Special Awards The Big Sing Auckland 2017

Award Winner Runner(s) Up School Choir School Choir

Best performance of a New Zealand Mainly Men Cantabile or Pasifika composition or arrangement Rangitoto for ‘Ballad (O What is Macleans College for ‘Wonderful me’ – David by a choir that has not participated in the that sound?)’ ‐ David Hamilton National Finale for the past two years. College Hamilton

SOS Cantabile Best performance of a ‘Classical’ Composition by a choir that has not Rangitoto for ‘Herbstlied’ ‐ Macleans College for ‘Kala Kalla’ ‐ Eric Whitacre participated in the National Finale for College Mendelssohn the past two years.

Takapuna Grammar Best performance of an ‘Other Styles’ Work by a choir that has not Takapuna Chorale Rangitoto College SOS participated in the National Finale for Grammar School For ‘Ah! si mon moine for ‘Las Amarillas ‘‐ Stephen the past two years. voulait danser’ ‐ Donald Hatfield

Patriquin Takerei Komene Conductor’s Professional Development Award - awarded by the from Dilworth Divinitus adjudicator to a less experienced School conductor who shows promise Westlake Girls' Choralation Macleans College A cappella Award – for the best unaccompanied work and Boys' High for Mvt X ‘Undarmoi Ja Macleans College Chorale Schools Kalervoi’ from ‘Izhorian for’ I am Not Yours ‘‐ Z Epic’ ‐ Veljo Tormis Randall Stroope

Auckland Girls’ Leo Pasifika Award – for the best performance of a work using a Pasifika Dilworth & Divinitus for Auckland Girls’ Grammar School Choir text. Diocesan ‘Pasifika Medley’ Grammar for ‘Leova e, o lau tatalo’ Schools Christiline arr. Narelle Apa

Award Winner Runner(s) Up Fortissimo

Te Tohu Manu Waiata – for the best Macleans Macleans College Dilworth School for ‘Pomarie’ performance of a work using Maori text College Chorale for Te Kura Taumata O Manawanui ‘Kia Kaha’‐ Katherine Bell Panguru for ‘Ngā Tai o Hī ‘ – Hone Tobin

Adjudicator’s Award – for the most outstanding performance of a single work Westlake Boys' Voicemale Saint Kentigern Kentoris High School for ‘Long Black Arm’ ‐ College for ‘Glow’ ‐ Eric Whitacre Larry Nickel

Diocesan School Bella Cantoris Epsom Girls’ Canto Vivo Best Junior Choir (Year 9 & 10) for Girls Grammar St Cuthbert's Saints Alive

College Best festival recital programme by a Diocesan School St Cecilia Singers female choir Westlake Girls' High Cantare For Girls School Westlake Boys' Voicemale One Tree Hill One Tree Hill College Best festival recital programme by a male choir High School College Chorale

Macleans College Macleans College

Best festival recital programme by a Westlake Girls' Choralation Chorale mixed choir and Boy's High Rangitoto College The Fundamentals Schools One Tree Hill Peka Totara Spirit of the festival award NZCF/MYD TBS award College

Tues Wed Thurs Gala performance award to a choir which has not participated in National Finale for the past two years and Massey High School Rangitoto College Manurewa High School whose performance delighted the audience Sublimitas SOS Rewaken