At the second Awards Ceremony of the World Choir Games 2024, choirs that competed in The Champions Competition over the past few days gathered at Spark Arena this morning to hear the competition results and celebrate the announcement of 12 new World Choir Games Champions.

The atmosphere was electric with joy and excitement as the winning choirs took the stage to sing their national anthems and watch their flags rise high.

We’re thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the first Champions of the World Choir Games 2024:

Category C2 – Children’s Choirs

Little Skylark Children’s Choir, China
conducted by Qun Deng

Category C4 – Youth Choirs

UngKlang, Denmark

Category C6 – Vocal Ensembles

RUSingers Ensemble, China
conducted by Pan Chen & Tianyu Xiong

Category C8 – Mixed Choirs

Delaware Choral Scholars, USA
conducted by Paul D. Head & Arreon Harley-Emerson

Category C10 – Female Choirs

Shanghai Xinyue Women’s Choir, China
conducted by Chao Wang & Yanan Luo

Category C15 – Sacred Choral Music a cappella

Festival Statesmen Chorus, Australia
conducted by Jonathan Bligh

Category C17 – Music of Spirit & Faith

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Choir, China
conducted by Qin Zhang

Category C18 – Contemporary Music

Diocesan Boys’ School Choir, China / Hong Kong SAR
conducted by Felix Shuen

Category C23 – Pop Ensembles

Festival Statesmen Chorus, Australia
conducted by Jonathan Bligh

Category C25 Pop with Choreography

Young People’s Chorus of New York City, USA
conducted by Francisco J. Nuñez & Elizabeth Nuñez

Category C26 – Folklore & Indigenous Music a cappella

Guangzhou Little Petrel Children’s Choir, China
conducted by Zhi Jun Diao & Meng Fei Liu

Category C28 – Folklore & Indigenous Music with accompaniment

Paduan Suara Mahasiswa Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
conducted by Anshari Sansusi

The highest points in the competitions so far were achieved by the vocal ensemble Ungklang from Denmark with a total of 96.25 points in the “Youth Choirs” Category, followed by the Festival Statesmen Chorus from Australia with 95.50 points in the “Sacred Choral Music a cappella” Category and Diocesan Boys’ School Choir from China / Hong Kong SAR with 94.38 points achieved in “Contemporary Music – Equal Voices”. Congratulations!

A complete list of results including all choirs and their achieved scores from both The Open Competition and The Champions Competition is available for download here: 

WCG2024_Results_Part_I

We’re now looking forward to the General Conference of the World Choir Council on July 15 and the Opening of the second part of the World Choir Games with the Parade of Nations through Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s city center.

For a recap of everything that happened during the last few days, check out this link for the best sources:

World Choir Games on Social Media