CLOSING DATE:  1 March 2012
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) announces, via its Endowment for the National Arts, the SAMRO Music Bursaries for 2012.
These Bursaries are the most substantial awards in music study in Southern Africa. Bursaries are open to citizens of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.  Applicants should be registered for a music degree/ diploma at a South African University in 2012.
The following bursaries are on offer:
1. General Music Study (R10 000 each) available to students in their 1st and 2nd years
2. Music Education Bursaries (R10 000 …

This is day three of our sectionals as part of the National Youth Wind Orchestra course in Port Elizabeth. The sun is shining and the beach is calling, but 57 young musicians are sweating it out to get their heads and fingers around our varied and exciting programme.
Our tutors have come from across the country and the globe to share their knowledge and love for music, and it has been an incredible information and noise exchange!
NYO alumni Dario Broccardo (percussion), Boris Mohr (horn – who did his first NYO course …

Today is Day One of sectional rehearsals, and it sounds like this noise is going to develop into a fantastic sounding band! It’s been a wonderful road to getting our National Youth Wind Orchestra to the windy city of Port Elizabeth.
St. Luke’s Retreat and Centre where we are having all of our rehearsals and where we are living for the next ten days has been welcoming, the food is fantastic, and they even helped us with moving percussion this morning – that’s what we call service! If you ever …

SANYOF Chief Operations Officer Sophia Welz has been identified by the Mail & Guardian weekly newspaper in the Civil Society category as one of their “Top 200 Young South Africans” for 2011.

Watch us on the BBC here: BBC News – Desmond Tutu adds new string to his bow
Love music? Love being South African? Love getting dressed up? Join the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as they bring the orchestra to life at this year’s Sasol Concert. This exhilarating performance will be conducted by musician extraordinaire Gerben Grooten of the Netherlands.
The NYO provides young talented people the opportunity to boost their musical abilities on a national platform with a legacy that stretches nearly half a century. It is an environment …