The Eastern Cape is in for a musical treat as the National Youth Orchestra will be performing Sasol Concerts in Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown during the National Arts Festival.
The 2013 National Youth Orchestra will be conducted by Gérard Korsten and concerts will be held at the Feather Market Centre in Port Elizabeth and as part of the National Arts Festival at the Guy Butler Theatre in Grahamstown. On the programme are Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7 and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis, and also the premiere of a SAMRO-commissioned piece by South African …
The Eastern Cape is in for a musical treat as the National Youth Orchestra will be performing Sasol Concerts in Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown during the National Arts Festival.
The 2013 National Youth Orchestra will be conducted by Gérard Korsten and concerts will be held at the Feather Market Centre in Port Elizabeth and as part of the National Arts Festival at the Guy Butler Theatre in Grahamstown. On the programme are Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7 and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis, and also the premiere of a SAMRO-commissioned piece by South African …
In 2002, following a grant from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, the ECPO’s Music Investment Project was founded. The main focus of this project is to offer children alternatives to street life and crime; and to open possibilities to escape a future of joblessness and poverty, through the power of music. The Project uses the school facilities of three schools in disadvantaged areas as teaching venues. Ten full-time and ten part-time teachers are employed to teach over 500 learners on recorders and orchestral instruments, and about 250 in choirs.
The …
We’re very excited to be travelling across South Africa to discover your talent and see how some of you have progresses in the year and meet some new faces who will be auditioning for the first time.
Our auditions team first collects recorded auditions from Port Elizabeth to Potchefstroom, and then instrument-specific adjudicators spend time to grade and rate each audition.
Auditions are typically just under 4 minutes in length and include a study and a piece. This year we will also include a short piece to sight read.
If you’re about to …
Here is a video of our tour with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington and Robert Pickup – thank you all for the incredible experience!
Applications for 2013 National Youth Orchestra courses, the Sasol Winter Course in Grahamstown and the Summer Course in December in Johannesburg have been extended to 28 January 2013.
For more information on how to apply, please follow this link: www.sanyo.org.za/courses/
