New Zealand Choral Federation Inc

The NZCF is a non-profit organisation whose central purpose is to promote
the performance, creation and enjoyment of choral music.
Formed in 1985, largely through the initiative of Emeritus Professor Peter
Godfrey CBE, the Federation has grown in strength over the years, and now
represents the interests of 13,000 members from 168 choirs and 500
individual memberships. Among these are many top-level choral performers,
including some of New Zealand's most musically gifted individuals and
organisations. These include our leading our choirs, such as Voices New Zealand,
the New Zealand Youth Choir, and the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, as well as other nationally known leading choirs such as Viva Voce, The Tudor Consort, Baroque Voices, The Graduate Choir and Musica Sacra.

Members of the NZCF are spread throughout New Zealand and are grouped into nine regions:
Auckland; Bay of Plenty; East Coast; Manawatu/Wanganui; Taranaki; Wellington; Canterbury/West Coast; Otago; Southland. The NZCF is a member of the International Federation of Choral Music, based in Western Europe, which serves a global community.

The main aims of the NZCF are to further develop the quality of choral singing in New Zealand by:
• providing opportunities for regional choirs to have access to more national and international events and personalities
• encouraging the formation of new groups and new regions
• working with elite national Kiwi choirs to stimulate excellence and achievement
• identifying conductors and developing opportunities for training in choral conducting and attendance at valuable overseas choral conventions
• providing efficient personnel for education in vocal and choral techniques to build choir members' skills and understanding
We hope that you will enjoy exploring this website to find more information about the
organisation.

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John Rosser Chair
Grant Hutchinson Executive Officer