Performers

New Dublin Voices

New Dublin Voices is a leading Irish chamber choir founded by Bernie Sherlock. It performs and commissions new music and introduces Irish music to audiences abroad. New Dublin Voices has won prizes at competitions around Europe, and has performed in the UK, the US, Canada and China. Bernie Sherlock is the founder-conductor of New Dublin… Read more »

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New Zealand Secondary Students Choir

The New Zealand Secondary Students Choir was founded in 1986 for secondary school students, aged 13 to 18 years. Since then, they have given hundreds of concerts and undertaken 13 international tours. They have won numerous awards and been named Outstanding Choir of the Festival and won Gold at the Pacific Basin Choral Festival, Hawaii…. Read more »

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New Zealand Youth Choir

The New Zealand Youth Choir has performed over 400 public concerts in its 43 year-long history, and won over 10 albums. They have had only four Music Directors, founding director Guy Jansen, Peter Godfrey, Dr Karen Grylls and David Squire. NZYC contributed to major festivals and competed at international competitions around the globe, winning many… Read more »

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Heritage Dance Academy

The Heritage Dance Academy philosophy is to enhance the knowledge of folk dances like Bhangra, Gidha, Jindua, Sammi, Dhammal, Ghoomer, Kalbelia and other performing arts like theatre, singing, folk orchestra, gatka. It also aims to promote the concepts, history, and symbolic representation of Folk Dances and other performing arts. Since its creation in 2005, Heritage… Read more »

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Nkrabea Dance Ensemble

The Nkrabea Dance Ensemble is based in Accra, Ghana. They perform African traditional drumming and dancing, contemporary dances, folk music, acrobatic display, fire eating, stilt dancing, etc. The group has performed around the world including Scotland, England, Wales, USA, France, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and many more. The group had won the Most… Read more »

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The Choir of E.Mikeladze Central Music School

The Choir of E.Mikeladze Central Music School was founded in 2010 and involves 8-25-year old boys and girls performing Georgian traditional folk songs and chants. The choir’s main goal is sharing Georgian culture in different parts of the world. Over the 10-year period several international projects were accomplished: • 2012 – Golden Gate International Choral… Read more »

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Punjabi Folk Dance Academy

The most popular and well established folk dance academy and the creation of Mr. Gursewak Singh Sidhu was created to promote and preserve the Punjabi culture and dance. He is a 2-time gold medalist in the event of Individual folk dance Competition of World Level, organised by Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Llangollen, Wales U.K. in… Read more »

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Vocal Ensemble Caloroso

In September 2002 Inge Sykora formed the Vocal Ensemble Waelrant with the students of her singing class. Barely a school year later, this vocal ensemble won first prize at the European Music Festival for Youth in Neerpelt. In October 2004 the ensemble was transformed into Vocal Ensemble Caloroso. More than 15 years later, Caloroso vzw… Read more »

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Llareggub Brass Band

Llareggub Brass Band

Owing to the age-old tradition of brass bands from the slate mining villages of North Wales’, Llareggub Brass Band ascend from the ashes of the past and bring with them an immense dose of heavy brass! Their music invokes the sumptuous flavours of New Orleans marching bands, together with Bronx-inspired Hip Hop and Welsh language… Read more »

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