Welcome to the official site of the

Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival

We're all go!

The Special Groups are all signed up (with just the last few places to be confirmed - here are the current lists) the school choirs are underway and so we're all go for another great festival!

Massed Rehearsals - the next big item on the agenda! They are a little way off...but the 18th & 19th August will come around very quickly just the same! Do you know when your school choir will be rehearsing? Find out here »

Four-Year Medals Do There is quite a long list of children who have qualified in 2010 for their Four-Year medal. This is a real achievement - take a look at the list of medallists »

School choir performance nights Do you know when your school choir will be performing in the Festival in October? Find out here »

The 2010 Music Team There are a couple of new faces in the Music team for the 2010 Music Festival. With brief biographies about each, here is the whole Music Team »

What will the Massed Choirs be singing in 2010? The list of songs for the Massed Choirs is out and, as usual, there is something to appease every appetite and to tempt singers with new or unknown genre! » More

Suggest a song for 2011 or 2012 Massed Choirs. The conductors of the massed choirs in the Music Festival are already bending their minds towards the songs that they will select for the 2011 Music Festival. It's a big job...and 100 minds are better than four, so if you think that you know of a song that would be great for the Massed Choirs to perform in 2011, or perhaps 2012, you can send your suggestion directly to the conductors! » More

Special conductor for the Festival! In what was to be two special performances at the conclusion of the 2009 Festival, the Leader of the Orchestra, Amy Lee from Rangi Ruru Girls' School, was invited to conduct the orchestra in its bracket of melodies from "High School Musical". Not only was the performance of the orchestra just wonderful, but to watch Amy conduct it through a significant number of tempo and time signature changes with such confidence and precision was, in itself, an uplifting moment for the audiences lucky enough to have been there. We congratulate Amy on her magnificent performance, not only as Leader of the Orchestra, but as guest conductor as well! Click here to watch Amy conduct!