NZ National Youth Choir

The New Zealand Youth Choir is a mixed choir consisting of around 50 singers, auditioned nationally every 3 years from around New Zealand. The choir accepts members aged between 18 and 25 at the time of audition, and places will generally be offered for three years. The choir was formed in 1979 by Guy Jansen and has subsequently been conducted by Professor Peter Godfrey, Dr Karen Grylls and David Squire. Former choir member Rowan Johnston was appointed music director in August 2025. In 2019 the choir joined forces with the New Zealand Youth Orchestra and Voices New Zealand to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The choir is governed by the Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand Trust, which also governs Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, the NZYC Alumni Choir and the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir. The Chief Executive of the Trust is Arne Herrmann, who has held this position since mid 2016. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)