NZ ARIA TRUST PRESENTS THE

2018 Programme

ROTORUA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE All Sections:Thursday 25 October - Saturday 27 October 2018 Finals Night: Saturday 27 October 2018

www.nzaria.org The Dame Malvina Major Foundation provides educational and training opportunities for young New Zealanders in the performing arts and supports young New Zealanders of outstanding ability and real potential to prepare for professional careers.

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For further information on how you can help please contact:

Trust Administrator The Dame Malvina Major Foundation PO Box 9976 Marion Square Wellington 6141

Telephone 04 384 9745 Mobile 021 858895 Fax 04 384 9785

Email: [email protected] The New Zealand Aria Trust welcomes you to the 72nd Festival Weekend of Song to be held at Rydges Hotel

All Sections - Thursday 25 October - Saturday 27 October 2018

Featuring the finals of the NEW ZEALAND ARIA on Saturday 27 October 2018

OFFICERS 2018/2019

Trustees: Mrs Jo-Anne La Grouw MNZM, Mrs Anne Larkin, Mrs Alison Perrin JP, Mr Grahame Hall QSO JP, Mrs Dianne Estcourt, Mr Lyall Thurston QSO JP, Mr Monty Morrison JP President: Mrs Jo-Anne La Grouw MNZM Vice President: Mrs Anne Larkin Vocal Convenors: Open Classes: Mr Lyall Thurston Under 21 Section: Mrs Anne Larkin

ANY QUERIES, PLEASE CONTACT Event Co-ordinator - Jo-Anne La Grouw phone: 021 812 611 PO Box 1194, Rotorua email: [email protected]

1 SPONSORS

The New Zealand Aria Trust wish to thank the following sponsors for their generous support

THE DAME MALVINA MAJOR FOUNDATION

NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY TRUST

THE SOUTHERN TRUST

ROTORUA ENERGY CHARITABLE TRUST

ONE FOUNDATION

SUPERDOOPER PRINT

PUB CHARITY

COOMBES JOHNSTON BMW

FOUR WINDS FOUNDATION

GEYSER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES

LOCKWOOD

CSG

MIKE STEINER INTERIORS

CAPER’S EPICUREAN

THE DAILY POST

CLAYMARK

EQUINE ESTATE LTD

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- A Celebration of Song -

1st Prize The Dame Malvina Major Foundation Prize valued at $20,000

2nd Prize Geyser Community Foundation La Grouw Prize $10,000

3rd Prize Coombes Johnston BMW Prize $5,000

all remaining finalists to receive $500

The Dame Malvina Major Foundation $20,000 Prize Package includes:

• $5,000 towards tuition or audition fees • $5000 towards entry in the Sydney Eisteddfod Scholarship (formerly The Sun Aria) • $10,000 cash

- Open to Ladies and Gentlemen 18 Years and Over -

4 ADMISSION NEW ZEALAND ARIA FINALS Saturday 27th October 2018, 7.30pm Destiny Auditorium, Rotorua

ADULTS $60.00 SUPERANNUITANTS AND STUDENTS $45.00

Entry to all other events over the weekend is $2.00 per day

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM TICKETMASTER AT THE ENERGY EVENTS CENTRE OR FROM THEIR WEBSITE www.ticketmaster.co.nz

SUPPER at Regent Hotel, Pukaki Street

for ticket holders and invited guests

Saturday 27 October 2018

following the Aria Finals

Entry $25.00

Each competitor entered into Class 345 qualifies for ONE COMPLIMENTARY TICKET to the Finals Night. These tickets will be available until noon Saturday from Rydges Hotel.

5 FINALS NIGHT

New Zealand Aria Finals

Destiny Auditorium, 7.30pm, Saturday, 27 October 2018

Master of Ceremonies - Helen Medlyn

7.30 pm - Auckland Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi 7.40 pm - Guest Artist - Aivale Cole 7.50 pm - New Zealand Aria Finalists

8.30 pm - Interval

8.50 pm - New Zealand Aria Finalists

9.30 pm - Guest Artist - Aivale Cole

9.45 pm - Dame Malvina Major presents Prize to Aria Winner

10.00 pm - Supper - Regent Hotel (ticket holders only)

6 VENUES

MAP OF CITY

DESTINY AUTITORIUM

CITY CENTRE

RYDGES HOTEL

ST. JOHNS

7 AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR OF THE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is the city’s leading performing arts organisation and Auckland’s only resident full-time professional symphony orchestra.

In more than 70 performances annually, the APO presents a full season of symphonic work and supports both the NBR and the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Renowned for its innovation, passion and versatility, the APO collaborates with some of New Zealand’s most inventive artists and is the orchestra of choice for visiting international classical musicians and popular acts alike.

The APO promotes a vibrant arts culture by providing leadership and support. Through its numerous education programmes the APO offers opportunities to 25,000 young people and adults nationwide to participate in music, ranging from hip-hop and rock to contemporary and classical.

More than 100,000 people hear the orchestra live each year, with many thousands more reached through special events, other media and recordings on the APO Live and Naxos music labels.

Most APO concerts are broadcast live nationally and streamed online, allowing everyone the chance to share the excitement of a world-class performance.

8 CONDUCTOR OF THE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA New Zealand Aria Finals Night - GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI Giordano Bellincampi is the Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. Born in Italy and moving to Copenhagen at a young age, he began his career as a trombonist with the Royal Danish Orchestra before making his professional conducting debut in 1994. Previously, he was the Principal Conductor of I Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan, General Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic from 2012-2017, General Music Director of the Danish National Opera, Aarhus from 2005-2013, Music Director of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra from 2000-2006 and, between 1997-2000 he was Chief Conductor of the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, the leading contemporary ensemble in Denmark. With an enormous repertoire embracing classical, romantic and contemporary music, he is particularly celebrated for his prowess in the Central European, Italian and Scandinavian symphonic traditions, and for his interpretations of significant choral and vocal works. In 2015, he focused on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Carl Nielsen, performing a wide selection of his works both in Denmark and abroad. Highlights of recent seasons have included concert performances of Verdi’s and Puccini’s with the Auckland Philharmonia and with the Duisburg Philharmonic gala performances of Wagner’s operatic and orchestral music to mark the re-opening of the orchestra’s home in Duisburg’s Mercatorhalle. He also had a highly acclaimed visit to Amsterdam’s legendary Concertgebouw Hall, with repertoire by Nielsen, Sibelius and Beethoven. In the 17/18 season, he brings major repertoire to Auckland and Kristiansand, including a concert performance of Aida in Auckland and staged performances of La Traviata with the Kristiansand Opera. He returns to the Athelas Sinfonietta and I Pommerigi Musicali Milan and conducts four programmes with the Toledo Symphony. As Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy Giordano Bellincampi is dedicated to the work of educating future generations of orchestra musicians and conductors. He also regularly gives masterclasses and serves as a jury member for a number of international conducting competitions. In 2010, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, an award bestowed by the Danish Royal Family for services to Danish culture and he also holds the title of ‘Cavaliere’ from the President of Italy for his international promotion of Italian music MASTER OF CEREMONIES

New Zealand Aria - Helen Medlyn One of New Zealand’s most versatile and popular singer-actresses, Helen Medlyn is a respected performer of opera, jazz, straight theatre, oratorio, cabaret, lieder and music theatre, appearing as a guest soloist with most arts organisations here in New Zealand, as well as with many of the major opera companies and orchestras in Australia. In recognition of her career and her continuing body of work, Helen was honoured as a Laureate by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2002 and made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to the performing arts in 2013. A few highlights from Helen's unusually diverse "life upon the wicked stage" include Joy Gresham in Nicholson's play Shadowlands (Mercury); 9 Concepcion in Ravel's The Spanish Hour (NZO); Alice, a mono-drama, written especially for Helen by Gillian Whitehead (NZSO, APO); Mrs Rieper/Mrs Parker in Forster's play Daughters of Heaven (Watershed); Flosshilde and Schwertleite in Pierre Strosser's production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (SOSA); the Wicked Witch of the West in Arlen's musical The Wizard of Oz (Peach Theatre Company); Klytemnestra in Strauss’ opera Elektra (APO); Fraulein Schneider in Kander and Ebb's show, Cabaret (ATC); Handel's Messiah with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; and the shows she creates and presents with pianist, Penny Dodd.

JUDGES New Zealand Aria - Open Section Peter Coleman-Wright AO

Peter Coleman-Wright is widely considered one of the most versatile singers in the world today, equally home in opera, concert and recital. His extensive and varied repertoire has taken him to many of the worlds greatest Opera Companies and Concert Halls. He has sung throughout Europe at La Scala Milan, La Fenice Venice, Netherlands Opera, Munich, Vienna, Geneva, Paris, Bordeaux, Flanders and at the Aix-en Provence and Bregenz Festivals. In the United Kingdom he has been a frequent guest of Covent Garden, and Glyndebourne Festival. He has worked for the Aldeburgh Festival at the BBC Proms and with all the leading orchestras at London’s South Bank, Albert Hall, The Barbican, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Wigmore Halls. In North America he has sung at the Metropolitan Opera New York, New York City Opera, Houston, Santa Fe and Vancouver. He has sung at Teatro Colon Buenos Aries and in San Paulo Brazil. He has sung extensively for and has worked with all the major symphony orchestras throughout all the principal Concert Halls. He has sung more that 60 roles including Figaro, Forester, Michele, Scarpia, Marcello, Sharpless, , Count, Onegin, Dandini, Billy Budd, Macbeth, Gunther, Golaud, Germont, Chorebe, Wolfram, Beckmesser, Gunther, Donner, Pizzaro, and Sweeny Todd. His numerous awards include Helpman Awards for Todd and The Traveller ( Death in Venice), Green room awards for Billy Budd, Orestes, and Harry Joy ( Dean). Peter Coleman-Wright has recorded extensively for EMI, Telarc, Hyperion, ABC classics and LSO and SSO live. Recent engagements include concerts in Madrid, Moscow, Amsterdam, Los Angeles Philharmonic in Nixon in China with John Adams conducting Rape of Lucretia Aldeburgh which was nominated for a Grammy award. A champion of new and contemporary repertoire, he has created numerous roles most notably Harry Joy in ’s Bliss and Caligula by Detlev Glanert. Peter holds an Honorary Doctorate from the and was awarded the Performer of the Year in the recent Arts awards in Australia for Socrates by Brett Dean. Peter was made an Officer in the order of Australia in 2015.

10 JUDGES New Zealand Aria - Open Section Cheryl Barker AO Cheryl Barker AO has established a distinguished Operatic Career throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Australasia. She has performed for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, , , Nederlandse Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, National Opera du Rhin, De Vlaamse Opera, La Monnaie, Opera Holland Park, Reis Opera, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Minnesota Opera, Vancouver Opera, Taipei Opera, Opera Queensland, Opera Australia, State Opera of South Australia, Opera New Zealand, and Western Australian Opera. Her many roles have included the title roles in Jenufa, , , , Manon Lescaut, , , (both for which she won green room and Helpmann awards), Adrianna Lecouvreur, Francesca di Rimmini, Hanna Glawari in Die Lustige Witwe, Katya Kabanova. Other roles include Countess/Le Nozze di Figaro, Adina/L’elisir d’amore, Mimi in the award winning production of La boheme, Violetta/ La Traviata, Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni, Tatyana/, Nedda/I , Antonia/, Giorgetta/Il Tabarro, Lauretta/, Marschellin/, Madeleine/ Capriccio, Chrysothemis/ Elektra, The Governess and Miss Jessel/The Turn of the Screw, Desdemona/ Otello, Musetta/La Boheme, Marie/, Salud/La Vida Breve, Jenifer/A Midsummer Marriage, Micaela/ Carmen, Emilia Marty/Vec Makropoulos, Marzelline/, Oksana/, Kate/Kiss me Kate. She created the role of Sarah in Jake Heggies Opera The end of the Affair for Houston Grand Opera. She has appeared in concert at Londons Wigmore Hall, The Barbican Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Konzerthaus Wien, Koningin Elisabethzaal Belgium, at the Brisbane, Melbourne, Spoletto Festivals, The Australian Festival of Chamber Music and with the SSO< QSO< MSO< WASO. Future engagements include, Opera in the Vineyard/Hunter Valley and Gertrude in Brett Deans for the . Recordings include Puccini Passion, Pure Diva (Melba Recordings), Seduction & Persuasion, Don John of Austria, Beethoven 9 (ABC Classics), La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier OA (CD & DVD) Madama Butterfly, CD of Great Operatic Arias with the LPO, Katya Kabanova, Quo Vadis, Rusalka, Makropoulos Case (Chandos), Madama Butterfly (Belgium and Netherlands Television) Cheryl was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours and also holds an Honorary doctorate of Music conferred by the Victoria College of the Arts.

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New Zealand Aria Under 21 Catherine Pierard - Mezzosoprano

CATHERINE PIERARD has pursued an international career as an established concert and recording artist .A specialist in both early and contemporary vocal music she has been a frequent soprano soloist at the Proms, the South Bank and major British and European Festivals.

Catherine worked with the Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera and English Touring Opera in the roles of Fiordiligi and Donna Elvira. Other roles include Ariadne in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Queen Elizabeth in Britten’s Gloriana, Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Stravinski’s Oedipus Rex, Berlioz’ Faust and Beatrice et Benedict, Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen, Prokofiev’s War and Peace, Handel’s Apollo and Daphne, Handel’s Julius Cesare, Mozart’s , Caccini’s Euridice, Gluck’s Orfeo, Gluck’s Iphigenie en Tauride, Handel’s Alceste, Britten’s Rape of Lucretia and Monteverdi’s Poppea.

Commercial discs to date are the critically acclaimed Herbert Howells’ songs (Chandos) with Julius Drake; Monteverdi arias (Hyperion); Monteverdi’s Poppea with Hickox (Virgin Classics); Thomas Arne’s Alfred (BBC Music); Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Norrington (EMI); Britten’s Rape of Lucretia with Hickox (Chandos); award-winning Purcell’s Dioclesian - The Masque and Dioclesian Acts I-IV with Hickox and the Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos); and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Norrington and the London Classical Players (EMI).

She has also recorded regularly for BBC Radio 3, adjudicated national exams and competitions both in the UK and NZ, and is much in demand as a coach for chamber music and young singers.

New Zealand Aria Under 21 Anna Pierard - Soprano

Raised in HB, music was always the focus for Anna, and she was a member of the NZ Secondary Students Choir and Orchestra, National Youth Choir and Orchestra, as a violist and singer. She gained her Dip. Perf.Art (Voice) at EIT and following that, travelled to London, to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to take up a scholarship and study singing. There, whilst studying for her Masters, she met her husband Jose Aparicio, a flautist and conductor. Both consequently moved to Amsterdam where Anna studied opera at the Royal Conservatoire. Following her graduation, she performed as a soloist at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Palau de la Musica (Valencia), Teatro Castellar (Castellon, Spain), La Monnaie (Royal Opera House, Belgium), Opera du Rhin (Strasbourg), amongst others. In 2009, she returned to NZ and since, has performed frequently with NZ Opera, the NZ Symphony Orchestra, APO, CPO and the ACS, as well as performing locally with the Napier Civic Choir.

12 JUDGES Maori Song Classes Timua Te Kowhai

Timua Te Kowhai is a New Zealand Maori; her tribal affiliations are: Te Arawa, Tuwharetoa and Ngai Tahu. Timua is a graduate with her Masters of Music with first class honours in Voice, at Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand. Permanently residing in Rotorua, Timua has won many scholarships to further her musical studies in Voice. She received many scholarships and grants to pursue her musical education in Italy. This led to invitations where she had a two week extensive concert recital in Rome, Sicily and Tuscany, with a special performance for the New Zealand Ambassador, Julie McKenzie and invited guests in Rome. In Sicily Palermo, Timua and her group Canti Maori were the guest of Princess Constanza. All managed by Patricia Hurley Opera Tours. Further concert recitals followed in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing China. Timua has performed in all the major cities and Town Halls throughout New Zealand, with the Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Chamber Music, New Zealand String Orchestra, Devonport Chamber Orchestra. Timua has performed numerous indoor and outdoor concerts, both nationally and internationally. She is a regular performer in ‘Opera In The Pa – Rotorua’. She had the honour and privilege of singing God Save The Queen, Whakaria Mai and the National Anthem for the National Memorial Service for the Christchurch Earthquake in March 2011. His Royal Highness Prince William, Prime Minister John Keys, Prime Minister Julia Gulliard and many other MP’s were in attendance, with an audience of over 200,000 and broadcast live throughout Australasia. She has performed a solo waiata Pokarekare Ana to His Royal Highness Prince Andrew on Mokoia Island, Rotorua. As a result of Timua’s performance in Christchurch, she was invited to perform at the CCTV Bao Forum Festival in Beijing China two weeks later, to a live audience of 300 million Asians. She has performed on many occasions with the late Sir Howard Morrison and on the Good Morning Breakfast Show, to celebrate his 75th Birthday.

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THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER 2018 TOTARA ROOM AINTREE ROOM ASCOT ROOM

Adjudicator Adjudicator Adjudicators Catherine Pierard Anna Pierard Cheryl Barker / Peter Coleman 9.00 am - 10.00 am 9.45 am - 10.45 am 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm Classes Classeses Class 19, 20, 21, 22 1, 2, 3, 4 330 BREAK BREAK BREAK 10.15 am - 1.00 pm 11.00 am - 12.30 pm 3.15 pm - 5.15 pm Class Classes Class 23, 24 5, 6 345 BREAK BREAK BREAK 2.00 pm - 3.15 pm 1.30 pm - 2.45 pm 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm Class Classes Class 25 7, 8 345 (cont'd) BREAK BREAK 3.30 pm - 5.00 pm 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm Class Classes 26 9, 10, 11, 12 BREAK 5.15 pm - 6.45 pm Classes 13, 14, 16, 17

Please Note: Adjudicators will break during classes for morning and afternoon tea.

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FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER 2018 TOTARA ROOM AINTREE ROOM ASCOT ROOM

Adjudicators Adjudicator Adjudicator Anna Pierard / Cheryl Barker Peter Coleman Catherine Pierard 9.00 am - 10.40 am 9.00 am - 11.00 am 9.00 am - 11.00 am Class Classes Class 27 336 334 BREAK BREAK BREAK 10.55 am - 12.30 pm 11.15 am - 1.15 pm 11.15 am - 1.15 pm Class Class Class 28 336 (cont'd) 334 (cont'd) BREAK BREAK BREAK 1.30 pm - 3.15 pm 2.15 pm - 4.15 pm 2.15 pm - 5.00 pm Class Class Class 29 332 333 BREAK BREAK 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm 4.30 pm - 5.00 pm Class Class 30 335

ST JOHNS Adjudicator Timua Te Kowhai

1.00 pm - 3.00 pm Classes 331, 15, 18

Please Note: Adjudicators will break during classes for morning and afternoon tea.

15 TOTARA ROOM: THURSDAY 9.00 AM - 10.00 AM

Class 19 Own Selection 16 & Under 18 Years 1 Dominic Pearson Caro Mio Ben Pavarotti 2 Jemma Chester O Black Swan Menotti 3 Jacob Siohane-Royle Non so piu Mozart

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Class 20 Folk/Traditional 16 & Under 18 Years 1 Jacob Siohane-Royle Last Rose of Summer Arr. Britten 2 Jemma Chester The Blacksmith Trad

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Class 21 Sacred/Oratorio 16 & Under 18 Years 1 Jemma Chester Song Ritchie 2 Jacob Siohane-Royle Come unto him Handel

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Class 22 Light Entertainment 16 & Under 18 Years 1 Neeve Coumbe I feel pretty Bernstein 2 Dominic Pearson Close Every Door Lloyd Webber 3 Jacob Siohane-Royle Love Walked in Gershwin 4 Anna Hamilton Screw loose Javerbaum

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16 TOTARA ROOM: THURSDAY 10.15 AM - 1.00 PM

Class 23 Own Selection 18 & Under 21 Years 1 Katie Trigg A chloris Hahn 2 Matthew Bennett Come Away Death Finzi 3 Sid Chand L'ulltimo bacio Tosti 4 Caitlin Houghton Je te veux Satie 5 Denzel Panama Canción de Cuna para dormir Montsalvatge a un negrito 6 Te Ohorere Williams Verborgenheit Wolf 7 Alex Matangi Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden Schumann 8 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono Mattinata Leoncavallo 9 Maia Carrington There are worse things Jacobs & Casey 10 Hannah Ashford-Beck Lied der Mignon II Schubert 11 Libby Montgomery I have twelve Oxen Ireland 12 Arthur Adams-Close Frühlingstraum Schubert 13 Larissa Kent Je te veux Satie 14 Alexandra Francis A Green Cornfield Head 15 Emeline Mafi Nell'orror di notte oscura Verdi

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Class 24 Folk/Traditional 18 & Under 21 Years 1 Libby Montgomery Jeunes fillettes Anonymous 2 Arthur Adams-Close The Shooting of His Dear arr. Britten 3 Emeline Mafi John Anderson, my Jo Trad. Scottish 4 Alexandra Francis Sweet Polly Oliver Trad, arr. Britten 5 Larissa Kent The Last Rose of Summer Fisher 6 Hannah Ashford-Beck 'Tis the last rose of Summer Anonymous 7 Matthew Bennett She's Like the Swallow Britten 8 Alex Matangi Shenandoah Trad. 9 Sid Chand Black is the colour Niles 10 Caitlin Houghton Sweet Polly Oliver Britten 11 Denzel Panama The Water is Wide Hayes 12 Te Ohorere Williams At the mid hour of night Britten 13 Charlotte McDonald The Gartan Mother's Lullaby Wright 14 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono Shenandoah Anonymous

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17 TOTARA ROOM: THURSDAY 2.00 PM - 3.15 PM

Class 25 Sacred/Oratorio 18 & Under 21 Years 1 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono Domine Deus Rossini 2 Matthew Bennett But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell Handel 3 Hannah Ashford-Beck Laudate Dominum Mozart 4 Libby Montgomery Charity Glover 5 Arthur Adams-Close For the mountains shall depart Mendelssohn 6 Alexandra Francis How Beautiful Are The Feet Handel 7 Emeline Mafi Come Unto Him Handel 8 Larissa Kent Blute nur Bach 9 Caitlin Houghton Angels ever bright and fair Handel 10 Sid Chand Total Eclipse Handel 11 Te Ohorere Williams Ich folge dir gleichfalls Bach 12 Alex Matangi For the mountains shall depart Mendelssohn

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TOTARA ROOM: THURSDAY 3.30 PM - 5.00 PM

Class 26 Light Entertainment 18 & Under 21 Years 1 Charlotte McDonald When you got it, Flaunt it Brooks 2 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono Marechiare Tosti 3 Larissa Kent I want to sing in Opera Bard 4 Emeline Mafi Summertime Gerswhin 5 Libby Montgomery Green Finch and Linnet Bird Sondheim 6 Alexandra Francis Before It's Over Pasek & Paul 7 Arthur Adams-Close Marry Me A Little Sondheim 8 Matthew Bennett Titwillow Gilbert and Sullivan 9 Alex Matangi Lonely Town Bernstein 10 Te Ohorere Williams If I loved you (Carousel) Rodgers Hammerstein II 11 Sid Chand Johanna Sondheim 12 Caitlin Houghton Piccola Serenata Bernstein 13 Denzel Panama Lost in the Stars Weill 14 Maia Carrington I see the light Menken & Slater 15 Hannah Ashford-Beck Back to Before Flaherty 16 Katie Trigg What good would the moon be Weill

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18 AINTREE ROOM: THURSDAY 9.45 PM - 10.45 PM

Class 1 Own Selection Under 10 Years 1 Will Connolly-Tevendale Round-Shouldered Man Simon 2 Anja Van der Merwe Thank you for the music Ulvaeus & Anderson 3 Koen McKenzie I'm Still Standing John 4 Chloe Slater My favourite things Rogers

1. 2. 3. Class 2 Folk/Traditional Under 10 Years 1 Koen McKenzie Danny Boy Weatherly 2 Anja Van der Merwe Edlweiss Rogers & Hammerstein 3 Chloe Slater Holy Holy Holy Dykes 4 Will Connolly-Tevendale Swing Low Sweet Chariot Traditional

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Class 3 Sacred/Oratoria Under 10 Years 1 Anja Van der Merwe One Night Schram 2 Koen McKenzie Amazing Grace Newton 3 Will Connolly-Tevendale Where'er You Walk Handel

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Class 4 Light Entertainment Under 10 Years 1 Chloe Slater Naughty Minchin 2 Koen McKenzie The Bare Necessities Gilkyson 3 Anja Van der Merwe Do-Re-Mi Rogers & Hammerstein 4 Raukura Makoare Tukuna ahau Miranda, Mancina, Foa'i 5 Will Connolly-Tevendale Lurking in the Pond Cowles

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19 AINTREE ROOM: THURSDAY 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM

Class 5 Own Selection 10 & Under 13 Years 1 Te Aira Timoti Matariki Davies 2 Te Pumanawa o toku ate Rogers Santa Lucia Cottrau 3 Matahiapo Waimarie Maxwell Greatest Love of all Masser 4 Wini Te Kurapa I te po Ruha 5 Rauhina Morehu Ko wai koe Miranda, Mancina, Foa'i 6 Rangitoia Rurehe Ka Pīoioi Ratapu 7 Lauren Thompson Skylark Thiman 8 Charles Adams Silent Worhsip Somervel 9 Tyla Pope The Little Spanish Town Wayne 10 Jasmine Hulton Pese Mai Trad. 11 Clara Douglas Voi che sapete Mozart 12 Tate Tisdall From a Railway Carriage Higgerson 13 Ranithu Rodrigo

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Class 6 Folk/Traditional 10 & Under 13 Years 1 Tate Tisdall Shenendoah Arr. Althouse 2 Clara Douglas He's Gone Away Arr. Schram 3 Ranithu Rodrigo Follow the Drinking Gourd Trad. 4 Jasmine Hulton The Ash Grove Trad. 5 Lauren Thompson Delaneys Donkey Doonican 6 Tyla Pope Ash Grove Trad. 7 Lucy Tokelove Tauke Traditional Maori 8 Charles Adams Danny Boy Arr. Ponzio 9 Matahiapo Waimarie Maxwell Aloha Hawai'i ku'u one hanau Ai Kama'u 10 Te Pumanawa o toku ate Rogers Hariruia Rev Te Hira Paenga

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20 AINTREE ROOM: THURSDAY 1.30 PM - 2.45 PM

Class 7 Sacred/Oratorio 10 & Under 13 Years 1 Te Pumanawa o toku ate Rogers Pie Jesu Fauré 2 Ranithu Rodrigo Angels throughout the Night Arr. Althouse 3 Clara Douglas All My Trials Arr. Schram 4 Charles Adams Panis angelicus Franck 5 Tate Tisdall Irish Blessing Chilcott 6 Lauren Thompson Panis angelicus Franck

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Class 8 Light Entertainment 10 & Under 13 Years 1 Ranithu Rodrigo Little People Schönberg 2 Clara Douglas Wishing You Were Somehow Webber Here Again 3 Tate Tisdall If I only had a Brain Arlen 4 Jasmine Hulton Tomorrow Strouse 5 Lucy Tokelove Castle on a Cloud Schönberg 6 Tyla Pope Tomorrow Strouse 7 Lauren Thompson Naughty Minchin 8 Charles Adams The Sound of Music Rodgers 9 Matahiapo Waimarie Maxwell Don't you worry about a thing Wonder 10 Whiuwhiu Mitai Ko au Moana Miranda, Mancina, Foa'i 11 Te Pumanawa o toku ate Rogers Dig a little deeper Lewis

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21 AINTREE ROOM: THURSDAY 3.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Class 9 Own Selection 13 & Under 16 Years 1 Hannah Morgan Where er you walk Handel 2 Isabella Reid Standchen Schubert 3 Edward Smith Wither must I wander Vaughan Williams 4 Gerogia Cutler Home Menken & Rice 5 Katelyn Bedford Star Vicino Unknown 6 Milah van Niekerk Pretty Flower Bailey 7 Anabel Jamieson Just you Wait Loewe 8 Tamsyn Harawira Where're you walk Handel 9 William McAlister Cry Me A River Hamilton

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Class 10 Folk/Traditional 13 & Under 16 Years 1 William McAlister Danny Boy Irish 2 Katelyn Bedford The water is wide Arr. Hayes 3 Milah van Niekerk Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Arr. Roe 4 Tamsyn Harawira Beautiful Dreamer Foster 5 Anabel Jamieson Shenandoah Arr. Althouse 6 Gerogia Cutler The Stuttering Lovers Hughes 7 Hannah Morgan Oh Waly waly Traditional 8 Isabella Reid Homeward Bound Keen 9 Edward Smith Galway Bay Traditional

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22 Class 11 Sacred/Oratorio 13 & Under 16 Years 1 Ruaeo Te Moni The Prayer Frost 2 Gerogia Cutler Panis Angelicus Franck 3 Isabella Reid Deep River Traditional Arr Burleigh 4 Hannah Morgan Gospel of grace Arr. Mark Hayes 5 Edward Smith The Holy City Adams 6 Katelyn Bedford Walk on Water Wadell, Crosby, Muckala 7 Milah van Niekerk The Holy Boy Ireland 8 William McAlister Ave Maria Caccini 9 Tamsyn Harawira The Birds Britten 10 Anabel Jamieson Adam lay y-bounden Warlock

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Class 12 Light Entertainment 13 & Under 16 Years 1 Katelyn Bedford Fine White Horse Simon & Norman 2 Milah van Niekerk Home Menken & Rice 3 William McAlister I Have Nothing Thompson and Foster 4 Tamsyn Harawira Wishing you were somehow here again Lloyd Webber 5 Anabel Jamieson Taylor the Latte Boy Goldrich 6 Gerogia Cutler My New Philosophy Lippa 7 Edward Smith If ever I would leave you Loewe 8 Isabella Reid On My Own Schonberg 9 Hannah Morgan On the steps of the palace Sonheim

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23 AINTREE ROOM: THURSDAY 5.15 PM - 6.45 PM

Class 13 Restricted Class Under 14 Years 1 Lauren Thompson Journey to the Past Ahrens & Flaherty 2 Max Harvey Caro Mio Ben Giordani

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Class 14 NZ Composer Under 14 Years 1 Charles Adams Sons of Gallipoli Hamilton 2 Rongonui Rangihau Whakamoemiti Walker 3 Ruaeo Te Moni Nau Mai Ra Dobbin

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Class 16 Restricted Class 14 & Under 21 Years 1 Maia Carrington When We Were Young Adkins & Jesso 2 Alexandra Francis Some Things Are Meant To Be Howland 3 Rhayvon Mihaere Caro Mio Ben Giordani 4 Marangai Wainohu-Savage Remember Me Lopez 5 Tamati Cassidy Some Enchanted Evening Rodgers 6 Tawhao Webster Old Man River Kern 7 Iesha Thomas Steal Away Burleigh 8 Azrael Hansen Can You Find It In Your Heart Loggins

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Class 17 NZ Composer 14 & Under 21 Years 1 Marangai Wainohu-Savage Hine E Hine Te Rangi 2 Jemma Chester The Sea Child Freed 3 Katie Trigg Wild Daisies Harris 4 Ellis Carrington Gossip Harris 5 Arthur Adams-Close The Flowers of the Sea Lilburn 6 Alexandra Francis My True Love Hath My Heart Freed 7 Isabella Reid Pokarekare Ana Traditional Arr Class 8 Hannah Morgan The sea child Manfield and Freed Mansfield and Freed

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24 ASCOT ROOM: THURSDAY 1.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Class 330 Baroque Classical Aria 18 Years & over 1 Renjie Chen Intorno all'idil mio Cesti 2 Rachel Pines Da tempeste il legno infranto Handel 3 Anna Mahon O s’apre al riso Handel 4 Olivia Sheat Chi cede al furore Handel 5 Genevieve Dickson Lascia ch'io pianga Handel 6 Alexandra Gandionco Tornami a vagheggiar Handel 7 Katie Trigg Mi lusinga il dolce affetto Handel 8 Mary Laing Rejoice greatly Handel 9 Chelsea Dolman Da tempeste il legno infranto Handel 10 Christina McDonald Ch'io mai vi possa Handel 11 Carla Camilleri Bel Piacere Handel 12 Mike Yang Liu If music be the food of love Purcell 13 Cecily Shaw Svegliatevi Nel Core Handel 14 Daniel Sun Honour and Arms Handel 15 Anne Condon Lascia ch'io pianga Handel 16 Angela Liu When I am laid in Earth Purcell 17 Bianca Bacchiella Se il ciel mi divide Piccinni 18 Monica Corbett Whattam Sebben Crudele Caldara 19 Sophie Lamb Ch'io mai vi possa Handel

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25 ASCOT ROOM: THURSDAY 3.15 PM - 7.30 PM

Class 345 New Zealand Aria 18 Years & Over 1 Zeyu Chen Deh vieni,non tardar Mozart 2 Genevieve Dickson Parto, parto Mozart 3 Katie Trigg Faites-lui mes aveux Gounod 4 Beth Goulstone O wär ich Schon mit dir vereint Beethoven 5 Tehezib Lathiff À cette voix quel trouble...Je crois Bizet entendre encore 6 Angus Simmons Hai gia vinta las causa...vedro mentr'io Mozart sospiro 7 Madison Horman Steal me sweet thief Menotti 8 Olivia Sheat Je marche... Obéissons quand leur Massenet voix appelle 9 Rachel Pines Noch glaub' ich dem einen ganz Strauss mich gehörend 10 Laura Loach Senza Mamma Puccini 11 Renjie Chen Porgi Amor Mozart 12 Maia Amosa I Want Magic, A Streetcar Named Previn Desire 13 Alexandra Gandionco Je suis encor tout étourdie - encore Massenet 14 Felicity Tomkins Dove sono i bei momenti Mozart 15 Anna Mahon Kommt ein schlanker Bursch Weber gegangen 16 Samson Setu Vi Ravviso Bellini 17 Boyd Owen Avete Torto Puccini 18 Angela Liu Non so piu cosa son Mozart 19 Alexander Garvey Largo al factotum Rossini 20 Monica Corbett Whattam Una Voce poco fa Rossini 21 Moonyoung Jang Je suis encor tout étourdie Massenet 22 Megan Cullen La luce langue Verdi 23 Kate Amos Ah non credea ...ah non giunge Bellini 24 Anne Condon Robert, Robert, toi que j'aime Meyerbeer 25 Bianca Bacchiella V'adoro pupille Handel 26 Manase Latu Vainement ma bien-aimee Lalo 27 Te Ohorere Williams Frere! Voyez... Du gai soleil Massenet 28 Shikara Ringdahl Qui la voce... Vien, diletto from Bellini I Puritani 29 Carla Camilleri S'Altro che lacrime Mozart 30 Chelsea Dolman Endless pleasure Handel 31 Morgan England-Jones Silver Aria Moore 32 Christina McDonald Ah! Je Veux vivre Gounod 33 June Dams Och, Jaky Zal! Smetana

26 34 Christina Orjis Charme des jours passés Massenet 35 Mary Laing O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint Bethoveen 36 Cecily Shaw Hence, Iris, Hence away Handel 37 Daniel Sun Or dove fuggo... Ah, per sempre Bellini io ti perdei 38 Samuel Downes Deh vieni alla finestra Mozart 39 Jak Yeon Hwang Salut! Demere chaste et pure Gounod 40 Daniel Kim Si Puo Leoncavallo 41 Jonathan Dunlop O Du Mein Holder Abendstern Wagner 42 Mike Yang Liu Una furtiva lagrima Donizetti

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TOTARA ROOM: FRIDAY 9.00 AM - 10.40 AM

Class 27 Own Selection 16 & Under 21 Years 1 Sid Chand Nina Unknown 2 Caitlin Houghton Neue Liebe Mendelssohn 3 Denzel Panama Romance Debussy 4 Carla Camilleri Green Finch and Linnet Bird Sondheim 5 Alex Matangi Ideale Tosti 6 Te Ohorere Williams Waterbird Hundley 7 Anna Hamilton La Promessa Rossini 8 Charlotte McDonald Cry Me A River Hamilton 9 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono O Sole Mio di Capua 10 Larissa Kent Vilja lied Lehar 11 Libby Montgomery Spring Sorrow Ireland 12 Alexandra Francis The Dove Head 13 Emeline Mafi Nacht Und Traume Schubert 14 Arthur Adams-Close The Sea Gipsy Head 15 Neeve Coumbe Second hand white baby grand Shaiman 16 Jemma Chester Die Forelle Schubert 17 Anahera Waiariki Wind Beaneath My Wings Silbar and Heanley 18 Hannah Ashford-Beck Music when soft voices die Quilter 19 Bianca Bacchiella Aprile Tosti 20 Ellis Carrington Bill Kern

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27 TOTARA ROOM: FRIDAY 10.55 AM - 12.30 PM

Class 28 Oratorio/Sacred Song 16 & Under 21 Years 1 Ellis Carrington Licht und Leben Haydn 2 Bianca Bacchiella Alleluia Mozart 3 Neeve Coumbe Ave Maria Bach 4 Jemma Chester Come Unto Him Handel 5 Anahera Waiariki Ave Maria Schubert 6 Libby Montgomery Pie Jesu Fauré 7 Arthur Adams-Close At The River Copland 8 Larissa Kent Laudate Dominum Mozart 9 Emeline Mafi Vidit Suum Pergolesi 10 Alexandra Francis Die Ihr Gottes Handel 11 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono The enemy said Handel 12 Anna Hamilton Blute Nur Bach 13 Charlotte McDonald Qui Sedes Vivaldi 14 Alex Matangi The Call Vaughan-Williams 15 Carla Camilleri Ich Folge Dir Gleichfalls Bach 16 Te Ohorere Williams Come unto him Handel 17 Caitlin Houghton A Simple Song Bernstein 18 Sid Chand If with all your hearts Mendelssohn 19 Denzel Panama Gentle Airs, Melodious Strains! Handel 20 Hannah Ashford-Beck Panis Angelicus Franck

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28 TOTARA ROOM: FRIDAY 1.30 PM - 3.15 PM

Class 29 Lieder/Art Song 16 & Under 21 Years 1 Ellis Carrington Gesegnet sei das Grun Wolf 2 Anna Hamilton Love went ariding Bridge 3 Charlotte McDonald Verborgenheit Wolf 4 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono June Quilter 5 Sid Chand Standchen Schubert 6 Te Ohorere Williams Du bist die Ruh Schubert 7 Carla Camilleri Cherry Valley Quilter 8 Alex Matangi Liebst du um Schönheit Mahler 9 Caitlin Houghton Ständchen Schubert 10 Denzel Panama Les roses d'Ispahan Faure 11 Libby Montgomery An die Musik Schubert 12 Arthur Adams-Close Auf dem See Schubert 13 Emeline Mafi A Chloris Hahn 14 Larissa Kent Ganymed Schubert 15 Alexandra Francis Widmung Schumann 16 Anahera Waiariki Andie Musik Schubert 17 Jemma Chester The Ships of Arcady Head 18 Neeve Coumbe Andie Musik Schubert 19 Hannah Ashford-Beck Lied der Mignon IV Schubert 20 Bianca Bacchiella Suleika I Schubert

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29 TOTARA ROOM: FRIDAY 3.30 PM - 5.30 PM

Class 30 Operatic Aria 16 & Under 21 Years 1 Libby Montgomery Vedrai, carino Mozart 2 Arthur Adams-Close Bella siccome un angelo Donizetti 3 Emeline Mafi Porgi Amor Mozart 4 Alexandra Francis Appena Mi Vedon Mozart 5 Larissa Kent Verdi Piante Handel 6 Denzel Panama Cara Sposa Handel 7 Caitlin Houghton Una donna a quindici anni Mozart 8 Sid Chand Where'er you walk Handel 9 Carla Camilleri O Mio Babbino Caro Puccini 10 Te Ohorere Williams Monica's Waltz Menotti 11 Alex Matangi Look! Through the port comes the Britten moonshine astray! 12 Neeve Coumbe O Mio Babbino Caro Puccini 13 Jemma Chester Angels ever bright and fair Handel 14 Anahera Waiariki Must The Winter Come So Soon Barber 15 Hannah Ashford-Beck Ombra ma fu Handel 16 Anna Hamilton Una donna Mozart 17 Charlotte McDonald Non so piu Mozart 18 Emmanuel Fonoti Fuimaono La donna e mobile Verdi 19 Bianca Bacchiella Je veux vivre Gounod 20 Ellis Carrington Must the Winter come so soon? Barber

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30 AINTREE ROOM: FRIDAY 9.00 AM - 1.15 PM

Class 336 20th Century Art Song 18 Years & over 1 Katie Trigg Sleep Gurney 2 Zeyu Chen Come away,death Quilter 3 Tehezib Lathiff The Fox Warlock 4 Rachel Pines St. Ita's Vision Barber 5 Renjie Chen It Was a Lover Dring 6 Genevieve Dickson Regret not me Richardson 7 Maia Amosa The Ships of Arcady Head 8 Madison Horman Do not go, my love Hageman 9 Laura Loach A Poet's life Elgar 10 Angus Simmons The Estuary Head 11 Olivia Sheat Before my Window Rachmaninoff 12 Beth Goulstone Amor Bolcom 13 Anna Mahon Nature, the Gentlest Mother Copland 14 Alexandra Gandionco Before My Window Rachmaninov 15 Felicity Tomkins Come Sing and Dance Howells 16 Samson Setu Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal Quilter 17 Boyd Owen Was du mir Bist Korngold 18 Mary Laing Rain has fallen Barber 19 Samuel Downes It was a lover and his lass Finzi 20 Jonathan Dunlop The Vagabond Vaughan Williams 21 Jak Yeon Hwang Mattinata Leoncavallo 22 Daniel Kim Non ti scordar di me De Curtis 23 Mike Yang Liu Rain has fallen Barber 24 Christina McDonald E l'uccellino Puccini 25 Shikara Ringdahl Complainte de la Seine Weill 26 Morgan England-Jones Love Song Stove 27 Christina Orjis Lift me into Heaven Larsen 28 Chelsea Dolman Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte Sibelius 29 June Dams When I Have Sung my Songs to You Charles 30 Carla Camilleri Var Det En Drom Sibelius 31 Te Ohorere Williams Cherry Valley Quilter 32 Manase Latu Non t'amo piu Tosti 33 Kate Amos Loves Philosophy Quilter 34 Bianca Bacchiella Les chemins de l'amour Poulenc 35 Megan Cullen L'amour de Piroutcha Messiaen 36 Angela Liu Morgen Strauss 37 Alexander Garvey Silent Noon Vaughan Williams

31 38 Moonyoung Jang Ah Love, but a day! Beach 39 Anne Condon The Singer Head 40 Monica Corbett Whattam Silent Noon Williams 41 Sophie Lamb The Willow Song Sullivan 42 Cecily Shaw As I Came Over the Grey Grey Hills Bax 43 Daniel Sun La lune blanche luit dans les bois Fauré

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AINTREE ROOM: FRIDAY 2.15 PM - 4.15 PM

Class 332 Solo Own Selection 18 Years & over 1 Anne Condon Russian Nightingale Alabiev 2 Monica Corbett Whattam Art is Calling for Me Herbert 3 Moonyoung Jang Villanelle Dell'Aqua 4 Manase Latu Du bist die welt fur mich Tauber 5 Mary Laing Meine Liebe ist grün Brahms 6 Carla Camilleri No One Else Malloy 7 Christina McDonald The Ships of Arcady Head 8 Jonathan Dunlop Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun Finzi 9 Cecily Shaw Alto's Lament Goldrich and Heisler 10 Samson Setu Deep River Burleigh 11 Rachel Pines Exultate, jubilate K 165 no. 1 Mozart 12 Katie Trigg O del mio amato ben Donaudy 13 Angus Simmons Le bestiaire Poulenc 14 Laura Loach Vanilla Ice cream Bock 15 Tehezib Lathiff Ideale Tosti 16 Madison Horman Songs my mother taught me Dvorák 17 Beth Goulstone Les Chemins de l'Amour Poulenc 18 Olivia Sheat Song Ritchie 19 Alexandra Gandionco Du bist die Ruh Schubert 20 Maia Amosa Maassa marjani makaavi Kilpinen

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32 AINTREE ROOM: FRIDAY 4.30 PM - 5.00 PM

Class 335 Folk or Traditional 18 Years & over 1 Genevieve Dickson My Lagan Love Trad. Arr. Harty 2 Beth Goulstone For the Sake o' Somebody Trad. 3 Anne Condon The Last Rose of Summer Flotow 4 Monica Corbett Whattam Dream Angus Trad. Arr. Cutler 5 Jonathan Dunlop Wild Mountain Thyme Dunlop 6 Carla Camilleri The Last Rose of Summer Britten 7 Christina McDonald Simple gifts Hayes 8 Mary Laing The Trees they grow so High Britten

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ASCOT ROOM: FRIDAY 9.00 AM - 1.15 PM

Class 334 Lieder Own Selection 18 Years & over 1 Kate Amos Meine Liebe ist grün Brahms 2 Megan Cullen Im Treibhaus Wagner 3 Bianca Bacchiella Mignon Wolf 4 Sophie Lamb Wie Melodien zieht es mir Brahms 5 Anne Condon Zueignung Strauss 6 Moonyoung Jang Schlechtes Wetter Strauss 7 Monica Corbett Whattam Du bist die Ruh Schubert 8 Angela Liu Auf dem Kirchhofe Brahms 9 Alexander Garvey Erlkönig Schubert 10 Manase Latu Allerseelen Strauss 11 Te Ohorere Williams Ständchen Schubert 12 Carla Camilleri Erwartung Schoenberg 13 Morgan England-Jones Nachtzauber Wolf 14 Christina Orjis Allerseelen Strauss 15 Christina McDonald Gretchen am spinnrade Schubert 16 Shikara Ringdahl Allerseelen Strauss 17 Chelsea Dolman Die Nacht Strauss 18 June Dams Die Junge Nonne Schubert 19 Cecily Shaw Gieng Heut Morgen Ubers Feld Mahler 20 Daniel Sun Abschied Wolf 21 Mary Laing Hexenlied Mendelssohn 22 Samuel Downes Allerseelen Strauss 23 Matthew Bennett Sonntag Brahms

33 24 Jak Yeon Hwang Ich Grolle Nicht Schumann 25 Daniel Kim Der Neugierige Schubert 26 Jonathan Dunlop An Die Muik Schubert 27 Mike Yang Liu Ganymede Schubert 28 Felicity Tomkins Ein Traum Grieg 29 Samson Setu Die Beiden Grenadiere Schumann 30 Olivia Sheat Die Nacht Strauss 31 Boyd Owen Cäcilie Strauss 32 Angus Simmons Zwielicht Schumann 33 Laura Loach Von ewige Liebe Brahms 34 Katie Trigg Litanel Schubert 35 Renjie Chen Allerseelen Strauss 36 Beth Goulstone Die Stille Wasserrose Liszt 37 Anna Mahon Ständchen Strauss 38 Madison Horman Die Soldatenbraut Schumann 39 Zeyu Chen Lied der Mignon Schubert 40 Genevieve Dickson Widmung Schumann 41 Alexandra Gandionco Was du mir bist? Korngold 42 Maia Amosa Schön sind, doch kalt die Strauss Himmelssterne 43 Rachel Pines Malven Strauss 44 Tehezib Lathiff Meine liebe ist grün Brahms

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34 ASCOT ROOM: FRIDAY 2.15 PM - 5.00 PM

Class 333 Oratorio or Sacred Solo 18 Years & over 1 Renjie Chen How beautiful are the feet of them Handle 2 Genevieve Dickson Laudamus te, Mass in C minor Mozart 3 Angus Simmons Lord, God of Abraham Mendelssohn 4 Rachel Pines Rejoice greatly o daughter of Zion Handel 5 Alexandra Gandionco Welche labung für die Sinne Haydn 6 Beth Goulstone Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs and Floods Handel 7 Laura Loach Hear Ye Israel Mendelssohn 8 Olivia Sheat Thou Didst Blow Handel 9 Tehezib Lathiff Recit. And God created man in his own Haydn image..in native worth and honour clad 10 Samson Setu For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover Handel The Earth 11 Christina McDonald Ich folge dir gleichfalls Bach 12 Carla Camilleri Aus Liebe Will Mein Heiland Sterben Bach 13 June Dams How can I Cherish my Man Tippett 14 Sophie Lamb Es ist vollbracht Bach 15 Anne Condon With Verdure Clad Haydn 16 Bianca Bacchiella Exultate Jubilate Mozart 17 Monica Corbett Whattam Laudate Dominum Mozart 18 Manase Latu Nicolas Devotes himself to God Britten 19 Samuel Downes Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel Mendelssohn 20 Jonathan Dunlop Bist Du Bei Mir Bach 21 Mike Yang Liu Comfort ye, my people; Ev'ry Handel valley shall be exhalted 22 Cecily Shaw Wegre der Schmeichelnden Telemann 23 Mary Laing On mighty pens Haydn

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35 ST JOHNS: FRIDAY 1.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Class 331 Maori Song 18 Years & over 1 Monica Corbett Whattam Hine e Hine Pai 2 Anne Condon Pokarekare Ana Tomoana 3 Manase Latu Whakaaria mai Anon 4 Samson Setu Taku kahurangi Hopa & Clark

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Class 15 Maori Song Under 14 Years 1 Te Pumanawa o toku ate Rogers Pokarekareana Tomoana 2 Ruaeo Te Moni I te Po Ruha 3 Halo Jackson Tarakihi Traditional Maori 4 Matahiapo Waimarie Maxwell Hinemoa Crown 5 Jasmine Hulton Waiata Trad. 6 Max Harvey Waiata Trad.

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Class 18 Maori Song 14 & Under 21 Years 1 Tamsyn Harawira Hine e hine Princess Te Rangi Pai 2 Tamati Cassidy Waiata Trad. 3 Tawhao Webster Waiata Trad. 4 Rhayvon Mihaere Waiata Trad 5 Iesha Thomas Waiata Trad. 6 Azrael Hansen Waiata Trad. 7 Neeve Coumbe I te po Traditional 8 Marangai Wainohu-Savage Hutia Melbourne 9 Anahera Waiariki Waiata Trad. 10 Hannah Morgan Pokarekare ana Tradtional 11 Isabella Reid Hine E Hine Princess Te Rangi Pai

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36 AWARDS ADULT SECTION

New Zealand Aria (Compulsory Classes 345, 334, 336) 1st $20,000 (Package) 2nd $10,000 3rd $5,000 All other finalists $500

Oratorio or Sacred Song (Class 333) 1st $250 2nd $150 3rd $100

Lieder O.S (Class 334) 1st $300 2nd $150 3rd $80

20th Century Art Song (Class 336) 1st $200 2nd $100 3rd $50

John Bond Award A prize of $500 to be awarded to an entrant in the Open Section judged to have the Most Promising Voice.

Ethel & William Harman Ambassador’s Award A prize of $150 will be awarded to the singer who shows the greatest spirit of the competition in their relationship with the organisers, fellow competitors, accompanists and volunteers.

Unless otherwise stated, all events in the Adult Section carry prize money of 1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25.

37 AWARDS UNDER 21 YEARS

AGE GROUP AWARD COMPULSORY CLASSES

Under NZ Aria Award Most promising 21 Years $200 competitor in the under 21 Yrs Section

16 & Under 21 Mike Steiner Interior Design Junior Award Classes 27, 28 Years 1st $600, 2nd $300, 3rd $100 29 and 30

Under 21 Years Kowhai Award $100 Classes 14, 17 Highest Mark in NZ Composer

Under 21 Years Highest Mark in Maori Song Classes 15, 18 $100

Unless otherwise stated, all events in the Under 21 Years Sections carry prize money of 1st $50, 2nd $35, 3rd $20.

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38 Rules of the NEW ZEALAND ARIA Competition

1. Competitors are to prepare two Arias of their own selection. Repertoire: The Arias may be chosen from the entire range of the operatic literature as currently performed in opera houses around the world, including Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Verismo, Modern, Opera Comique, and Operetta.All Arias must be sung in the original key and language set by the composer, performed from memory with piano accompaniment. Please state opera, composer, and title on your entry form. 2. Competitors will perform one Aria in the HEATS, Thursday 25 October (Class 345). If the competitor is invited to compete in the FINALS, Saturday 27 October (Class 346) they will perform their second Aria. Competitors must provide 2 copies of music for these classes. 3. The NEW ZEALAND ARIA FINALISTS will be accompanied by the AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA 4. In choosing your second ARIA (Class 346), you will need to ensure that the orchestral music is available in New Zealand. (See the APO Library). There will be a charge to the competitor to enable the orchestra to purchase this music if it is not in the APO Library. 5. Competitors must be over 18 years of age as at 1 October 2018 and be eligible to travel overseas. 6. No official accompanists are appointed. However, if competitors require an accompanist please check on the website (closer to the competition) for contact details to make your own arrangements directly with them. Rehearsals and payments will be negotiated between the competitor and an available accompanist. 7. Time limit is 10 minutes maximum. 8. Attire of formal dress, lounge suit, or costume is required. 9. Competitors must also compete in both: Class 334 Lieder O.S. $10 Entry Fee Class 336 20th Century Art Song $10 Entry Fee 10. Pianist must be advised with entry as it is critical when scheduling classes. 11. Only the competitor who achieves first place in the finals of the New Zealand Aria is entitled to be described as, or claim that they are the winner of the Aria. Competitors who achieve first place in any of the other classes shall only be entitled to claim that they have achieved first place in that particular category. 39 RULES OF THESE COMPETITIONS

1. COMPETITORS - These competitions are open 9. ACCOMPANISTS - These will be listed on the to all comers. website (www.nzaria.org) as they become 2. AGE LIMIT - To be taken as at 1 October 2018. available. Satisfactory proof of age must be produced if 10. PROTESTS - Competitors desiring to enter required by the Committee. a protest must lodge the same in writing 3. ENTRIES - Early bird entries must be in by 4 with the Protest Committee, together with August 2018. After this date an additional the grounds on which it is based, and $50.00 will be payable with your entry. All a sum of $20. Should the protest, on entries must be lodged by 5pm on or before investigation by the Protest Committee, 25 August 2018. LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE be deemed frivolous or unfounded, the ACCEPTED. deposit shall be forfeited. No protest will ENTRANCE FEES MUST BE PAID AT THE be entertained unless it is made within 12 TIME OF ENTRY. hours after the Judge’s award is announced in the particular item. The decision of the The Executive Committee reserves the right Protest Committee shall be final. to refuse an entry. Only one entry from each competitor is allowed in each class. 11. STAGE - No person, other than the officials, will be permitted backstage, or at the side 4. SONG TITLES - Titles of all items must be of the stage. No prompting, or assistance inserted on the entry form. No change of item of any kind may be rendered during the will be permitted after late closing date. In all performance except by the Judge, or his/her classes, competitors may not render any piece appointee. with which they have previously won at these competitions, and must not give the same 12. AGGREGATE MARKS - In all sections, awards item in more than one class. JUDGES’ COPIES will be decided on the Judge’s highest of items must have competitor’s name, the aggregate marks. Note: To qualify for an class number clearly printed on the top right- award, a competitor must compete in all hand corner of the front cover. These must the classes specified. be handed to the appropriate Convenor before 13. GENERAL RESERVATION - The Executive the class commences, and be collected on the Committee reserves the right of determining completion of the class. the status of all competitors, and of applying 5. JUDGES - No competitor who has been and interpreting all of the rules. The decision regularly taught by the Judge during one year of the Committee is final. preceding the competitions will be allowed to 14. THE COMMITTEE - Reserves the right to compete. Communications with the Judge, cancel a class where there is less than a either by competitors, teachers, or any other minimum requirement of three entries. interested parties prior to, or during the 15. NO ENTRY WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL competitions is prohibited. A judge reserves PAYMENT IS RECEIVED. the right to communicate if appropriate. Additional adjudicators may be appointed as required to accommodate entrants levels. 6. SUBSTITUTE JUDGE - The Committee reserves the right to appoint a substitute Judge for an announced Judge when necessary. 7. ORDER OF PERFORMANCE - Competitors compete in the order in which they appear in the programme. Any change must be with the permission of the appropriate Convenor. 8. PRIZE MONEY - All donated prize money as listed in the Syllabus Programme for the current year will be awarded. Where there is a minimum of three entries, the Judge reserves the right to award prize money appropriately.

40 GEOGRAPHICAL LIST OF 2018 CONTESTANTS

AUSTRALIA: Alex Matangi ROTORUA: Kate Amos William McAlister Katelyn Bedford Bianca Bacchiella Christina McDonald Maia Carrington Anne Condon Libby Montgomery Tamati Cassidy Genevieve Dickson Christina Orjis Teina Cassidy Morgan England-Jones Will Connolly-Tevendale Boyd Owen CAMBRIDGE: Neeve Coumbe Rachel Pines Gerogia Cutler Azrael Hansen Shikara Ringdahl Max Harvey HAMILTON: Jasmine Hulton AUCKLAND: Renjie Chen Gloria Leauga Charles Adams Zeyu Chen Matahiapo Waimarie Arthur Adams-Close June Dams Maxwell Maia Amosa Chelsea Dolman Koen McKenzie Hannah Ashford-Beck Emmanuel Fonoti Rhayvon Mihaere Matthew Bennett Fuimaono Dominic Pearson Carla Camilleri Hannah Morgan Tyla Pope Sid Chand Isabella Reid Ranithu Rodrigo Samuel Downes Cecily Shaw Te Pumanawa o toku ate Alexandra Francis Edward Smith Rogers Beth Goulstone Katie Trigg Chloe Slater Caitlin Houghton Daniel Sun Jak Yeon Hwang HIBISCUS COAST: Ruaeo Te Moni Moonyoung Jang Alexander Garvey Iesha Thomas Larissa Kent Lauren Thompson Daniel Kim MIRANDA: Tate Tisdall Mary Laing Jonathan Dunlop Lucy Tokelove Sophie Lamb Anja Van der Merwe Manase Latu MT. MAUNGANUI: Anahera Waiariki Angela Liu Clara Douglas Marangai Wainohu- Mike Yang Liu Savage Emeline Mafi PALMERSTON NORTH: Tawhao Webster Anna Mahon Tehezib Lathiff Milah van Niekerk Monica Corbett Whattam

41 RUATAHUNA: TE PUKE: WELLINGTON: Halo Jackson Felicity Tomkins Ellis Carrington Raukura Makoare Jemma Chester Whiuwhiu Mitai THAMES: Alexandra Gandionco Rauhina Morehu Anna Hamilton Madison Horman Rongonui Rangihau Anabel Jamieson Rangitoia Rurehe USA: Laura Loach Wini Te Kurapa Megan Cullen Olivia Sheat Te Aira Timoti WAIUKU: TAURANGA Charlotte McDonald Tamsyn Harawira

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44 The New Zealand Aria Trust wishes to thank the following for their generous support

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