NEW SINGERS WANTED!

SINGERS WANTED

TAURANGA’S PREMIERE CHAMBER CHOIR ARE AUDITIONING SINGERS

The Scholars Baroque Aotearoa are a chamber choir dedicated to informed performances of period music (often baroque) with an emphasis on stylistic excellence and superior choral sound.

The Scholars have availability for TENORS and BASSES to join them for 2023.

The choir seeks singers with previous choral experience. Although not a requirement, the ability to read music at sight is an asset.

The choir also offers several scholarships for all voices of $1,000 on an annual basis which are available to high school, polytechnic or university students. Scholarship recipients are expected to be pursuing some form of study in music (e.g. private tuition, secondary/tertiary study; voice or other instrument/s). This is a golden opportunity for good musicians who have fine voices, the commitment to be part of a close-knit team, and a desire to develop first class sight-reading skills.

For more information about the Scholars Baroque Aotearoa, please go to our Scholarships page.

To make further inquiries, arrange an audition, or for more information about choral scholarships, please contact the Artistic & Musical Director at scholars@scholarsbaroque.com

An Evening with Mozart - Review

An Evening with Mozart - Review

Well done, every single one of you. Your performance on Friday night of Mozart's Requiem lifted this listener and I’m sure many others to a place above and beyond the unsettled world we are living in. As your director, Chalium Poppy has doubtlessly drummed into you, it is more than getting notes right…

"Handel + Bach" Programme Notes

"Handel + Bach" Programme Notes

In preparation for this concert, the Scholars Baroque have nurtured a new, and hopefully long-lasting, relationship with the colossus of the Baroque Era – J. S. Bach. Undoubtedly the master of 18th century harmony and counterpoint, Bach’s music has been conspicuously absent from Scholars’ programmes in the past. Bach’s German motets represent the pinnacle of Baroque choral counterpoint…

Israel & Egypt - Review

Israel & Egypt - Review

NZ's first live performance of classical music since Covid reached our shores in 2020. Handel’s sacred Oratorio Israel in Egypt was first performed in 1739, some three years before his Messiah. Israel in Egypt, with its dramatic opening, with a warm full-bodied sound in the lovely acoustic of the cathedral…

“Post-Covid” Welcome & Concert Announcement

“Post-Covid” Welcome & Concert Announcement

The Scholars were preparing a programme of beautiful Renaissance polyphony when the country was suddenly forced into lockdown. Although we were saddened to have to end rehearsals for the time being, we all did what had to be done for the common good. Now, the world is a different place. Scholars Baroque Aotearoa decided to collaborate with Opus Orchestra, to present Handel's magnificent and thrilling oratorio, Israel in Egypt…

5th Annual Messiah with NZbarok - Reviews

5th Annual Messiah with NZbarok - Reviews

Sonorous, sibilant, splendid, sacred. Was such a marriage of music and lyric ever joined in such perfection? Who cannot but be moved by immersion in this most magnificent of oratorios? Mr Poppy has given us food for the soul, refreshment for the mind and glory to the Lord. Soloists, chorus, orchestra played their part to lift the roof of St Mary’s, Tauranga this evening led, heart and soul by their conductor…

Welcome back for 2020

Welcome back for 2020

2020 marks the 10th year anniversary of the founding of the Scholars Baroque Aotearoa. Since the beginning, an incredible amount of music has passed the lips of our singers. Scholars performances have ranged from the great and popular oratorios such as Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Requiem or Handel's Messiah to lesser known choral works by Charpentier, Salieri, and Rameau. No matter what the concert has been, the Scholars dedication to the fine art of singing and musical excellence in performance has been a constant. The Scholars…

Jubilate! - Concert Review

Jubilate! - Concert Review

On a day when New Zealanders were glued to screens to witness the modern kiwi phenomenon called an All Blacks victory, I had the privilege of being transported to 17th Century England to hear works of the greats: Purcell and Handel presented by Scholars Baroque Aotearoa and Consort. The fear I often have with…