Three Taiwanese choirs made a splash at the World Choir Games in New Zealand. Kaohsiung’s Bao Lai Junior High School Choir won gold for the third straight year in the Folklore and Indigenous Music with Choreography Category. Other winners from Taiwan were the New Taipei City Junior Choir and Kaohsiung’s Kazuhas Chorus.
A beautiful melody fills the auditorium. At the World Choir Games, young Indigenous vocalists from Taiwan captured the hearts of the judges. The Bao Lai Junior High School Choir stood out among more than 250 ensembles from 40 countries, winning a gold medal in the Folklore and Indigenous Music with Choreography category.
It was the school’s third consecutive victory. And it wasn’t the only triumph for Taiwan at the event.
The New Taipei City Junior Choir won a Level III Golden Diploma in the Children’s Choir event at the Open Competition, qualifying for the Champions Competition in 2026. Meanwhile, the Kahuzas Chorus bagged a silver medal in the Children’s Choir event.
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Bao Lai Junior High School
We’d like to thank lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying for this clothing sponsorship, which has got everyone to see Taiwan. We won gold, so it seems we won’t have to swim back to Taiwan after all.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai had met the singers before their departure, and joked that they’d have to swim back from New Zealand if they lost. The choir members made a video to show Chen that swimming would not be necessary. They also thanked lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying for their sweaters, which were provided by a Taiwanese clothing sponsor she secured.
Emblazoned with the words “Formosa Taiwan,” the sweaters are the same ones that Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim took to the U.S., during her time as Taiwan’s representative to Washington. The young singers shone bright on the world stage, once again putting Taiwan on the map.
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