EDUCATION: WESTLAKE BOYS
Choralation.
Choirs end competition on a high note At the end of June our school choirs converged at the Auckland Town Hall to compete in the annual NZCF Big Sing Auckland Regional Festival. The Big Sing Secondary Schools Choral Festival is the largest choral event in New Zealand and each year close to 10,000 young people from more than 250 schools participate in regional festivals with the ultimate goal of being selected for the Big Sing Finale. Our training choir Momentum, premier choir Voicemale and combined choir Choralation performed admirably, with Voicemale taking out the top award for the best recital by a male choir, and Choralation for the best recital by a mixed choir. Voicemale’s rendition of 'I See the Heaven’s Glories Shine' received the adjudicator’s runner-up award for the best single item of the festival from a total of 180 performances during the entire festival. Following the regional competitions, the Westlake schools' three premier choirs, Voicemale, Choralation and Cantare received an invitation to attend the national Finale of the Big Sing in Christchurch at the end of August. This honour has placed them amongst the top 24 choirs from over 250 competing choirs around the country and they are very excited at the prospect of performing in the restored Christchurch Town Hall where the acoustics are considered among the best in the world.
Voicemale.
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Students celebrating their success.
