<h3>Relive the 2024 concerts, with programmes and livestream links below.</h3>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvfu_UKQV7k&amp;t=259s" target="_blank">Watch the livestream here.</a>

<a href="http://cdn.aucklandunlimited.com/live/assets/media/athot-48-12-5-24-choir-organ-a5-4pp-programme-fv2.pdf" target="_blank">Read the programme here.</a>

About the Organist

David Burchell is Dunedin City Organist, Organist and Choir Director of St Joseph&rsquo;s Cathedral, Dunedin, and Senior Organist at All Saints&rsquo; Church, Dunedin. He is also organ tutor and graduation organist for the University of Otago. Away from the organ, he is Musical Director of City Choir Dunedin, and Musical Director of &lsquo;The Little Box of Operas&rsquo;, a company specialising in chamber opera.

He studied at Oxford University and was Organ Scholar and later Assistant Organist at New College, working for six years with the renowned chapel choir and its television and radio broadcast and recordings. Since moving to Dunedin in 1999 he has made a considerable impression on the city&rsquo;s musical life. He performs throughout New Zealand as an organ recitalist and accompanist.

About the Choir

Auckland Youth Choir is a 130-strong mixed voice group of singers aged 16-27 from across the city. In 2024, AYC celebrates its 40th anniversary. The choir was set up in 1984 to bridge the gap between school and adult choirs and has had significant success since with innovative performances, large membership growth and collaborations with some of New Zealand&rsquo;s pre-eminent musicians and arts organisations.

Past projects have included singing at ANZAC commemorations at Auckland War Memorial Museum, premieres of several works by New Zealand composers, and collaborations with other choirs, orchestras and musicians from across the country and beyond. In July 2024, AYC will compete in the World Choir Games &ndash; a festival that will see 250+ international choirs travel to and perform in Auckland.

Conductor

David Squire was appointed Music Director of the Auckland Youth Choir at the end of 2022, and is the first alumnus director of the choir. He also directs international award-winning ensembles Voicemale (Westlake Boys High School), Euphony (Kristin School), and the Westlake Symphony Orchestra. He is vice-chair of the New Zealand Association of Choral Directors and is in demand around the world as a clinician, educator, guest conductor and adjudicator.

Cellist

Max Chen

Choir & Organ: Auckland Youth Choir and organist David Burchell - 12 May 2024

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/1Z-dNzUL7TY?t=245s" target="_blank">Watch the livestream here.</a>

<a href="https://cdn.aucklandunlimited.com/live/assets/media/athot-49-7-7-24-eugene-lavery-a5-4pp-programme-fv-web.pdf" target="_blank">Read the programme here.</a>

About the Organist

Nelson-born Eugene Lavery received his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland while serving as Organ Scholar and then Assistant Organist at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland. In 2007, Eugene moved to New York to study at The Julliard School with Paul Jacobs in the prestigious Master of Music programme.

He has performed at St. Paul&rsquo;s Cathedral, London, St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, and St. Andrew&rsquo;s Cathedral, Sydney. He has also worked with the American Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia and for the Royal School of Church Music.

Eugene is Organist and Director of Music at St. Alban&rsquo;s Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas, where he directs the semi-professional adult choir, the St. Alban&rsquo;s Chorister Program, and a vibrant concert series. Eugene recently established the professional baroque choir and orchestra, Vox Seraphim.

Eugene is married to fellow Juilliard-graduate Dr Sharon Lavery, and together they raise two boys, Ryan and Adam.

Eugene Lavery - 7 July 2024

Choir & Organ - 12 May 2024

<h6>Image credits: Choir &amp; Organ | photos by Hans Weichselbaum, 2024.</h6>

2023

Listen to concert livestreams or read past programmes from performances at the Auckland Town Hall by world-class organists.

2023 Past Concerts | Auckland Town Hall Organ

2022

Livestreams and programmes from performances at the Auckland Town Hall Organ by Michael Stewart, Nicholas Forbes, Michael Bell, Soomin Kim and Thomas Heywood.

2022 Concerts | Auckland Town Hall Organ

2021

View the livestreams and programmes for concerts by organists Dr. Indra Hughes, Jaime Taylor, Rebecca-Soojung Lee, Stig Gilbert and Zosia Herlihy-O’Brien.

2021 Concerts | Auckland Town Hall Organ

2020

Watch and listen to concert livestreams, or read past programmes from Martin Setchell and David Burchell's performances at the Auckland Town Hall Organ.

2024

Relive the 2024 concerts, with programmes and livestream links below.

2024 Concerts

Choir & Organ: Auckland Youth Choir and organist David Burchell - 12 May 2024

Eugene Lavery - 7 July 2024

Choir & Organ - 12 May 2024

Image credits: Choir & Organ | photos by Hans Weichselbaum, 2024.

2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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