competitions
For a list of international music competitions,
SAMRO Hubert van der Spuy National Music Competition 2019
Applications for the 31st SAMRO Hubert van der Spuy National Music Competition
will close on 9 April 2019
The competition will take place
from 16 to 20 September 2019
For more information contact
Hilda Boonzaaier
082 650 3448
6th Unisa National Piano Competition
19 Julie 2019 - 26 Julie 2019
ZK Mathews Great Hall, Unisa, Pretoria
Sixteen pianists selected to compete in Unisa National Piano Competition
Sixteen young pianists have been selected to participate in the 6th Unisa National Piano Competition from 19 to 26 July 2019 in the ZK Matthews Great Hall on Unisa’s Muckleneuk Campus in Pretoria.
The competition consists of a Jazz Category running parallel to the Classical Category.
Competitors in the Jazz Category that were selected include Eaton Clapper (25, Pretoria), Tebogo Kobedi (26, Pretoria), Thabiso Mfana (25, Pretoria), Ntando Ngcapu (28, Pretoria), Obakeng Thamage (21, Krugersdorp) and Siphephelo Ndlovu (25, Johannesburg).
Competitors in the Classical Category that were selected André Breet (24, Krugersdorp), Willem de Beer (27, Pretoria), Lourens Fick (28, Paarl), Sulayman Human (26, Dysselsdorp), Roelof Temmingh (23, Stellenbosch), Jacobus De Jager (22, Pretoria), Caron Tremble (23, Cape Town), Jolandi Schaap (20, Pretoria), Rosie Lemmer (20, Pretoria), and Lezanti van Sittert (23, Pretoria).
The competition starts with Round 1 of the Classical Category on Friday 19 July, followed by Round 1 of the Jazz Category on Saturday 20 July. Two separate juries will adjudicate the two categories.
Unisa sponsors the competition with prize money totalling R210 000.00.
The performance schedule will be uploaded on the Unisa Music Foundation’s website in due course: www.unisa.ac.za/musicfoundation .
2019 Nasionale SAVMO Pretoria Ensemblekompetisie
31 Aug - 1 Sep 2019
Sluitingstdatum: 12 Julie 2019
Venue: Eduplex School, Pretoria
master classes
auditions
workshops / courses / conferences / lectures / symposia
National Youth Wind Orchestra - Winter Course - Potchefstroom
21 Jun. om 09:00 tot 29 Jun. om 20:00
Potchefstroom
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concerts / recitals /
festivals & eisteddfodau
Wakkerstroom Music Festival
20 – 24 March 2019
The 2019 Wakkerstroom Music Festival is celebrating the 160th birthday of Wakkerstroom, jewel of Mpumalanga, with a jam-packed programme with 60 performances over the long weekend from 20-24 March 2019. The festival programme offers a wide variety which includes baroque, chamber, and piano music, as well as classic-jazz crossovers – guaranteed to satisfy the most discerning classical music lover’s demands. Highlights not to be missed at this year’s festival are Sempre Opera’s Carmen in Concert, Ensemble Fons Partita’s performance of the Mozart Requiem and the WMF Gala Concert.
The programme will be available from the end of January 2019 and ticket sales will open 20 February 2019.
Johannesburg Festival for the Advancement of Music
20th May – 1st June 2019
closing date of entries: 28th February 2019.
1. All entries on the prescribed form or a copy thereof must be accompanied with the stipulated fee.
In the event of non-attendance or withdrawal, fees will not be refunded.
2. Entry fees:
Solo Sections (Instrumental and Vocal) R60-00 per entry
Concerto & Recital sections R80-00 per entry
Duets: R50-00 per player
Ensembles R50-00 per player
Chamber Music Sections R50-00 per player
Choirs R150-00 per choir
Orchestras R150-00 per orchestra
3. The closing date of entries is 28th February 2019.
Entries received after 28th February and before 14th March will be subject
to the payment of double the relevant fee per entry.
No late entries will be accepted after 14th March 2019
4. The age limit for all entries will be as 28th February 2019
8th Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival 2019
The 2019 website is officially open and we look forward to receiving your registration. Follow the link:
Closing Date 15 March 2019
1. Festival 2019 will take place on: 27th and 28th July 2019
2. Festival 2019 will take place at: St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls in Boksburg
3. The Composer for the Classical Section will be Georg Friedrich Händel
4. Change in sizes of small ensemble and large ensemble: Small ensemble: maximum 10 people; large ensemble: minimum 11 people.
There is a mystery prize for the First Institution to Register and pay the Registration Fee of R450.
The prices are as follows:
Registration: R450 per Institution
Participants Entry fees: R225 Per Person for A 2-Day all inclusive Festival Pass
Category Entry Fees: R225 per Category
Whether you are a regular Festival attendee or new to the Festival please consult the website and in particular the “marimba and steelpan competition rules and manual” page.
Please make sure you register early to ensure that your institution can take part as we can only take a limited number of institutions.
The Festival caters for beginner bands as well as more experienced bands!
This Festival is so much more than just competing in a variety of competitions. In addition to 250 performances by over 80 different institutions there are 90 hands-on workshops over the two days presented by experts in their field in various disciplines including learning to play marimba, steelpan, djembes, mbira, gumboot dancing etc etc
This is edutainment at its best!
We, at Education Africa would like to wish you and your students a very blessed Christmas and hope that we will see you at the 2019 Festival.
Kind regards,
Joan Lithgow
Marimba Specialist and Director of the
International Marimba and Steelpan Festival
joan@educationafrica.org
Tel: +27 (0)11 685 7300
Cell: +27 (0)82 266 4229
Fax: +27 (0)86 579 3735
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