Get Involved
If you're a singer in the Wakatipu area, there are plenty of opportunities to further your expertise. Open-mic's and jam nights abound in our area.
Here are some of the ones which I feel offer a supportive and enthusiastic forum for just doing your thing - singing.
Singers Only Open-Mic
Sunday 6:30-8:30
A wonderful way to put your singing into practise in a nightclub setting. Bring your own backing tracks or accompaniment, or allow our hosts to help you. Blue Door, Arrowtown.
Sign-up is at 6pm. First Sunday of every month.
More info - contact margaret@thesingersworkshop.com
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In Harmony
Natasha Wilson
A wonderful one-day workshop incorporating 3 part harmony learning with a performance to finish.
Get in touch with Natasha Wilson direct -
inharmonyqtown@gmail.com or visit the FB page.
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Wasabi Choir
Friday 7-9pm
MEG HIRATA
ARRANGER, CHOIR MASTER
'WASABI' is Queenstown's first Japanese choir, established in 2015.
Our repertoire includes popular and classical Japanese and Western songs regardless of genre.
We aim to create a variety of music that can be passed on, and we practice in a friendly and fun manner.
No musical experience is necessary; if you want to sing along, if you want to get serious about music or if you want to learn something new, please feel free to come and visit us.
Every Friday 7-9pm (excluding school holidays),
100 Voices Choir
CHOIR MASTERS:
MEG HIRATA
MARGARET O'HANLON
ROB LEE
ALISON PRICE
Bi-Annual Community 'pick-up' choir of 100+ members of our community. 2 weekends prior is total rehearsal time. Sheet music and recorded parts provided.
All welcome -will run at various times of the year, but definitely at Christmas.
Songbirds
Choir
ANGELA MAXWELL-McCREA
CHOIR MASTER
All women's semi-professional choir. "Voices Unleashed" and an annual concert every year. These ladies are very popular and joining is by audition held 1-2 times a year.
Repertoire is almost entirely contemporary, with a smattering of Celtic folk, African folk, Gospel.
To stay in touch or get in touch - visit their FB page.
Voices Unleashed
TBD 2026
ANNUAL INTEGRATIVE SHOW OF HARMONIES, CHOIRS AND VISUAL EXTREMES
"VOICES UNLEASHED" is an annual concert focused on celebrating harmony, choir and the human voice.
If you've got a harmony group or you have an idea for a performance involving harmony - submissions of interest are always welcome.