1st Prize: $15,000 Package includes:
$5,000 Towards tuition or audtion fees
$5,000 Towards entry in the McDonalds Aria in Sydney
$5,000 Cash
2nd Prize: $5,000
3rd Prize: $1,000
All Other Finalists: $200
Compulsory Classes: 345, 334 & 336
Scholarships & Trophies
Adult Section
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National Prize :
The Geyser Community Foundation La Grouw Award*
Awarded to the highest aggregate achieved in the Compulsory Classes.
Regional Prize:
1st Prize: $2,000
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $300
Compulsory Classes: 345, 334 & 336
Te Puia – Maori Song*
Awarded to the highest aggregate achieved in the Compulsory Classes.
National Price:
1st Prize: $3,000
2nd Prize: $1000
3rd Prize: $500
Compulsory Classes: 331
Tony Rawlings Award Lieder O. S.*
National Price:
1st Prize: $200
2nd Prize: $100
3rd Prize: $50
Compulsory Classes: 334
20th Century Art Song*
National Price:
1st Prize: $200
2nd Prize: $100
3rd Prize: $50
Compulsory Classes: 336
Achievement Award
Awarded to a resident in the Rotorua District Council ratepaying area who achieves the highest aggregrate in the following classes: 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 345.
Regional Price:
1st Prize: $100
Compulsory Classes: 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 345.
John Bond Trophy
A prize of $200 to be awarded to an entrant in the Open Section judged to have the Most Promising Voice.
Ethel & William Harman Ambassador’s Award
A prize of $150 will be awarded to the singer who shows the greatest spirit of the competition in their relationship with the organisers, fellow competitors, accompanists and volunteers.
New Zealand Opera School Scholarship
A scholarship of $500 to be awarded to an entrant in Class 345 to support studies at the NZ Opera School in 2014. The successful candidate to be selected by Mr Donald Trott O.N.Z.M.
Unless otherwise stated, all events in the Adult Section carry prize money of 1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25.
Please consider entering online for this years NZ Aria competition. follow these simple directions
