Orpheus Choir
Wellington
New Zealand’s premier symphonic choir
NZ’s premier symphonic choir
Thrilling audiences for seven decades
Welcome to Orpheus 2024
Auditions are now open for 2024. Join us for an incredible season of awesome music — Jenkins, Beethoven, Haydn, and Britten. It’s going to be mighty!
Coming in 2024
Self-presented concert
On April 20, we are delighted to present Karl Jenkin’s brilliant The Armed Man. Conducted by Brent Stewart at the Michael Fowler Centre, it will be a fantastic way to open our season. On August 24 we perform our second self-presented concert of the year: Haydn’s The Creation
The Armed Man – Saturday 20 April: Michael Fowler Centre (7.30pm)
The Creation – Saturday 24 August: Michael Fowler Centre (7.30pm)
Guest appearances
Our relationship with Orchestra Wellington goes from strength to to strength. In 2024 we are excited to be joining Orchestra Wellington for Beethoven‘s 9th Symphony and Britten’s War Requiem.
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony – Saturday 6 July: Michael Fowler Centre (7.30pm)
Britten’s War Requiem – Saturday 7 December: Michael Fowler Centre (7.30pm)
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The 2024 Season Opener
What the critics say
Percussion-driven Carmina Burana with the Orpheus Choir a triumph — a feeling of being immersed in an oceanic surge from all concerned of total and utter commitment to the music.
…I thought the chorus work among the best I’d ever heard in a “live” Messiah performance
Peter Mechen, Middle C
A packed Cathedral was here treated to a concert of variety and solid achievement…. the choir sang beautifully, and the halo effect of the Cathedral’s acoustics suited it ideally.
John Button, Dominion Post/Stuff
Orpheus Choir Wellington
In action at the Michael Fowler Centre
Sounds like you?
If you would like to join the choir we encourage you to register
your interest in auditioning.