Aurora is the senior vocal ensemble of internationally renowned South Australian youth choir Young Adelaide Voices, under the direction of award-winning conductor Christie Anderson. A diverse and talented ensemble, Aurora performs a range of repertoire from early music to contemporary pop and they are committed to performing contemporary Australian music.  

Aurora have been onstage with The Rolling Stones and in the orchestral pit for the Australian Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They have participated in several Adelaide Festival productions, including Brink Theatre Company’s Memorial in 2018 and National Geographic: Symphony for our World in 2019. They were also guest artists for the Desert Song Festival on Mparntwe Country, Alice Springs, that same year.

Other highlights have included collaborating with the Ngarrinjeri Miminar Kaikulun Choir from Murray Bridge for the Anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generation; touring with Country Arts SA, undertaking a commissioned project, Wild Girl created by South Australian composer Callie Wood, and in 2017 releasing their first CD, Joyful Girl.

In 2019, Connecting the Dots in Music and Aurora collaborated to perform the Lullaby Project Australia, which received a Ruby Award.

Aurora recorded the vocal tracks for Netanela Mizrahi and Guwanbal Gurruwiwi’s The Djari Project in 2020 and performed at Darwin Festival the following year for the premiere and launch alongside Netanela, Guwanbul, and The Arafura Collective. The Djari Project won a National Indigenous Music Award in 2021. The album was one of ABC Classic’s feature albums for NAIDOC Week 2022.

In 2020 Aurora started creating The Pulse with Gravity & Other Myths, with the premiere opening Adelaide Festival 2021. Aurora opened Adelaide Festival again in 2022 with MACRO, alongside Gravity & Other Myths, Djuki Mala, and Yellaka. MACRO celebrated and explored the spirit of place.

Aurora was invited to participate in the inaugural A Capella Academy at Ukaria Cultural Centre in 2022. Aurora have been invited back for the second year in 2023 to work with The Gesualdo Six.

This year Aurora is performing at WOMAD, with a program highlighting the ensemble’s diverse range of repertoire: from folk to classical to contemporary.

Aurora is based and rehearses on Kaurna Country.