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13th World Choir Games

July 10 - 20, 2024 Auckland, New Zealand

The Games of WELCOME

New perspectives for 2024: The city of Auckland in New Zealand will be hosting the world’s largest choir competition in July 2024.

New Zealand is renowned for its manaakitanga, its warm welcome and hospitality that will be a hallmark of the 13th World Choir Games.

Visitors are honored, supported and even uplifted.

Aotearoa New Zealand is a singing nation, with a thriving choir culture in every town and city. The country’s musical traditions reflect the rich diversity of its multicultural population and are woven through the fabric of New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland.

Join us at the World Choir Games 2024 and receive a warm welcome and an unforgettable cultural experience! In the spirit of manaakitanga you will be made to feel part of the New Zealand whānau – its family!

Greetings

Günter Titsch | President INTERKULTUR

Hon Carmel Sepuloni | Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Hon Stuart Nash | Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Minister of Tourism

Phil Goff | Mayor of Auckland

Juliet Dreaver | Chair of the New Zealand Choral Federation

Welcome to Auckland!

Participation opportunities

The World Choir Games invites all non-professional choirs of the world to participate. The Games offer fair and realistic competition conditions to experienced competitive choirs as well as choirs with relatively little international experience. The World Choir Games offer The Champions Competition and The Open Competition. These two competitions allow choirs the opportunity to participate at the appropriate level.

Choirs who choose not to be placed in competition, but seek to be part of the international experience of the Games can participate in the non-competitive evaluation activities.

A - The Competitions

The Champions Competition is for choirs with international competitive experience and/or comparable credentials.

In the spirit of "Participation is the highest honor", choirs, regardless of their present artistic level of achievement, have the opportunity to participate in The Open Competition to gather valuable experience in international competition.

Both competitions are held in 28 different categories the participating choirs can choose their most suitable from:

The Champions Competition	The Open Competition
C1 Young Children’s Choirs	O1 Young Children’s Choirs
C2 Children’s Choirs	O2 Children’s Choirs
C3 Secondary School Choirs	O3 Secondary School Choirs
C4 Youth Choirs	O4 Youth Choirs
C5 University and College Choirs	O5 University and College Choirs
C6 Vocal Ensembles (mixed and equal voices)	O6 Vocal Ensembles (mixed and equal voices)
C7 Mixed Chamber Choirs	O7 Mixed Chamber Choirs
C8 Mixed Choirs	O8 Mixed Choirs
C9 Female Chamber Choirs	O9 Female Chamber Choirs
C10 Female Choirs	O10 Female Choirs
C11 Male Chamber Choirs	O11 Male Chamber Choirs
C12 Male Choirs	O12 Male Choirs
C13 Mixed Senior Choirs	O13 Mixed Senior Choirs
C14 Senior Choirs of equal voices	O14 Senior Choirs of equal voices
C15 Sacred Choral Music a cappella	O15 Sacred Choral Music a cappella
C16 Sacred Choral Music with accompaniment	O16 Sacred Choral Music with accompaniment
C17 Music of Spirit and Faith	O17 Music of Spirit and Faith
C18 Contemporary Music - Equal Voices	O18 Contemporary Music - Equal Voices
C19 Contemporary Music - Mixed Voices	O19 Contemporary Music - Mixed Voices
C20 Jazz	O20 Jazz
C21 Gospel	O21 Gospel
C22 Spiritual	O22 Spiritual
C23 Pop Ensembles	O23 Pop Ensembles
C24 Pop Choirs	O24 Pop Choirs
C25 Pop with Choreography	O25 Pop with Choreography
C26 Folklore and Indigenous Music a cappella	O26 Folklore and Indigenous Music a cappella
C27 Folklore and Indigenous Music with Accompaniment	O27 Folklore and Indigenous Music with Accompaniment
C28 Folklore and Indigenous Music with Choreography	O28 Folklore and Indigenous Music with Choreography

You can also find a detailed description of the competition categories in our brochure:
Competition Information(1.3 MB)

B - Non-Competitive Evaluation

C - Festival

D - Workshops

"Herewith just a sincere thank you for everything you have done for the Jacaranda Children’s Choir during the World Choir Games 2018 in Tshwane. We can truly say that your support made it very easy for us. We enjoyed the World Choir Games tremendously and have great appreciation for everything you and your organisation have done for us.

It was certainly a life-changing experience for our children which they will never forget. Good luck with the start of planning the next World Choir Games and hopefully we see you again in Belgium in 2020!"

Trudie Crouse/Christo Burger, Jacaranda Children’s Choir, South Africa (WCG Tshwane 2018)

"The World Choir Games offer unique musical and cultural experiences and in the evaluation of competitions, workshops and other educational activities a professional international expertise at the highest level."

nmz – Neue Musikzeitung, June 21, 2016

"We had a lot of fun and were spoiled with all the talent from all over the world. We have already started talking about taking part in Belgium 2020."

Hugo Kriel, Randburg Mannekoor, South Africa (WCG Tshwane 2018)

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all that you did for me and my choir in helping us get to these Games. We have had an absolute ball and have really enjoyed the spirit of the games."

Simon Stickells, Maritzburg College School Choir, South Africa (WCG Tshwane 2018)

"I had an awesome experience and appreciate the faith shown in me and my abilities and the integrity I have within to do my job to the best of my knowledge and abilities. Working with INTERKULTUR is really exciting!"

Marvin Kernelle, jury member, South Africa (WCG Tshwane 2018)

"My heartfelt appreciation for a most marvellous event staged in Tshwane. The choirs were superb and contributed to the enrichment of minds and hearts during the past two weeks. Keep up the good work in connecting humanity all over the globe in beauty and song!"

Gert Potgieter, South Africa (WCG Tshwane 2018)

Registration Information

Early Bird deadline: September 20, 2023
Registration deadline: December 6, 2023

Participant and Competition Information

Costs and Registration

For the participation in this event the payment of the registration fee (per choir) as well as the Event Package (per person) is required. Choirs that reside within a driving distance of 160 km from Auckland (including Whangarei to the North and Hamilton to the South) and therefore do not need an overnight stay, pay a Participant Fee (per person) instead of the Event Package. The prices of the Event Packages and the Participant Fee can be downloaded below or requested using our contact form.

REGISTRATION FEE

The following registration fees have to be paid per choir/ensemble:

For Early Bird registration the fee per selected activity* is EUR 300.
For registration until the regular deadline the fee for the first activity* is EUR 600 and EUR 300 for each additional activity.

Activities refer to competition participation (1 category = 1 activity), Evaluation Performance, Individual Coaching, Festival Stage Choir, Festival Participation (only concerts). For choirs participating in the competitions and evaluation activities, the performance in a concert is free of charge.

Choirs and conductors may register for a maximum of 2 activities per part of the World Choir Games.

EVENT PACKAGE

With the Event Package INTERKULTUR offers participants of its events a special service

We take care of all the details and through authorized agencies of the INTERKULTUR event series we offer an Event Package that includes, amongst others, accommodation in different hotel categories as well as other local services.

RATES AND REGISTRATION

The rates of the Event Packages vary according to 3 country groups. They based on the United Nations' Human Development Index (HDI) and adopted to the requirements of the national choral scenes. The registration forms can be downloaded together with the rates below.

Please send your registration documents electronically to mail(at)interkultur.com or by mail to INTERKULTUR – World Choir Games 2024 – Ruhberg 1 – 35463 Fernwald (Germany).

Please select your country to see the Event Package and - for regional choirs - the participant fee as well as the registration forms for your participation:

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Impressions

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Destination

Auckland, New Zealand is the perfect mix of city sophistication and a stunning natural playground. World-class shopping and phenomenal dining is never too far from beautiful scenery that includes harbours and islands, volcanic cones, native bush and black-sand beaches.
At the heart of it all is New Zealand’s unique Māori culture – our manaakitanga (warm hospitality) is central to our identity and extends to how visitors experience our region.