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Join Karen’s farewell Gala concert
Tuesday 11 November 2025

Ara Hura – a visionary journey at Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts
After more than 3 decades of incredible mahi, we are celebrating Karen’s journey with Voices New Zealand and the New Zealand Youth Choir with this gala concert.
If you have sung under Karen or are a current or past CANZ singer who has been influenced by Karen’s work, we invite you to SING in this concert as part of the alumni massed choir.
Apart from the obvious rehearsal time for these massed alumni choir pieces, there will be many chances to socialize and see other events in this year’s Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts in Wellington.
If you want to sing, this is what is required:
– be available for at least 2 hours of joint rehearsals on Saturday 14 March in Wellington,
– be available for the dress rehearsal at Michael Fowler Centre on Sunday 15 March and concert at 6.30pm
– purchase a very discounted ‘alumni singer seat‘ in a premium position in the stalls, from which you can then enter the stage for the joint items.
If you want to attend but NOT sing, here is a link for discounted general alumni tickets.
Social events:
- see Voices 16 perform live on stage with the New Zealand Dance Company in GLORIA as part of the Festival.
Get tickets for Friday night or Saturday night
Now, please fill in this short survey and tell us your plans to attend this special weekend!
Let’s make this a big celebration, we look forward to sharing this with you.








