NZSSC AUDITION APPLICATION

AUDITION APPLICATIONS

for the

2027-28 NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY STUDENTS' CHOIR

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Do you want to be part of Choirs Aotearoa NZ's national choir for secondary students? Ka rawe, we'd love to hear you!

Please ensure that you fully understand NZSSC’s financial and time commitments before applying. You can find this info, along with our Audition Guides (video's and downloadable PDF), which contains everything you need to know before your audition, at:

www.nzsschoir.com/about/join-nzssc

To apply to audition for the NZSSC, complete all questions below, choose your preferred audition location, date & time slot, then click 'SUBMIT' button to send us your application!

Your FIRST and LAST names

First NameLast Name

Your 'KNOWN AS' first name

This is the name you prefer to be known as, eg Charlie, Lizzie

DATE OF BIRTH

DayMonthYear

GENDER

ETHNICITY

This information is useful for the purposes of obtaining funding.

ENTER YOUR 'OTHER' ETHNICITY HERE

CITY/TOWN you currently live in

Please include your suburb too

What SCHOOL YEAR are you in currently (2026)?

What SCHOOL will you attend NEXT YEAR (2027)?

Please enter the full name including "School" or "College', and the city or town where the school is: eg, St Patricks College, Silverstream. If home schooled, please indicate.

Your NZ MOBILE number

Please ensure you have put the correct numbers in! We'll use it to contact you if we need to on the day of your audition

Your EMAIL

Confirmation EmailA copy of your submission will be sent to this email - please keep an eye out and put it in a safe place! Please double check you have written your email correctly.

Alternative NZ MOBILE number (parent/guardian/whānau):

Alternative EMAIL (parent/guardian/whānau)

We require a second email address for communication. Please double check you have written it correctly

Please state the relationship of your Alternative contact above?

Are they your parent, sibling, aunty etc.

VOICE TYPE

VOICE SECTION PLACEMENT

We take your usual and preferred voice section into account wherever possible. However, final placements are made once all auditions are complete, and depends on the number of available places plus the overall balance of the choir.

This means you may be offered a place in a different section from the one you normally sing. Any placement will be within a vocal range the audition panel has confirmed you can manage. The final decision rests with the NZSSC artistic team, and we ask that new entrants approach placement with flexibility and understanding.

I understand that, if selected for NZSSC, I may be offered a place in a different voice section from the one I usually sing or prefer:

SIGHT READING ABILITY

How well can you read music and sing from it on sight.

CHORAL SINGING EXPERIENCE

List choirs of which you are or have been a member - separate each choir/group with a comma

VOCAL TUITION (past and present)

List any vocal tuition you have had/are having and the exam (or equivalent) level reached - please try to be brief

OTHER MUSICAL ABILITIES

List any instruments played and the exam (or equivalent) level reached - keep it brief!

How did you hear about NZSSC?

Please tell us where you heard about NZSSC from:

SUPPORTING YOU TO THRIVE IN THE CHOIR

We want to make sure every singer has the support they need to participate, contribute, and thrive. The following questions help us understand any needs or challenges that may be relevant to being part of a large choir. Sharing this information is confidential and will not affect the audition outcome.

1. Is there anything about the way you learn, communicate, process information, experience your environment or interact with others that we should know about?
This might include neurodiversity, sensory, attention, learning, communication, behavioural, emotional, social, physical or other needs that could affect your participation in rehearsals, performances, travel or living with the group. Please include anything we might notice and any strategies, adjustments or support that help you participate at your best.

2. What helps you work successfully as part of a large group, particularly when things are busy, challenging or stressful?
Please describe strategies that help you manage change, overwhelm, conflict, communication or other challenges, and what others can do to support you when you are finding something difficult.

1. Is there anything about the way you learn, communicate, process information, experience your environment or interact with others that we should know about?

Please briefly describe what these things are and how we could support you to participate at your absolute best:

2. What helps you work successfully as part of a large group, particularly when things are busy, challenging or stressful?

If there is nothing of note you would like to add, please just write NA

Please tell us briefly why you would like to audition for NZSSC?

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Please upload a recent (and clear) HEADSHOT of yourself (FILE TITLE: your first & last name):

Upload a File

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I have visited the NZSSC website and have read and understood the full breadth of the financial and time commitments of NZSSC membership. I have satisfied myself in this regard and would still like to proceed with my audition application

LOCATION / DATES you would like to audition

When you click on the location you'd like to audition above, the audition schedule for that location will show below and you can select any available time slot.

PLEASE ONLY SELECT ONE AUDITION TIME SLOT!

HAMILTON: St Paul's Collegiate, 77 Hukanui Road, Chartwell

AUCKLAND: Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Silver Rd, Newmarket

WELLINGTON: Wellington East Girl's College, 131 Austin St, Mt Victoria

PALMERSTON NORTH: Spiers Centre @ PNBHS, 63 Featherston St

CHRISTCHURCH: Knox Presbytarian Church, cnr Bealey Ave & Victoria St, Merivale

DUNEDIN: Bouman Studios, 273 York Place

Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the 2027-28 NZSSC!

We're sorry to hear that none of the audition dates/times suit.

Hit the SUBMIT FORM button below and the NZSSC Manager will be in touch shortly (via email) to chat about audition availability.