David Squire

Adjudicator, Choral

David Squire was Music Director of the renowned New Zealand Youth Choir from 2011-2025, which last year won the ‘Choir of the World’ at the Llangollen Eisteddfod in Wales, as well as a Grand Prix of Nations title at the European Choir Games in Denmark. He also directs international award-winning ensembles Voicemale (Westlake Boys High School), Euphony (Kristin School), the Takapuna Grammar School Chorale, the Westlake Symphony Orchestra, and the Auckland Youth Choir.

Current vice-chair of the New Zealand Association of Choral Directors, he is also a national conducting advisor and tutor, and served as a governance board member of the New Zealand Choral Federation for nine years. He is in demand around the world as a clinician, educator, guest conductor and adjudicator, and is the choral director for the International Schools Choral Music Society based in China.