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| Dunedin Children's Choir | |
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| Choir | |
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| Also known as | DCC; Dunedin Children's Choir: Chamber Group |
| Origin | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Founded | 1 January 2023 |
| Members | Youth 7-12 years |
| Music director | Natasha Manowitz |
| Organist | Susan Frame |
| Rehearsal space | Flagstaff Community Church |
The Dunedin Children's Choir is a non-auditioned performance-focused children's choir for 7- 12-year-olds that is based in Dunedin, Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Established at the start of 2023, by mid-2023 the choir had built to 30+ singers and developed an additional Chamber Choir for 10-12-year-olds.
The choir uses techniques inspired by Kodály methods to help all children sing in key and in time, which is why they can be non-auditioned, actively encouraging all children to come and sing.
Repertoire
As well as the usual range of warm up and seasonal songs, the choir learns a range of songs, in multiple genres. Some of the songs performed and added to their repertoire include:
- Echo by Sally K. Albrecht
- Viva La Musica by Praetorius
- Fruit Canon
- The Wreck by Jan Holdstock
- Dum Dadah (Anon)
- Let's Sing All Together by Susie Davies-Splitter and Phil Davies
- I Hear The Call by Sue Mepham
- Feed the Birds by Sherman and Sherman, arr by Cristi Cary Miller
- Edelweiss by Rodgers and Hammerstein, arr by Linda Spevacek
- Kusimama by Jim Papoulis
- A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman
A key aspect of song choice, other than suitability for young voices, is a balance between songs that are fun for children to sing, and songs that are technically complicated that push their abilities.
Legal status
The Dunedin Children's Choir is a Registered Charity in New Zealand. DUNEDIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR (50206593) (NZBN: 9429052030017) [Charitable Trust] Registered[1]
Performances
The first major public performance for the Dunedin Children's Choir was at the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival in June 2023.
Since then they have performed as a whole choir and just the Chamber Choir with international soprano Olivia Pike, with the St. Andrew's College senior choirs, at the NZ Choral Foundations Otago Sing Fest[2], the Dunedin Airport Christmas concert and will be the only choir from the South Island competiting at the World Choir Games[3] to be held in Auckland, July 2024.