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Chasing a Restless Muse
20 July @ 20h15
Lecture- Recital given by Dr John Purser, composer, poet, musicologist, author of the award winning "Scotland's Music” and recently published biography of Erik Chisholm, Dean of the Faculty of Music, University of Cape Town (1946-1965).

For over an hour, John will travel a fascinating journey through Chisholm’s life and music, wonderfully illustrated with many slides and musical excerpts performed by students and staff from the South African College of Music.
This evening is supported by GIPCA and the Chisholm Trust.
Tickets: TBC

Klatzow at 65
27 July at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall
Brad Liebl (baritone), Marisa Marchio (soprano), Adrian More (piano), Tzu-Fan Tang (violin), Peter Klatzow (piano)

Peter Klatzow retires this year after teaching at the SACM for 37 years, and to mark the occasion this programme features the premieres of two works by Peter Klatzow, the Six Poems of Arthur Buxton and the 24 Preludes for piano, as well “An Early Afrikaans Songbook”.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students R35, UCT Staff R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
28 July at 14h00
Chisholm Recital Room
Jazz: Ological Studies

Free Lunchtime Concert
29 July at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
BMus Honours Exam Recital
Musawenkosi Ngqugwana (BARITONE)
Accompanist: Kamal Khan

Programme
Bach - Mache dich mein Herze, Rein from
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Rorem- Flight for Heaven
Brahms -Sonntag op. 47 (Fünf Lieder) No. 3, Sapphische Ode Op. 94 (Fünf Lieder) No. 4, Der Tod, das ist die kühle nacht Op. 96 (Vier Lieder) No. 1
Botschaft Op. 47 (Fünf Lieder) No. 1
Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 (Fünf Lieder) No. 4
Ravel - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Schram - All my trials
Lerner & Loewe - They call the wind Mariah from Paint your wagon

The Pick ‘n Pay/Fine Music Radio 101.3 Music Awards (Final round)
30 July at 19h30
Baxter Concert Hall

This concert is arranged by fine Music Radio 101.3

This competition recognises a student in each of two categories, Classical and Jazz, and is open to all students between the ages of 18 and 28. Participants are invited to send in a recording of their work, which is judged. A selection of the recordings is featured on Fine Music Radio 101.3 prior to the public concert where the three finalists in each category compete for the prizes.

For more information, contact FMR 101.3 on (021) 402 1013.

Benjamin Fourie(Piano)
31 July at 15h00
Chisholm Recital Room
A programme of narrative works featuring ballades by Chopin and Brahms, as well as Peter Klatzow’s “From the Poets”.

Prices: learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Schumann and his circle: Liederabend
3 August at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

In commemoration of the bicentenary of Schumann’s birth year, Kamal Khan presents
a recital featuring SACM staff and students interpreting songs by Robert and Clara Schumann,
and by Johannes Brahms.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
4 August at 14h00
Baxter Concert Hall
Francois Botha (piano)

Programme includes works by
Beethoven and Rachmaninoff.

Free Lunchtime Concert
5 August at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
Concert arranged by William Haubrich (TBC)

UCT Symphony Orchestra Concerto Evening
10 August at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

Conductor: Alexander Fokkens

Nine of the best students from the SACM appear as soloists with the orchestra.
Lisa Smuts (flute):
Hüe - Fantasie for flute and orchestra, 1st Movement
Conroy Scott (baritone):
Korngold - Pierrot’s Tanzlied
Jane Yu (piano):
Beethoven - Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Sally Minter (flute):
Chaminade - Concertino Op. 107
Annelize de Villiers (clarinet):
Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Louisa Theart (flute):
Griffes - Poem for flute and orchestra
Annelize de Villiers (clarinet) & Charl van der Merwe (bassoon):
Strauss - Duet Concertino for Clarinet & Bassoon with String, Rondo
Aristide Du Plessis (cello):
Elgar - Cello Concerto
Francois Botha (piano):
Khachaturian – Concerto, first movement

Symphony Concerts: Learners R30, Senior Citizens and Students R40, UCT Staff R55, Adults R60

Free Performers’ Class
11 August at 14h00
Baxter Concert Hall
The Guitar Students of James Grace

Free Lunchtime Concert
12 August at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
Zulu Mass, featuring the Cantiamo Choir,
conducted by Patrick Tikolo

UCT Alumni Concert
12 August at 19h30
Fundraiser – contact Rene Nolte for details.
Tel: 021) 650 2641. E-mail: Rene.Nolte@uct.ac.za

Students Quarterly Concert
17 August at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

This is the third concert which features a selection of the performance students at the SACM. This concert is arranged by Albie van Schalkwyk.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
18 August at 14h00
Chisholm Recital Room
Jazz vocal: Jay Kruger

Free Lunchtime Concert
19 August at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
The singing students of Hanna van Schalkwyk

SACM Centenary Festival
21 August – 7 September
See www.encoreonline.co.za/SACM Centenary Festival for more details

Franklin Larey (Piano)
14 September at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall
The programme includes works by
Beethoven and Scriabin.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
15 September at 14h00
Baxter Concert Hall

The Singing Students of Patrick Tikolo
Free Lunchtime Concert
16 September at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
St Petersburg Trio

The Schock Foundation Prize for Chamber Music
21 September at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

The third in this exciting annual competition for ensemble playing, sponsored by the Schock Foundation. This final round will feature ensembles selected from the chamber music concerts throughout the year.

This competition is open to all chamber music students of the SACM, who must perform a full work.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
22 September at 14h00
Baxter Concert Hall
The Singing Students of Brad Liebl

Free Lunchtime Concert
23 September at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
This concert is presented by the UCT School of Dance

Shirley Gie (Organ)
28 September at 18h00
Baxter Concert Hall
A Century of Transcriptions for Organ

Transcriptions for the organ, including music by Bach, Handel, Elgar, Wagner
and Eric Chisholm, former Director of the SACM.

Prices: Learners R20, Senior Citizens and students: R25, UCT Staff: R35, Adults R40

Liesl Stoltz (Flute),
Farida Bacharova (Violin)
Albie van Schalkwyk (Piano)
28 September at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

Martinů - Trio H 254
Migot- Livre des Danceries
Ibert - Deux interludes
Martinů - Madrigal Sonata

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
29 September at 14h00
Chisholm Recital Room
The Singing Students of Sarita Stern (TBC)

Free Lunchtime Concert
30 September at 13h00
Chisholm Recital Room
Sally Minter (flute)
Annelize de Villiers (clarinet)

Piano Exchange
5 October at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

Following the last eight years’ successes, the piano sections of UCT and Stellenbosch University will present a selection of pieces by Robert Schumann, celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
6 October
Baxter Concert Hall
Composition 1 Students

Free Lunchtime Concert
7 October at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall
Composition 2 Students

The Laura Searle Prize (final round)
12 October at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

This is the seventh Laura Searle Prize for Concerto Playing. It is open to all piano students at the South African College of Music, and part of the prize is to perform the concerto with the UCT Symphony Orchestra in 2011.
Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
13 October at 14h00
Baxter Concert Hall
Composition 3 Students

SACM Jazz Festival
14 to 16 October at 20h15 in the Chisholm Recital Room

This annual SACM Jazz Festival features the UCT Big Band and other groups from the Jazz Programme. Also featuring Mike Campbell, Andrew Lilley, Mike Rossi, Jason Reolon, Amanda Tiffin with various groups and special guest artists, including German pianist Patrick Bebelaar and students from the Stuttgart Conservatory of Music, Germany.

Lunchtime concert on Thursday 14 October:
Jazz Und Elekronik featuring music from their recently-released CD recorded live at the BAXTER with Mike Rossi (woodwinds), Ulrich Suesse (electronics) and Patrick Bebelaar (piano).

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Students Quarterly Concert
19 October at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall
This is the final concert which features a selection of the performance students at the SACM. This concert is arranged by Hendrik Hofmeyr and Dizu Plaatjies.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Free Performers’ Class
20 October at 14h00
Baxter Concert Hall: Concert to be announced.

Free Lunchtime Concert
21 October at 13h00
Baxter Concert Hall: Concert to be announced.

UCT Symphony Concert
26 October at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
Soloist: winner of the audition – all instruments and voice.
The programme will feature the winner of the concerto audition for instrument and voice,
and will include Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 and Peter Klatzow’s Tintinyani

Prices: Learners R30, Senior Citizens and students: R40, UCT Staff: R55, Adults R60

Chamber Music
2 November at 19h30
Baxter Concert Hall
Co-ordinated by Becky Steltzner.
Admission free – donations will be gratefully received at the door.

The Schock Foundation Prize for singing
9 November at 20h15
Baxter Concert Hall

An annual voice competition sponsored by the Schock Foundation, in two categories, Best Male Voice and Best Female Voice.
The competition is open to full-time students of the SACM who are presently in their second or third year and in good academic standing.

Prices: Learners R25, Senior Citizens and students: R35, UCT Staff: R45, Adults R50

Olive Lieberz – Theron Prize
15 November at 18h00
Chisholm Recital Room

A competition for solo classical piano playing, in honour of the late Olive Lieberz-Theron, to award prize money from the Ultimate Wellness Trust. This competition is open to all piano performance students at the SACM who are intending to pursue a career in piano playing.

Admission free – donations will be gratefully received at the door.

5:20 New Operas
21, 23, 24, 26, 27 November
Baxter Main Theatre
Cape Town Opera, in collaboration with UCT Opera School and the Gordon Institute of Performing and Creative Arts, presents FIVE: 20 OPERAS MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA

South African composers and writers celebrate the South African College of Music’s centenary year with five new 20-minute operas with plots based on Saartjie Baartman, Lucy Lloyd and the Bushmen, xenophobia, the assassination of Chris Hani and Breyten Breytenbach’s prison poetry.

Hendrik Hofmeyr - SAARTJIE
Peter Klatzow - WORDS FROM A BROKEN STRING
Péter-Louis van Dijk - OUT OF TIME
Bongani Ndondana-Breen - HANI
Martin Watt - TRONKVOËL

Sung in Afrikaans, Xhosa, English and Zulu with English text projected above the stage.
Bookings open on 21 August 2010
Times and Prices to be announced.
 

 

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