Kim Kirkman

7.   Napier Girls’ High School
Ad Lucem
Music Director: Chris Atkinson
Instrumentalist: Sarah Lee
Karakia for the Dawn – David Hamilton
Kaipaava – Finnish folk song, arr. Jussi Chydenius
Too Darn Hot – Cole Porter, arr. Mark Hayes

8.   Karamu High School
Karamu Chorus
Music Director: Amanda Cooper
Instrumentalists: Maaki Wairau (guitar), Amanda Cooper (piano) and Taylor Bevan (piano)
Wairua Tapu – Ngapo Wehi arr. Antonio Della Barca
How Can I Keep From Singing? – Rev Robert Lowry, arr. Russell Robinson
Money, Money, Money – Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, arr. Ralph Allwood & Lora Sansun

9.   Havelock North High School
Colla Voce
Music Director: Joe Christensen
Earth Song – Frank Ticheli
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep – Stephen Lange
I Got Rhythm – George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Jay Althouse

Break

Session 2: Wednesday 29 May, 1.45pm

10.   Woodford House
Up close
Music Director: Alana Frankum
Instrumentalist: Jane Stone (piano)
Both Sides Now – John Mitchell, arr. Roger Emerson
Bring Mana to Your Name – Pianika Duncan
The Gift to Sing – Coleman Peterson

11.   Taradale High School
Illumina
Music Director: Matthew Pipe
Instrumentalists: Nicole Xu and Matthew Pipe
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – Stephen Sondheim, arr. Andy Beck
Old Abram Brown – Benjamin Britten
Weather With You – Neil and Tim Finn, arr. Alex van den Broek

12.   Lytton High School
Lytton High School Singers
Music Director: Waiora Paul-Utiera
Instrumentalist: Waiora Paul-Utiera (guitar, piano)
Stay – John Sudduth, Justin Parker and Elof Loelv, arr. Sean Scanlen & Waiora Paul-Utiera
Hine e Hine – Fannie Rose Howie, arr. Sean Scanlen & Waiora Paul-Utiera
Will I – Johnathan Larson

13.   Hukarere Girls’ College
Te Rau Aroha 0 Hukarere
Music Director: James McCaffrey
Instrumentalists: Toreakore Ford-Takiri and Layla-May Flavell (guitar)
He Honore Nui – Bee Gees, arr. Tauira Takurua
Te Po Whaiariki – Cassia Nelson
Te Kanoi O Te Uha – Koka-hauwai Turei, Ruth Smith & Whare Kupenga-Keefe, arr. Koka-hauwai Turei & Whare Kupenga-Keefe

Break

14.   Woodford House
Woodford House Kapa Haka
Music Director: Tania Robin
Instrumentalist: Jane Stone
Anei ra matou – Clarence Carson Parks, lyrics and actions Tania Robin
Mauri ke ti Rangi (Ventura Highway) – Dewey Bunnell, te reo lyrics and arr. Tania Robin
Nga Iwi E – Hirini Melbourne

15.   Napier Girls’ High School
Nga Ihi o te Ra
Music Director: Chris Atkinson
Instrumentalists: Sarah Lee and Lily Harrington (guitar)
Tu Mai Pania – Grace Heays
Simple Gifts – trad., arr. S. Carlile
Flashlight – S. Furler, C. Guzman, S. Smith, J. Moore and M. Mejia, arr. Mac Huff

16.   Central Hawke’s Bay College
Centrifugals
Music Director: Jenny Valentine
I Te Po – Rob Ruha, arr. Lomi Schaumkel
The Greatest Show – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, arr. Mark Brymer

17.   Woodford House
Woodford House Chapel Choir
Music Director: Jane Stone
Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjeilo
Put Your Records On – C. Bailey Rae, J. Beck and S. Chrisanthou, arr. David Das
Tihore Mai – Hirini Melbourne

18.   Havelock North High School
Future Prospect
Music Director: Joe Christensen
Instrumentalists: Ruth Stevens (piano), David Selfe (piano) and Havelock High School Band
Pirate Song – Tim Y. Jones
Mack the Knife – K. Weill & B. Brecht, arr. Mark Hayes
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Eric Idle, arr. Mac Hufff

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Acknowledgements

Te Reo Maori Award adjudicator: Charles Ropitini
Mayor of Hastings Sandra Hazelhurst [Hazlehurst] for adjudicating the Audience Impact Award
Daytime and Gala Concert compere: Kate Manahi
Pianist for the national anthem: David Selfe
The von Dadelszen family, Hawkes Bay Secondary Principals’ Association, and NZCF East Coast Region (sponsors of trophies)
Sound engineer: Aaron Cash
The staff at ToiToi Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre
Copy Plus Hastings
Andrea Wilson (Regional TBS Coordinator), members of NZCF East Coast Committee, and festival volunteers

NZCF East Coast Regional Committee:
Alison Thomson (Chair), Andrea Wilson, Georgina Cole, Glenys Kempshall, Aaron Wilson, Joanne Stevens, Pam Kesby, Christopher Atkinson, Barbara Morris, Raewyn Towers

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