THE OZY YOUTH CHOIR
Honouring Defence Service INC
Inspiring and empowering young leaders through music and legacy.
About the Choir
The OZY Youth Choir Honouring Defence Service is a Canberra-based youth choir with a national and growing international reach. Through music, we honour those who served and those who died for Country and on Country, bringing together the pathways of remembrance and reconciliation.
Founded in the lead-up to the Centenary of ANZAC, the choir continues to work closely with Defence families and First Nations communities, supporting connection, resilience, and wellbeing through song.
With local choir “mobs” forming across Australia and a national online choir, young people unite to perform at community events, national commemorations, and cultural gatherings.
Join 10,000 Voices for Reconciliation
Last year, we put 1000 Voices for Reconciliation in the Great Hall of Parliament House Canberra. Next year we plan to grow our voices to 10,000 for Reconciliation Week in May 2026 as we honour the past, heal the present, and shape a united future. Through music, we build bridges of understanding and walk together toward reconciliation. Add your voice. Stand for peace. Sing for change.
Watch: the ABC's report on 1000 voices
Western Front Leadership Tour 2025
In November 2025, a small group of young leaders from The OZY Youth Choir HDS will sing for peace on the battlefields of the Western Front. Through song and story, young Australians will walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before, giving voice to history and deepening their understanding.
Help make it possible.
Support this life-changing journey and invest in the next generation of leaders as they carry our legacy to the world stage.
Watch: Singing Tour of the Western Front 2018
Our Impact
Music
Where Every Voice Matters
Memory
Singing our shared history
Mentorship
Mentoring youth to lead
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Honouring Country
We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the lands on which we gather and all our presiding traditional owners and elders who are walking with us, including our Ngunnawal and Ngambri elders from the ACT region and our custodians from the Central Desert regions.
“As we walk together we need to build a golden generation ,especially for our emerging youth, who through education and learning can understand our full history and be equipped to lead us into a future where respect is for all…those here first and those who came after”
- Pelterre Agnillinga Agmoura - Chris Tomlins Arrentre
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