Luminata Voices presents 'A Christmas High Tea'!
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Enjoy beautiful carols and seasonal music in a fabulous high-tea setting; a perfect opportunity to spend time with friends and family before the end-of-year rush!
Due to popular demand, we have two events running back-to-back this year - 11:00am and 3:00pm.
Tickets are $55.00 per person (plus fees) and $62.00 per person with special dietary restrictions (you can select this ticket and advise us of your requirements during the booking process).
You can also book a table of 6 with a group discount for $325.00. This special price excludes any special dietary requirements. If someone at your table has special food requirements, please add a *special food table ticket ($7.00 per person) on top of your table ticket. At the checkout it will prompt you to advise what the dietary restrictions are.
This has been a sell-out event for the past two years, so get in quick as ticket sales will close on 24th November or earlier if sold out!
Thank you for supporting our High Tea event. We are so looking forward to singing for you!
AUDITIONS FOR 2025
If you are interested in joining Luminata Voices in 2025, we are holding auditions for new members on Monday 9th December 2024 at Rosmini College (36 Dominion Street, Takapuna, North Shore).
We are looking to grow our pool of Luminata Voices singers to be involved in our project work. As a guide, singers are usually aged 25 or older.
By joining Luminata Voices, you will sing with skilled and passionate like-minded women, aiming for choral excellence through an exciting and varied repertoire while having a lot of fun along the way!
You will need to commit to being generally available for at least one engagement a year.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Please fill out this form, and we will be in touch with you.
World Choir Games 2024
The 2024 World Choir Games has been an unforgettable experience!
More than 11,000 singers from over 30 countries arrived in Auckland for what has been described as the largest choral competition and festival on the planet. Luminata Voices are beyond thrilled to have received GOLD at the World Choir Games Champions Competition in the Women’s Chamber Choir category!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us and especially to NZCF and Interkultur for organizing such an incredible event.
We are elated after the success of our recent concert, Stabat Mater!
With record numbers in attendance, we have received wonderful feedback from audience-goers.
Special thanks to our wonderful soloists Celia Aspey-Gordon (Soprano) and Jessica Wells (Alto), and for the incredible musicianship of the Auckland Chamber Music Collective and Emma Gavenda (Harpsichord).
”My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this concert on 6 April at St Matthew's in the City. The setting was wonderful - very appropriate and welcoming - with excellent acoustics. The choir was spell-binding and the soloists were magnificent. The accompanying musicians were brilliant.
Congratulations all round ..... the choice of programme and the delivery could not be faulted and we look forward to future offerings!”
”Hi. The performance throughout was exquisite! And I utterly loved Stabat Mater. Moving and uplifting. Thank you”
“Loved this concert. Such exposed music for choral singers. Perfect intonation and synchronized vowel placement produced a beautiful clear early music choral sound. Really enjoyed this contrapuntal music, and especially the way the cello moved under the soaring voices. Excellent balance within the choral group. Thanks for an enjoyable early evening.”
”The sound of the choir was sublime and so beautifully blended across the whole chorus. I particularly enjoyed the Palestrina and Forrest pieces. The chamber collective was a beautiful accompaniment. Vanessa is obviously an incredibly talented director and conductor. I was fascinated watching her very controlled technique. Her obvious enjoyment was transmitted to the singers.”
“The only thing better than singing is more singing.” — Ella Fitzgerald
Curious about our sound? This recording is from our launch concert in May 2021. Singing in traditional Basque text, this is a live performance of Izar Ederrak by Josu Elberdin (https://www.elberdin.com/)
Live performance of Izar Ederrak
Josu Elberdin
Performed by Luminata Voices Women’s Chamber Choir
Vanessa Kay - Musical Director
Cathy Bennett - Collaborative Pianist
Recorded by David Kay, May 2021
Recorded at our Immerse and Indulge concert in 2022, here is our live performance of When October Goes (with Autumn Leaves), arranged by Paul Langford, featuring Cathy Bennett on piano and Rachel Wells on cello.
Live Performance of When October Goes (with Autumn Leaves)
Barry Manilow and Joseph Kosma arr. Paul Langford
Performed by Luminata Voices Women's Chamber Choir
Vanessa Kay - Musical Director
Cathy Bennett - Collaborative Pianist
Rachel Wells - Cello
Recorded by David Kay, May 2022
Luminata Voices is a high-calibre, auditioned chamber choir for women.
Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our singers are experienced and highly-trained choral musicians. We are also busy women with varied professional backgrounds and families. We bring to life a range of music written for treble voices.
We are led by Musical Director, Vanessa Kay
It goes without saying that a group of highly-trained musicians demand a high standard of leadership. Vanessa leads us on a journey filled with laughter and community, as well as excellence in music-making.
“Me aro ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one – Pay heed to the mana of women”
— whakataukī (traditional proverbial saying)