CHOIRS
Is your choir a member of NZCF? The organisation offers choirs a large range of significant membership benefits:
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Join up your choir online here
Annual APRA Licence
The NZCF has a special arrangement with the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) for member choirs for an annual licence to perform of copyrighted music in public. More...
Optional Insurance at a low premium
The NZCF has a comprehensive, tailored, insurance package (assets and public liability) for choirs through Crombie Lockwood (NZ) Limited. The insurance (from NZI Insurance) comes at a low premium (still to be advised for 2012).
Other benefits
- a free choir website profile listing choir contact/rehearsal details and a description of the choir, as well as provision to add news, photos, audio, video and concert details in the regional section (updated by the choir via a password-protected link). This is also linked to the new “Find a Choir” facility, that will help choirs recruit singers
- free listing of concerts in the NZCF national events calendar
- Advertising of vacancies for choir directors (website and via E-news) at member rates, under Conducting/Vacancies
- free link to the choir’s own website under Links/Choirs
- Invitations to attend educational NZCF events, such as choral workshops and courses on singing and conducting, run by top New Zealand and internationally-recognised choral practitioners;
- Opportunities to form networks with other choral singers and conductors, for encouragement and sharing of information/resources
- Professional development opportunities for choir leaders
- Copies of the NZCF quarterly newsletter Breve, as well as E-News
- Advertising of concerts, new recordings etc in Breve and on the website at member rates
- Free review of a new CD or DVD recording
- 20% discount on music hired from the National Library, and discounts on NZCF publications
- Free CD or DVD review in Breve and on the website
- Voting rights at elections at one vote per 25 singers (maximum 4 votes)
Downloadable forms
New choir membership application form - PDF l WORD
Membership renewal form- PDF l WORD
Choir insurance scheme - PDF
Choir insurance scenarios - PDF
Edit choir's website profile login - PDF (access to the profile is via the choir’s username and password - available from the membership secretary, Colleen Elliott, colleen.elliott@nzcf.org.nz)
Join up your choir online here
General membership enquiries
Please contact our membership secretary, Colleen Elliott, telephone 09 482 0388 or email colleen.elliott@nzcf.org.nz.
The New Zealand Choral Federation is the largest choral network in this country, representing the interests of some 13,000 members – drawn from approximately 200 chamber/community choirs, 280 school choirs and 400 individuals. The NZCF is a member of the International Federation for Choral Music.
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