Alumni

The NZ Youth Choir alumni combines singers who have sung with the choir since it was established in 1979.

Featured Alumni

Anna Leese

2000-2001

On the concert stage Anna has sung with several of the World's most-loved singers.

Anna Pierard

1994-1999

Anna has performed throughout the UK, Spain and New Zealand in concert, opera and oratorio.

Anthony Ritchie

1979-1982

Anthony Ritchie is a well known NZ composer and a senior lecturer in composition at the University of Otago in Dunedin.

Chris Bruerton

2003-2007

Christopher Bruerton, baritone, has been appointed as the first ever foreign national member of the Kings Singers.

David Hamilton

1979-1982

"There's no doubt in my mind that my four years in the National Youth Choir had a profound effect on my development as a composer".

Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu

1995-1999

Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu is a New Zealand-born Samoan, with a powerful, warm and captivating bass baritone.

Madeleine Pierard

2000-2003

Madeleine performs extensively on the concert platform throughout NZ and the UK.

Martin Snell

1979-1988

The National Youth Choir has made an indispensable contribution to the arts in New Zealand and its music education on all levels.

Paul Whelan

1985-1987

New Zealand born bass-baritone

Sarah Castle

1987-1988

Recent engagements include the title role in Tan Dun's MARCO POLO for the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam

Simon O'Neill

1991-1992?

Tecwyn Evans

1989-1995

Today 20 years since my first course, I still wish I could do it all again.

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

1984-1988

New Zealand born baritone.

Adrienne B

Adrienne Sutherland

Ainsley Murray

Airini Caddick

Alani Dawes

Alastair Carey

Albert Mata'afa

Alex Granville

Alice Richardson

Alistair Ker

Allan Griffiths

Alyssa Avery

Amanda Barclay

Amanda Oorschot

Amanda Field Wilson

Amanda Vernon

Amelia Berry

Amelia Giles

Amelia Woodfield

Amitai Pati

Amy O'Rourke

Amy Scott

Andrea Cochrane

Andrew Alcorn

Andrew Baldwin

Andrew Button

Andrew Chisholm

Andrew Crooks

Andrew Dunford

Andrew Kania

Andrew MacMillan

Andrew Milne

Andrew Milner-White

Andrew Sewell

Andrew Trass

Andrew Withington

Angela Johnson

Angela Nation

Angus MacEwan

Anna Fulton

Anna Haodley

Anna Kingston

Anna Langworthy

Anna Leese

Anna McGregor

Anna Pierard

Anna Ross

Anna Sedcole

Anna Vanderlay

Annabelle Cheetham

Anne Harrow

Annie Sio

Anthony Cook

Anthony Neyland

Anthony Ritchie

Ashley White

Barbara George

Belinda Maclean

Ben Campbell

Ben Caukwell

Ben France-Hudson

Ben Komiti

Ben Makisi

Ben Olijkan

Benjamin Christensen

Bernadette Collins

Bernadette Horne

Bianca Ableskamp

Bonnie Allan-Moetaua

Bradley Christensen

Brenda Mackie

Brendan Casey

Brendon Shanks

Brent Allcock

Bridget Hill

Brigitte Murray

Briony Ellis

Briony Jack

Bronwen Thomson

Bronwyn Browne

Bronwyn Clarke

Bronwyn Farnworth

Bronwyn Ham

Bronwyn Hamilton

Bronwyn Harrison

Brooke Baker

Caleb MacDonald

Campbell McLaughlan

Carmel Carroll

Carol Soundy

Carol Waugh

Caroline Maiava

Carolyn Medland

Cassandra Harvey

Catherine Connolly

Catherine Hickford

Catherine Hobbs

Catherine Perich

Cecilia Vakameilalo-Kioa

Celia Aspey-Gordon

Charene Clarke

Charles Morrison

Charles Panapa

Charlotte Taylor

Charlotte Woodfield

Charlotte-Jane Hassall

Chelsea Dolman

Cherie Stayner

Chris Anderson

Chris Bowen

Chris Bruerton

Chris Kinder

Chris Malcolm

Christina Wyse

Christine Argyle

Christine Marshall

Christine Rush

Christopher Adams

Claire Scholes

Clare Pierard

Clare Tompkins

Colin Bloomfield

Craig Letham

Craig Turpie

Craig Utting

Damian Brell

Dan Wee Loh

Daniela Phelon

Daryn Edmunston

David Black

David Brooks

David Childs

David Gordon

David Hamilton

David Pope

David Squire

David Tipi

Debbie Alexander

Deborah Donnell

Deborah Gordon

Debra Schultz

Delyse Borley

Devon Polaschek

Diana Cable

Diccon Sim

Donna Alley

Douglas Winter

Dr Gabrielle Mutu-Grigg

Duncan MacKenzie

Elise McCabe

Elisha Fai

Elizabeth Gairdner Cooner

Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth McFarlane

Elizabeth Moolenaar

Elizabeth Pilaar

Elizabeth Somervell

Ellie Butler

Emily Bruce

Emma Fetherston

Emma Johnston

Eric Daube

Erin Atchison

Erin Ketel

Etsuko Toride

Euan Macmillan

Euan McMillan

Eve Christie

Eveline Jenkin

Ewen Griffiths

Felicity Letcher

Felicity Ward O'Brien

Fiona Bellett

Fiona Stenhouse

Fiona Wilson

Frances McDonald

Gareth Round

Gareth Harper

Gaynor Berry

Genevieve Rainey

Geoff Duncan

Georgina Jamieson Emms

Gerard Masters

Gillian Ashworth

Gillian Bruce

Gillian Van Voorthuizen

Glenda Keam

Glenn Schuitman

Glenys Taylor

Gordon Winder

Graeme Young

Graham Mandeno

Grant Armishaw

Grant Hislop

Greg Neil

Greg Wain

Hamish Cook

Hamish Elliott

Hamish Morrison

Hannah King

Harley Peddie

Harriet Moir

Heather Dunford

Heather McCaw

Heather Windsor

Heidi Oettli

Helen Tibbles

Helen Tuhoro

Helen Acheson

Helen Harrison

Helen McKay

Helen Pearson

Hester Lees-Jeffries

Hilary Barry

Hilary Sinclair

Holly Mathieson

Hugh Goodman

Iain Fraser

Ian Campbell

Ian Fraser

Igelese Ete

Ivan Patterson

Jack Bourke

Jacqueline Coats

James Aitken

James Butler

James Curtis

James Griffiths

James Harrison

Jane Deighton

Jane Larsen

Jane McKinlay

Jane Temel

Janet Dunn

Janine Melville

Jasmine Lee

Jayne Tankersley

Jean Malcolm

Jenna Rennie

Jennie Verdonk

Jennie Sutton

Jennifer Maybee

Jennifer Moss

Jennifer Woodfield

Jenny Banks

Jenny George

Jenny Kempton

Jenny Whittington

Jenny Wollerman

Jessica Lightfoot

Jessica Kerr

Jessica Spencer

Jessica Wells

Jessie Densem

Jim Lovell-Smith

Jimmy Halliday

Jo Hodgson

Joanna Castelow

Joanne Hamilton

Joanne Hodgson

Joanne Lethbridge

Jodie Ohlson

John Beaglehole

John Duncan

John Dungan

John Fraser

John Gillespie

John Murray

John Rosser

Jolene James

Jon Kennedy

Jonathan Palmer

Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu

Jonathan Kennedy

Jonathan Newton-Howes

Jonathan Togiatu

Jonathon Waetford

Joseph Gardner

Josephine O'Brien

Joshua Clark

Joshua Kidd

Joshua Stewart

Jude Te Punga

Judith Harvey

Judith Prentice

Judith Wigglesworth

Judy Dale

Julian Ketel

Julian Timmings

Julie Schofield

Juliet Dreaver

Juliet Kennedy

Juliette Lee

Justin Murray

Karene Biggs

Karl Read

Kate Hays

Kate Letcher

Kate Lewis

Kate Lineham

Kate Marshall

Katherine Hodge

Katherine McGredy

Kathryn Black

Kathryn McGredy

Katie Dai

Katie Douglas

Kay McKenzie

Kaylene Wood

Keith Mason

Ken Ryan

Kenneth Trass

Kent McIntosh

Keston Ruxton

Kim Price

Kimberley Jones

Kiri Ensbey

Kiri Jordan

Kirsten Gruebner

Kirsty McDonald

Kit George

Krishna Pillai

Kristine Hornblow

Kursten Ibarra

Lara Rennie

Laura Caygill

Laurelle Clarke

Lauren Armishaw

Laurence Mossman

Lee Densem

Lee-Ann Kendall

Leon Grice

Leti Leu'u

Lindsay Marshall

Lisa Abbott

Lisa Hill

Lisa Mill

Lisa Simpson

Louisa Griffiths

Louisa Oliver

Louise Glossop

Lucy Cruickshank

Lucy Patston

Lucy Richards

Luke Gorton

Lynda Knight-de Blois

Lynette Lowe

Lynley Hicks

Madeleine Pierard

Malcolm Taylor

Malinda Di Leva

Margaret Cammell

Margaret Mabbett

Margaret Nicol

Maria Batchelor

Maria Treadaway

Marion Brett?

Mark Dunford

Mark Henderson

Mark Livingstone

Mark Ogilvie

Mark Robson

Mark Rosser

Mark Smith

Martin Driessen

Martin Musgrave

Martin Snell

Mary Becca

Mary Crowe

Mary Dawes

Mary Toye

Mary-Jane Sneyd

Matthew Coplon

Matthew Drake

Matthew Landreth

Matthew Leese

Matthew Whyte

Matthew Wilson

Megan Flint

Megan Hurnard

Megan Owen

Melinda Collie-Holmes

Melissa Absolum

Melissa Jebson

Merelina Saseve

Meryl Bramley

Meryl Crozier

Michael Bayly

Michael Brett

Michael Densem

Michael Gray

Michael Stewart

Michael Wallace

Michelle Harrison

Michelle May-Jones

Mimi Tsai

Monica Sorce

Morgan Hartdegen

Moses MacKay

Murray Goulstone

Murray Wood

Natalie Featherstone

Neil Griffiths

Ngaire Telford

Nicholas Forbes

Nicholas Ross

Nicholas Madden

Nicholas Sutcliffe

Nick Douglas

Nick Hogg

Nicky Newton

Nicola Brasch

Nicola Edgecombe

Nicola Jansen

Nicola Steel

Nicola Wooley

Nicole Moffatt

Nigel Collins

Nigel Tongs

Oliver Drennan

Oliver Sewell

Patricia Goldsmith

Patricia Rainey

Patricia Van der Veldon

Patupatu Ripley

Paul Barrett

Paul Burland

Paul Densem

Paul Pilgrim

Paul Whelan

Paula Jackson

Pene Pati

Penelope Williams

Peter Bisley

Peter Adams

Peter Aitken

Peter Benge

Peter Brown

Peter De Blois

Peter Dyne

Peter George

Peter Hercus

Peter Jonkers

Peter Rainey

Peter Scott

Phil Cahill

Philip Daly

Philip Hornblow

Philip Roderick

Philip Rowe

Philip Sewell

Philip Thompson

Philippa Hopkins

Philippa Jarecki

Philippa Teeling

Philippa Walden

Phillip Collins

Polly Ott

Prue Harman

Rachel Alexander

Rachel Boyack-Mayer

Rachel Gillett

Rachel Gillon

Rachel Gombrich

Rachel Wilford

Raewyn Murahidy

Ralph Suckling

Rebecca Guest

Rebecca Currier

Rebecca Rice

Rebecca Ryan

Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Trappitt

Rebecca Woodmore

Reece Pennington

Rewi Pene

Rhonda Browne

Richard Batchelor

Richard Bates

Richard Evans

Richard Knowles

Richard Shires

Richard Sorrenson

Richard Stevenson

Richard Taylor

Richard Walley

Richard Weston

Richie Flinn

Robert Aburn

Robert Brewer

Robert Tucker

Robert Wiremu

Robin Averill

Robyn Walker

Robyn Webster

Roger Dutton

Roger Hamilton

Roger Powdrell

Rory Sweeney

Ros Emeleus

Rosamund McDonald

Roseanna Forsythe

Roseanne Webb

Rosemary Page

Rosita Vai

Ross Calverley

Ross Housham

Rowan Johnston

Rowan Payne

Rowan Payton

Rowena Padden

Ruth Kirkwood

Ruth Armishaw

Ruth Close

Ruth Shwer

Sabrina Malcolm

Sally Anderson

Sally Penman

Sam Piper

Sandy Hastings

Sarah Hogg

Sarah Richardson

Sarah Anderson

Sarah Bell

Sarah Besley

Sarah Castle

Sarah Court

Sarah Gambitsis

Sarah Lineham

Sarah McCallum

Sarah Stevenson

Sarah Trevethick

Sarah Tripe

Sarah Walmsley

Scott Kendall

Selela Komiti

Sharon Good

Shaun Holmes

Shaun McGrath

Sheila Ford

Shelley Liken

Shelley Spang

Shona McIntyre-Bull

Sian Jefferies

Simon Barnes

Simon Baskerville

Simon Christie

Simon Dudding

Simon Johnson

Simon Kane

Simon Kersten

Simon O'Neill

Simon Orme

Simon Prior

Sonia Kao

Sonja Jefferies

Spencer Kingi

Stephanie Dolphin

Stephanie Edwards

Stephanie Gartrell

Stephen Diaz

Stephen Wells

Stephen Brinkhurst

Stephen Brodie

Stephen Chambers

Stephen Close

Stephen Grice

Stephen Hornblow

Stephen McDonald

Stephen Munden

Stephen Murray

Stephen Park

Stephen Rowe

Stephen Rowley

Stephen Ryder-Smith

Stephen Smith

Steven Wiggins

Stuart Coats

Sue Christie

Sue Cutforth

Sue Griffin

Surya (Juliet) Cox

Susan Buchanan

Susan Fletcher

Susan Frost

Susan Gibbons

Susan Kent

Susan Kiddie

Susan Mitchell

Susannah Peddie

Susie Novella

Suzanne Aspden

Suzanne Blackburn

Svetlana Lushkott

Sylvia Brown

Tamsyn Miller

Tania Brand

Tania Verdonk

Tecwyn Evans

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Therese Kelly

Thomas Woodfield

Tim Graham

Tim Jackson

Tina Carter

Tom Atkins

Tom Griffiths

Tom Rainey

Toni Wilson

Tony Bennett

Tony Sandle

Trina Newman

Vaitaua Maea

Valerie Wycoff

Vanessa Clarke

Vanessa Kay

Vatulele Tusitala

Victoria Chammanee

Virginia Christie

Virginia Gummer

Virginia Le Cren

Virginia Rawlinson

Vivian Gang

Warren Buckingham

Wendy Thompson

Wendy Chen

Winnie May Nichol

Zane Jarvis

Zita Lingard

Zoe Triggs

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