First Concert Choir

Young Adelaide Voices First Concert Choir (YAV 1CC) is the flagship youth choir of Young Adelaide Voices: an exceptional ensemble celebrated for artistry, teamwork and a vibrant commitment to Australian music for youth choirs. With a reputation for musical excellence, generosity and spirit, YAV 1CC is a dynamic presence in South Australia’s cultural life, performing at concerts, major events and professional collaborations. Led by Artistic Director Christie Anderson from 2010–2025, the choir now welcomes Michaela Eaton into the conductor’s role.

Internationally acclaimed, YAV 1CC has completed ten overseas tours to Canada, Europe, the UK, USA, China, Hong Kong and Japan. In July 2024, the choir toured France and Italy, competing in the International Choir Competition in Provence, where they won 1st place in the Youth Choir category and placed 2nd overall in the Grand Prix final by just 0.8 points.  Christie Anderson received the Juror’s Special Award for Most Creative Performance, recognising imaginative programming and staging.

The choir’s international success is longstanding. Highlights include the 2016 European tour, with performances at youth music festivals in Salzburg, Bratislava and Verona. In Bratislava, YAV 1CC won three gold medals, and Christie Anderson was named Best Conductor of the Festival.

At home, 1CC continues to shine as one of Australia’s leading youth choirs. In 2022, they travelled to Hobart for Festival of Voices, representing South Australia and collaborating with outstanding Australian choirs. They are also the on-call youth choir for professional ensemble work with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australian Ballet and Adelaide Festival, most recently appearing in with flamenco guitarist Paco Peña at the final Adelaide Guitar Festival in 2024 and in The Chronicles with Stephanie Lake Company in the 2026 Festival.

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