Watch secondary school groups from across the motu sing their hearts out over three days in Wellington.
The Big Sing is a regional secondary schools choral festival that attracts the most participants of any New Zealand music event. Taking place in 10 centres, it involves around 8,000 students from over 200+ schools, supported by their families and communities. It is a highlight of the school year, and a rite of passage for young singers from Kaitaia to Bluff.
The Big Sing Finale brings regional finalists together for a three-day sing-off, finishing with the Gala Concert featuring a massed choir performance by over 800 singers, and the prize giving ceremony.
Your MC for The Big Sing Finale Gala 2024 is RNZ Concert Days and Inside Out host Nick Tipping.
All the Finale sessions, and the Gala Concert, will be livestreamed here:
The Big Sing is produced by the New Zealand Choral Federation. Video by JXLive with audio by RNZ Concert.
2024 Adjudicators
The adjudicators for The Big Sing 2024 Finale are Paul Holley OAM (photo by Maxine McCabe), Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa, and Michael Stewart. Photo: The Big SIng
Find out all about the Finale adjudicators on The Big Sing website.
Here is a guide to who you can watch singing, and when:
Finale Sessions Session 1: Thursday 29 August, 2.00pm – 3.30pm
1.1 Kentoris — Saint Kentigern College
1.2 Bel Suono — Waikato Diocesan School
1.3 King’s College Kappella — King’s College
1.4 Cantare — Westlake Girls High School
1.5 Leonessa — Takapuna Grammar School
1.6 Rewaken Polycation Choir — Manurewa High School
Session 2: Thursday 29 August, 5.00pm – 6.30pm
2.1 Paradisum — Epsom Girls Grammar School
2.2 Serenata — Rangitoto College
2.3 Fortissimo — Dilworth School
2.4 Ngā Korimako — Wellington Girls’ College & Wellington College
2.5 The Centennial Choir — Mount Albert Grammar School
2.6 Saints Alive — St Cuthbert’s College
Session 3: Thursday 29 August, 8.00pm – 9.30pm
3.1 Euphony — Kristin School
3.2 Choralation — Westlake Girls & Westlake Boys High Schools
3.3 Rāwhiti — Wellington East Girls’ College
3.4 Resolutions — Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
3.5 Blue Notes — Tawa College
3.6 St Cecilia Singers — Diocesan School for Girls
Session 4: Friday 30 August, 11.00am – 12.30pm
4.1 Seraphim — Chilton St James School
4.2 Avondale College Gospel Choir — Avondale College
4.3 Voicemale — Westlake Boys High School
4.4 Voces Luce — Queen Margaret College
4.5 Femme — Southland Girls’ High School
Session 5: Friday 30 August, 1.30pm – 2.45pm
5.1 All The King’s Men — King’s College
5.2 Kentoris — Saint Kentigern College
5.3 Rewaken Polycation Choir — Manurewa High School
5.4 Bel Suono — Waikato Diocesan School
5.5 Paradisum — Epsom Girls Grammar School
Session 6: Friday 30 August, 3.45pm – 5.00pm
6.1 Cantare — Westlake Girls High School
6.2 Fortissimo — Dilworth School
6.3 Resolutions — Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
6.4 The Centennial Choir — Mount Albert Grammar School
6.5 Ngā Korimako — Wellington Girls’ College & Wellington College
6.6 Saints Alive — St Cuthbert’s College
Session 7: Friday 30 August, 6.30pm – 8.00pm
7.1 King’s College Kappella — King’s College
7.2 Euphony — Kristin School
7.3 Blue Notes — Tawa College
7.4 Leonessa — Takapuna Grammar School
7.5 Rāwhiti — Wellington East Girls’ College
7.6 Serenata — Rangitoto College
7.7 Choralation — Westlake Girls & Westlake Boys High Schools
Session 8: Saturday 31 August, 11.00am – 12.30pm
8.1 Femme — Southland Girls’ High School
8.2 St Cecilia Singers — Diocesan School for Girls
8.3 All The King’s Men — King’s College
8.4 Voces Luce — Queen Margaret College
8.5 Avondale College Gospel Choir — Avondale College
8.6 Seraphim — Chilton St James School
8.7 Voicemale — Westlake Boys High School
NZ Secondary Students' Choir recital: 1.30pm – 2.15pm Saturday 31 August,
Gala Concert: 6.30pm Saturday 31 August.
