Alanah Jones (Year 13) and Madi Jagger (Year 12) are current members of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir (NZSSC).
Over the school holidays, NZSSC performed at the New Zealand Choral Federation National Choral Conference “Choral Connect” (CC21) which took place in Auckland over three days. The theme of the conference was celebrating the ‘musical traditions of our Māori and Pasifika communities’ and our Westlake music department staff Fiona Wilson (HOD) and Rachel Carson, attended as delegates and enjoyed learning more about this important topic from leading practitioners.
Fiona is also a singer in the national adult choir “Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir” which was performing alongside NZSSC. NZSSC is the national mixed choir for secondary students and is made up of around 50 of the top singers from around the country, with a two year membership.
This is Alanah’s second term in NZSSC and she is one of the three choir leaders selected for this rotation. Alanah and Madi both sing in the premier Westlake choirs Cantare (directed by Fiona Wilson) and Choralation (directed by Rowan Johnston).
Pictured above from left: Alanah Jones, Fiona Wilson, Madi Jagger.