This year, the Festival of Voices celebrates its 20th anniversary with what it calls its “biggest program yet”: as its centrepiece, Verdi’s Requiem will see its first Tasmanian performance in 40 years under the baton of UK  conductor David Lawrence. Other festival highlights include ensembles The Australian Voices, Germany’s Sjaella, The Hong Kong Children’s Choir and New Zealand’s Luminata Voices, and the free, family-friendly festival mainstay, The Big Sing.

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Join young singers from Tasmanian school and community youth choirs as they sing with joy in our annual combined choir event with guest conductor Annie Kwok alongside The Tasmanian Youth Orchestra.

Additionally, each evening’s concert will feature guest performances from Tasmanian and visiting youth choirs.

Young Tasmania Sings brings together youth choirs in a cooperative, non-competitive endeavour. It also:

Includes choirs from all school systems alongside community youth choirs
Provides an opportunity for over 400 young singers ages 10 to 14 to work together with a visiting expert director and share the outcomes with family, friends and the community
Creates the opportunity for young singers to perform with a full orchestra as an integral part of the program
Demonstrates pathways for young singers through the inclusion of choral items from a range of guest choirs.