Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
  • Makhanda Creatives Speak Out
  • Running towards a drug and alcohol-free Makhanda
  • What’s On 23 – 30 March
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Latin gets sexy
Uncategorized

Latin gets sexy

Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoApril 22, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

THE hall at Graeme College was filled with the voices of nine choirs as Graeme College, DSG, Hoërskool PJ
Olivier, Kingswood College, Mary Waters, TEM Mrwetyana, Nombulelo, St Andrew’s College and Victoria Girls’ High came together for their first joint rehearsal of Carmina Burana with the Rhodes University
Orchestra.

THE hall at Graeme College was filled with the voices of nine choirs as Graeme College, DSG, Hoërskool PJ
Olivier, Kingswood College, Mary Waters, TEM Mrwetyana, Nombulelo, St Andrew’s College and Victoria Girls’ High came together for their first joint rehearsal of Carmina Burana with the Rhodes University
Orchestra.

Following last year’s successful performance with cellist Francois le Roux, better known as the HA!Man, the schools have reunited for two performances at the 1820 Settlers Monument in May.

Priscilla Glover, the head of Music at Graeme College has been co-ordinating choir rehearsals for several weeks, although this was the first time she has seen the 300 scholars perform together.

“The work is energetic! Dramatic! Perfect for a young choir,” she said as she and conductor Juan Muñoz exchanged notes.

Glover referred to Carl Orff, the composer, as one of “the world’s greatest music educators – a guru for music teachers the world over.”

Glover says Orff composed Carmina Burana in the 30s with verses taken from a set of 12th and 13th century poems. The work was first performed just prior to the start of World War Two.

“It’s a set of poems written by freethinkers, de-frocked priests, philosophers and students,” she explains. “It’s broadly about the cycle of life, with a bit of wine, women and song thrown in.”

There will be only two performances of Carmina Burana taking place on 13 and 14 May, featuring soloists Sibu Mkize and Liesl de Jager as well as local choristers and the East Cape Youth Choir.

Tickets are available at the door or can be pre-booked at the schools. Tickets cost R60 (adults) and R25 for children, scholars, students and pensioners.

Previous ArticleSamwu strike ends
Next Article Grahamstown Samwu members unhappy with resolution
Busisiwe Hoho

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.