Judy studied flute from age 7 and joined choirs after moving to Wellington. Judy sang with St Pauls Cathedral Choir, Victoria University Chamber Choir, Tudor Consort and the NZ National Youth Choir from ’93 to ’99. Now in Auckland, Judy works as a producer, has two great kids and sings with V8 Vocal Ensemble, Auckland University Chamber Choir and Voices NZ.

Born in Auckland, Dilys Fong is frequently heard in a number of local choirs and as a soloist. Dilys is a keen ensemble singer, currently also a member of the Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus, the St Patrick’s Vocal Ensemble, and The Graduate Choir NZ.

Dilys completed a BMus/BSc in 2014 majoring in Physics and Performance Voice, under the tutelage of Morag Atchison. During this time, she was the recipient of the University of Auckland 2013 Pears-Britten Scholarship and 2014 Marie d’Albini Scholarship in singing. She performed recently in the premiere of Gareth Farr’s The Bone Feeder, and has been a soloist with Bach Musica, Auckland Choral, Auckland Youth Choir, North Shore Chorale, North Shore Camerata, Pakuranga Choral Society, and Handel Consort and Quire.

Dilys began singing in the acclaimed Key Cygnetures and Choralation choirs (Westlake Girls’ High School), and is an alumna of the New Zealand Youth Choir. She has also been a member of the University of Auckland Chamber Choir, and the Age of Discovery Vocal Ensemble.

Alex was a member of the NZYC in 1999. She has worked in the arts sector since 2002 and is currently New Zealand Opera’s Wellington Development Manager. Alex has very fond memories of singing in the New Zealand Youth Choir and continues to sing in choirs when she can.

Wendy was a founding member of Euphony at Kristin School, and from there she moved on to the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir (1999-2000) and the New Zealand Youth Choir (2002-2007). She also joined London’s Voce Chamber Choir for a couple of years when she lived in the U.K.

Wendy has been a member of the Auckland Chamber Choir on and off since 2000 and has sung with Voices since 2014. She is interested in baroque and renaissance polyphony and other small chamber ensemble singing, previously singing in the Voices of the Age of Discovery ensemble.

Originally from Hamilton, Rachel moved to Auckland to study performance piano with Tamas Vesmas. During this time, Rachel studied conducting with Karen Grylls and sang with the Auckland University singers. From there she studied performance piano at the Franz Liszt Academy in Hungary.

Rachel has been singing with Viva Voce for the last 8 years and was the Musical Director of the Auckland Youth Choir. Rachel now enjoys being a full time mum and performing with Viva Voce. She also works as an accompanist and teaches music privately.

Alison (nee Peak) is a busy freelance oboe player, based in Auckland. She obtained her LTCL in Oboe performance in London whilst studying with Sarah Burton in the UK in 1992, and a BSc from University of Auckland in 1995, majoring in Psychology and Mathematics.

Alison is principal oboe of Bach Musica and Pipers Sinfonia, and plays regularly with Auckland Chamber Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia and Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 she released the CD ‘Trinity’, a selection of Bach soprano arias with oboe obbligato, recorded on the Atoll label, featuring the Austrian soprano Ursula Langmayr.

Alison has sung with Voices New Zealand intermittently since 1999, and sang with Viva Voce prior to that.

When not rehearsing or performing, Alison enjoys a busy family life, raising her three young sons and keeping fit.

Katie is from Wellington.

She is a high school teacher.

Gabrielle Mutu-Grigg has been a longstanding member of NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ and Auckland Chamber Choir. She is a doctor.

Virginia lives in Auckland.

She was a member of the NZYC in 1996.

Rowena lives in Wellington.