Sing New Zealand

The story of choral music in Aotearoa

Guy Jansen

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Massey University Press
01 November 2019

Choral music

New Zealanders love to sing together. Thousands of us sing in hundreds of choirs throughout the country, making it our most popular and participated in performing art. Most of us have sung in school choirs, or participated in national competitions such as the Big Sing, and increasingly people are joining choirs as adults, recognising the benefits to wellbeing and the sheer pleasure of making music together. But the story of choirs in New Zealand is not just one of enthusiastic participation, it is also about striving for excellence, and achieving it. And it's not just about our great soloists finding international acclaim; national choirs such the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir have won international awards, and many others tour overseas. This didn't happen by chance. So what was needed for New Zealanders to succeed at this demanding, precision art form, and who were the key people involved? Author Guy Jansen was one of them; the world's first national youth choir, the National Youth Choir of New Zealand, was just one of his initiatives. In Sing New Zealand he describes choral music's trajectory from the enthusiastic amateur efforts of the nineteenth-century to today's internationally renowned national choirs.

By: Guy Jansen
Imprint: Massey University Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 168mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 806g
ISBN: 9780995100152
ISBN 10: 0995100152
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 November 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

In 2011 the late Dr Guy Jansen (1935-2019) was awarded a MNZM for services to music. A music educator and choral musician, in 1979 he founded the New Zealand Youth Choir (reputed to be the first national youth choir in the world) and was its Musical Director. He also founded the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, and pioneered training in choral conducting. Dr Jansen formed the Festival Singers and Bel Canto, and served as Chair of the New Zealand Choral Federation.