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Scoop
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
NZ Youth Choir Wins CHOIR OF THE WORLD
Press Release – Choirs Aotearoa NZ Trust In Wales last night, New Zealand Youth Choir director David Squire also won Most Inspiring Conductor. The New Zealand Youth Choir has won CHOIR OF THE WORLD at the 2025 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales. This follows their massive win at the European Choir Games in Aarhus, Denmark, earlier this week, where they won the Grand Prix of Nations with a score of 97.5 in the Folklore category, In Wales last night, New Zealand Youth Choir director David Squire also won 'Most Inspiring Conductor'. Choirs Aotearoa CE Arne Herrmann, who is travelling with the choir, commented, 'We are so proud of our mahi and our art earning this recognition on a global stage. Our waiata are a taonga we have shared with audiences around the world, and the judges called them 'the true spirit of Aotearoa'. For us, coming from the other side of the world, representing our beautiful country and the people of Aotearoa … this win is just unbelievable.' MORE ABOUT DAVID SQUIRE David has taught music in schools for 35 years and in 2011 won a New Zealander of the Year Local Heroes Medal for services to music education. His ensembles have won many awards at local and international music festivals, such as the NZCF Big Sing. His Rangitoto College mixed-voice chamber choir, The Fundamentals, won the platinum award at the 2008 NZCF Big Sing Finale in Wellington – the first time for a mixed-voice choir. David's upper-voice choir from Kristin School, Euphony, was third in the open female choir competition at the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, in 2013. In 2019, Euphony represented New Zealand at the Budapest International Choral Festival, winning the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices category, coming 3rd in the open Musica Sacra category and was invited to compete for the Grand Prix. David's Westlake Boys High School lower-voice choir, Voicemale, won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Leonardo da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence in 2018, and David won the award for best conductor at this event. David has been music director of the Westlake Symphony Orchestra for 25 years, and it has won more gold awards at the KBB Music Festival than any other ensemble. In 2014 the orchestra was placed first equal at the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in Vienna. David is also the director of the Auckland Youth Choir, Vice-Chair of the New Zealand Association of Choral Directors, is a national conducting advisor and tutor and was a governance board member of the New Zealand Choral Federation for 9-years. He completed his undergraduate study at the University of Auckland, with an emphasis on conducting and composition, later graduating with a Master of Music degree with first class honours in choral conducting. He studied singing with Isabel Cunningham, Glenese Blake and Beatrice Webster, and conducting with Karen Grylls and Juan Matteucci. He has sung with many top choirs in New Zealand, including the Auckland Dorian Choir, University of Auckland Chamber Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir. He was a founding member of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and the V8 Vocal Ensemble. David has previously led the New Zealand Youth Choir on four international tours, including the USA and Canada in 2013, which featured performances of the War Requiem by Britten in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, as well as concerts in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Boston, New York and Washington DC. In 2016 the choir gave concerts in Singapore, the Czech Republic, France and the UK. Tour highlights included singing high mass at Notre-Dame in Paris, a lunchtime concert at Windsor Castle, and producing a live DVD recording of a well-received concert at St Johns Smith Square in London. The choir also participated in the Festival of Academic Choirs in Pardubice, Czech Republic, winning every category it entered, as well as the prize for outstanding vocal culture, and then going on to win the Grand Prix. At the end of 2019 the choir embarked on a Pacific tour aboard the cruise ship MS Maasdam, taking in Tonga, Niue, Fiji, New Caledonia and Sydney. In 2022 the choir toured Australia, presenting performances in Tasmania, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and at the Sydney Opera House. As a freelance musician, David has conducted several local ensembles, including the Auckland Philharmonia and the St Matthews Chamber Orchestra. He was the assistant musical director of the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, founding musical director of the Auckland Youth Big Band, chairman and administrator of the KBB Music Festival, and a live performance reviewer for Radio NZ Concert. David is often involved in session and recording work, particularly as a conductor, adjudicator, clinician and singer and was choir director on the recent New Zealand film, Tinā. He has also served as the choir director for Synthony, and is the chorus master for the International Schools Choral Music Society based in China.
Scoop
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
NZ Youth Choir Wins CHOIR OF THE WORLD
The New Zealand Youth Choir has won CHOIR OF THE WORLD at the 2025 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales. This follows their massive win at the European Choir Games in Aarhus, Denmark, earlier this week, where they won the Grand Prix of Nations with a score of 97.5 in the Folklore category, In Wales last night, New Zealand Youth Choir director David Squire also won 'Most Inspiring Conductor'. Choirs Aotearoa CE Arne Herrmann, who is travelling with the choir, commented, 'We are so proud of our mahi and our art earning this recognition on a global stage. Our waiata are a taonga we have shared with audiences around the world, and the judges called them 'the true spirit of Aotearoa'. For us, coming from the other side of the world, representing our beautiful country and the people of Aotearoa … this win is just unbelievable.' MORE ABOUT DAVID SQUIRE David has taught music in schools for 35 years and in 2011 won a New Zealander of the Year Local Heroes Medal for services to music education. His ensembles have won many awards at local and international music festivals, such as the NZCF Big Sing. His Rangitoto College mixed-voice chamber choir, The Fundamentals, won the platinum award at the 2008 NZCF Big Sing Finale in Wellington – the first time for a mixed-voice choir. David's upper-voice choir from Kristin School, Euphony, was third in the open female choir competition at the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, in 2013. In 2019, Euphony represented New Zealand at the Budapest International Choral Festival, winning the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices category, coming 3rd in the open Musica Sacra category and was invited to compete for the Grand Prix. David's Westlake Boys High School lower-voice choir, Voicemale, won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Leonardo da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence in 2018, and David won the award for best conductor at this event. David has been music director of the Westlake Symphony Orchestra for 25 years, and it has won more gold awards at the KBB Music Festival than any other ensemble. In 2014 the orchestra was placed first equal at the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in Vienna. David is also the director of the Auckland Youth Choir, Vice-Chair of the New Zealand Association of Choral Directors, is a national conducting advisor and tutor and was a governance board member of the New Zealand Choral Federation for 9-years. He completed his undergraduate study at the University of Auckland, with an emphasis on conducting and composition, later graduating with a Master of Music degree with first class honours in choral conducting. He studied singing with Isabel Cunningham, Glenese Blake and Beatrice Webster, and conducting with Karen Grylls and Juan Matteucci. He has sung with many top choirs in New Zealand, including the Auckland Dorian Choir, University of Auckland Chamber Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir. He was a founding member of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and the V8 Vocal Ensemble. David has previously led the New Zealand Youth Choir on four international tours, including the USA and Canada in 2013, which featured performances of the War Requiem by Britten in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, as well as concerts in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Boston, New York and Washington DC. In 2016 the choir gave concerts in Singapore, the Czech Republic, France and the UK. Tour highlights included singing high mass at Notre-Dame in Paris, a lunchtime concert at Windsor Castle, and producing a live DVD recording of a well-received concert at St Johns Smith Square in London. The choir also participated in the Festival of Academic Choirs in Pardubice, Czech Republic, winning every category it entered, as well as the prize for outstanding vocal culture, and then going on to win the Grand Prix. At the end of 2019 the choir embarked on a Pacific tour aboard the cruise ship MS Maasdam, taking in Tonga, Niue, Fiji, New Caledonia and Sydney. In 2022 the choir toured Australia, presenting performances in Tasmania, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and at the Sydney Opera House. As a freelance musician, David has conducted several local ensembles, including the Auckland Philharmonia and the St Matthews Chamber Orchestra. He was the assistant musical director of the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, founding musical director of the Auckland Youth Big Band, chairman and administrator of the KBB Music Festival, and a live performance reviewer for Radio NZ Concert. David is often involved in session and recording work, particularly as a conductor, adjudicator, clinician and singer and was choir director on the recent New Zealand film, Tinā. He has also served as the choir director for Synthony, and is the chorus master for the International Schools Choral Music Society based in China.
Scottish Sun
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Chelsea suffer transfer blow as club chief tells them top target is NOT leaving this summer
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AC MILAN have confirmed Mike Maignan will not be leaving the San Siro this summer. Chelsea had been interested in bringing the French goalkeeper to Stamford Bridge. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Enzo Maresca's Chelsea have been dealt a transfer blow Credit: Getty 3 AC Milan have publicly declared that goalkeeper Mike Maignan is not for sale Credit: Getty 3 Maignan kept 12 clean sheets for Milan last season in Serie A as the Rossoneri's No. 1. Enzo Maresca had hoped to strengthen his goalkeeping options over the summer. But he has been dealt a blow after Milan confirmed Maignan is not for sale. AC Milan sporting director Igli Tare said: "Maignan is not leaving. READ MORE ON FOOTBALL TOP OF THE WORLD Fans say Chelsea have 'scammed their way to CWC final' after Kane blunder WATCH EVERY MATCH OF THE CLUB WORLD CUP 2025 LIVE ON DAZN "He will be at Milan again next season." Tare continued: "There was interest from a Premier League club but in the end no agreement was found. "Also knowing that Maignan is an important point of reference not only on the pitch, but also off the pitch, we decided to focus on him for next season and to move forward together. "Football is unpredictable, but for us he remains a point of reference in this team." BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Chelsea must decide between keepers Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and youngster Mike Penders. Djordje Petrovic had been touted as one to watch for the future. Why Chelsea could sign Garnacho | Transfers Exposed But the 25-year-old Serbian is set to leave Chelsea after asking to be left out of their Club World Cup squad. The Blues are through to the knockout stages of the competition in the US after a 3-0 win over ES Tunis. New £30million-man Liam Delap was on target in red-hot temperatures in Philadelphia. Join SUN CLUB for the Chelsea Files every Tuesday plus in-depth coverage and exclusives from Stamford Bridge Chelsea will now meet Portuguese giants Benfica in the round of 16. The two sides will clash on Saturday at the Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina.
Bloomberg
23-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Are ESG scores relevant for portfolio returns?
When filtered for data disclosure that is High or Average, companies in the top quintile outperformed companies in the bottom quintile in both the WORLD and WLS indices. To further investigate whether this outperformance can be attributed to information contained in the ESG Scores, and not simply to incidental exposure to other risk factors, we conducted a return attribution analysis using Bloomberg's PORT MAC3 equity risk model. To do this, we form equal-weighted long-short portfolios for both the WORLD Index and WLS Index universes. These portfolios are long the companies in the top quintile and short the companies in the bottom quintile of Figures 5a and 6a, respectively. As shown in Figures 7a and 7b, a substantial portion of the long-short portfolios' returns is not 'explained' by exposures to factors such as Industry, Country, Currency or Equity Style (e.g., value, quality). This unexplained share is termed the 'Selection Effect'. In our back-test, the Selection Effect accounted for 38.3% out of 64.7% of cumulative long-short portfolio returns in the WORLD (High and Average disclosure) universe and 9.3% out of 23.7% of cumulative total returns within the WLS disclosure-filtered universe. Note that this return attribution is based on monthly down-sampled risk exposures from Bloomberg's PORT MAC3 equity risk model, that are produced at a daily frequency. As a result, the attribution results shown here are approximations and may not exactly match analyses performed in PORT .
The Sun
31-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
World Boxing says introducing gender tests for all boxers: statement
WORLD BOXING announced on Friday it will introduce mandatory gender testing to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes wanting to take part in its competitions. The international federation said it was introducing the policy after the furore surrounding boxers including women's gold medallist Imane Khelif of Algeria at the Paris Olympics last year. World Boxing said it had informed the Algerian Boxing Federation that Khelif would have to undergo the test if she wanted to compete at the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands on June 5-10. 'World Boxing has written to the Algerian Boxing Federation to inform it that Imane Khelif will not be allowed to participate in the female category at the Eindhoven Box Cup or any World Boxing event until Imane Khelif undergoes sex testing,' it said in a statement. World Boxing will organise the boxing competition at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
