New Zealand Youth Choir

The New Zealand Youth Choir was formed in 1979 by Guy Jansen and has subsequently been conducted by Professor Peter Godfrey (1980 to 1988) and Dr Karen Grylls (1989 to 2010). As at March 2009, Dr Grylls is an associate professor at the University of Auckland. It is governed by the Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand Trust (which also governs Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and NZYC Alumni Choir). The Chief Executive of the Trust is Roger Lloyd, who has held this position since late 2010.

The New Zealand Youth Choir is a mixed choir consisting of around 46 singers, auditioned nationally each year. The choir accepts members aged between 18 and 24 at the time of audition, and places may be offered for one, two or three years.

The choir has achieved considerable success both within New Zealand and internationally, including winning the ‘Let the Peoples Sing’ competition in 1992, the ‘Choir of the World’ title at Llangollen in 1999, and the ‘Grand Prix Slovakia’ in the same year.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir

External links

• New Zealand Youth Choir - the official website