Aurora Vocal Ensemble

Aurora Vocal Ensemble is a dynamic upper-voice ensemble directed by award-winning singer and conductor Christie Anderson. Celebrated for its expressive artistry, precision and joyful performance, Aurora brings warmth, vitality and emotional depth to every performance while championing Australian contemporary choral music. The ensemble’s strength lies not only in its technical excellence, but in its ability to draw audiences into the emotional world of each work – creating performances that are vivid, disciplined and deeply human.

Aurora has performed on national and international stages, most recently touring South Korea and Dubai with The Pulse, a groundbreaking collaboration with acclaimed acrobatic company Gravity & Other Myths. The ensemble was the ABC’s Champion Choir in South Australia for two consecutive years and is regularly featured in high-profile professional projects, including The Djari Project with Netanela Mizrahi and Mr. Gurriwiwi, for which Christie Anderson and the ensemble received a National Indigenous Music Award.

Recently invited to perform at National Choralfest in Geelong, Aurora continues to collaborate with leading artists and organisations. Highlights of its 2026 season include a collaboration with the First Nations Inarma Choir from Titjikala in the Northern Territory and a performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as part of its 90th anniversary celebrations, performing the ethereal, wordless chorus from Neptune in Gustav Holst’s The Planets.

Emerging from the renowned Young Adelaide Voices choir school, Aurora’s singers are proud choir nerds, silent disco aficionados and passionate advocates for the power of vocal music to inspire, connect and move audiences.

“Anderson’s choir had stolen the show. Barnaby Smith, VOCES8’s countertenor and artistic director, came to the stage and just said, ‘Wow.’”

— Graham Strahle, InDaily, reviewing the UKARIA A Cappella Academy, June 2024