South African College of MusicAll details are correct at the time of going to press. The South African College of Music reserves the right to alter programmes or replace soloists as may become necessary, but will endeavour to give notice in the media and on various websites of such changes. Tickets are available at Computicket and at the door 45 minutes before the concert starts. Members of the public are welcome to attend the weekly performers’ classes and lunchtime concerts which take place every Wednesday at 2 pm and Thursday at 1 pm respectively during the academic term. Admission is free, and the concerts fit neatly into 40 minutes. Friends of the College are offered 15 vouchers for R495. This works out to a considerable saving of R33 per ticket. Pro rata tickets may then be purchased at R33 each. Our chamber music ensembles are in great demand to perform at private functions and homes. If you are interested in hiring a group, please contact Gillian Lindner on (021) 650 2640.
OPERA
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Mozart’s effervescent comedy receives a workshop production spotlighting the depth and breadth of UCT Opera School talent.
Francesco Massimbeni directs, and Kamal Khan is at the piano.
Prices to be announced.
UCT SYMPHONY
Conductor: Bernhard Gueller
An all-symphonic concert including Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.
Prices: R60 / UCT Staff: R55 / Senior Citizens and students: R40 /learners: R30
FRANKLIN LAREY (PIANO)
The programme includes works by Beethoven and Scriabin.
Prices: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
THE SCHOCK FOUNDATION
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: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
SHIRLEY GIE (ORGAN)
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: R40 / UCT Staff: R35 / Senior Citizens and students: R25 / learners / R20
LIESL STOLTZ (FLUTE),
FARIDA BACHAROVA (VIOLIN)
Martinů - Trio H 254
Prices: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
PIANO EXCHANGE
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: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
THE LAURA SEARLE PRIZE
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: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
SACM JAZZ FESTIVAL
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 ELEKTRONIK featuring music from their recently-released CD recorded live at the BAXTER with Mike Rossi (woodwinds), Ulrich Suesse (electronics) and Patrick Bebelaar (piano).
STUDENTS’ QUARTERLY
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: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
UCT SYMPHONY
Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
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,
featuring Diane Wilson as the narrator.
Prices: R60 / UCT Staff: R55 / Senior Citizens and students: R40 /learners: R30
CHAMBER MUSIC
Co-ordinated by Becky Steltzner.
Admission free – donations will be gratefully received at the door.
THE SCHOCK FOUNDATION
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: R50 / UCT Staff: R45 / Senior Citizens and students: R35 / learners: R25
OLIVE LIEBERZ-THERON PRIZE
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
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
Sung in Afrikaans, Xhosa, English and Zulu with English text projected above the stage.
Bookings open: Computicket, August 21
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