About Us
Teapot Summer School is New Zealand’s premier non-auditioned choral school.
Typically about 70–80 choristers get together every January to work with a wonderful, predominantly international, choral conductor to make beautiful music in a beautiful setting. If we want we can get individual coaching from a highly qualified teacher for no extra charge. We perform a wide range of music from classical European Great Works through to shorter contemporary works, including music by New Zealand composers. For nine days we enjoy great company, copious food and have fun making other music in small groups or just lazing about in one of the most stunning parts of New Zealand.
Some of us are hooked and turn up every year to recharge our batteries – we’d love to share the magic of Teapot with you.
Enjoy the finest professional training through:
- Three rehearsals with the conductor each day plus smaller group sessions as needed
- Daily warm-ups and brief clinics with a top voice specialist
- Your own private voice production session
Have fun at the in-house cabaret:
- Perform a musical item, recitation, sketch parody or anything you like whether on your own or with others
- Or just enjoy the talent on offer in the very informal show
Join in other activities during your free time, such as:
- On-campus evening entertainment
- Swimming in the open air pool, tennis, fierce and friendly board and card games
Young student opportunity:
- You can audition for a chance to sing with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain
- The winner receives a return trip to the UK to attend one of the NYCGB’s residential courses culminating in a public concert
- It is possible that the Covid pandemic may mean it is not possible to travel, or that the NYCGB is not meeting. In that case, there will be no compensation for the winner of the scholarship.
Future Teapot Summer Schools
Mark your diaries!
14–23 January 2022 | Conductor Isaac Stone, Wellington NZ13-22 January 2023 | Conductor Ebbe Munk, Denmark
12-21 January 2024 | Conductor TBA
Next Teapot Summer School
Friday 14 – Sunday 23 January 2022
End of Summer School Concert Sunday 23 January, 2022, 2pm at Nelson Centre for Musical Arts
Venue
Located not far from Brightwater on the western edge of the Waimea valley, the Camp offers plain but comfortable accommodation and plentiful, healthy food.
2022 Repertoire
Our Conductor, Isaac Stone has entitled our 2022 programme “TOUR OF EUROPE FROM TEAPOT”, with the centrepiece being the show-stopping Mass In Blue by English composer Will Todd.
Scholarships
In order to make the Summer School more accessible to young people, we offer a range of scholarships.
Musical Leadership
The Teapot Summer School musical leadership team for 2022 is as indicated below.
Isaac StoneConductor Isaac Stone is a choral director, music educator and singer based in Wellington, New Zealand. Read More
Judy BellinghamVocal Coach Previously Associate Professor of Voice at Otago University, Judy Bellingham has now retired from all performing and academic life and is concentrating on teaching voice in her busy private studio and presenting vocal and choral workshops throughout the country. Read More
Chris ArtleyRehearsal Accompanist Chris Artley is a composer, music educator, accompanist, jazz pianist and singer based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a Teapot regular and 2022 will be his 15th visit, albeit the first as accompanist! Read More
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