In celebration of Women’s Month, the Endler Concert series is proud to present the Fiesta award winning Stellenbosch University Jazz Band led by Felicia Lesch on Friday 16 August at 8pm in the Endler Hall. The SU Jazz Band this year celebrates its 10th anniversary and has over the years gained a reputation for their [...]

The Stellenbosch University Chamber Choir (SUCC), conducted by Martin Berger, will share the stage with the Cologne Cathedral Girls’ Choir to present a programme of diverse choral music from the rich choral traditions of South Africa and Germany. SUCC was established in 2014 as an integral part of the Stellenbosch University Music Department. Besides annual [...]

The University of Stellenbosch Symphonic Wind Ensemble (USSWE) collaborates with the South African National Saxophone Symposium to present a concert on Saturday 31 August at 3pm in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. The concert will be conducted by Flemish guest conductor, Rik Ghesquière, co-founder and conductor of the Flemish-Brabant Symphony Orchestra, a member of the trumpet [...]

The Piano Department of the Stellenbosch University joins forces once again with the Piano Department of the University of Cape Town for their annual “Piano Exchange” concert on Tuesday 3 September at 7.30 pm in the Baxter Concert Hall and Wednesday 4 September at 8pm in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. The 2019 programme will feature [...]

From 4-6 September, the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) presents a Big Band Workshop and Festival at Stellenbosch University, with courses in arranging, composition, conducting and performance. The workshop faculty consists of Felicia Lesch, Amanda Tiffin and Natalie Rungan. This forms part of SASRIM’s annual congress, hosted by Stellenbosch University Music Department [...]

Preparations for the e’Bosch School Choir Festival 2019, the largest gathering of school learners from the Stellenbosch and Franschhoek area, are well under way. Some 600 primary and secondary school learners from a total of 21 schools are already hard at work in preparation for the concert which will be held on Saturday 14 September [...]

The Prestige Series of the Endler Concert Series is proud to present an all-South African Piano Trio on Sunday 15 September at 4:30pm in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. Violinist, Pieter Schoeman, the concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra returns home to perform with much loved and distinguished South African pianist Albie van Schalkwyk and cellist Anmari [...]

The Endler Concert Series celebrates the Youth Concerto Festival on Saturday 21 September at 8pm in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. Young soloists who successfully auditioned to perform at this festival will play alongside the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra (USSO) under the baton of Prof. Corvin Matei. Prof. Matei was the music director and permanent conductor [...]

The Endler Concert Series is delighted to welcome back the renowned Tim Kliphuis Trio from the Netherlands that performed at the 2017 and 2018 Woordfees to great critical acclaim, their 2017 performance having won the coveted Best Classical Music Production (“Beste Klassieke Musiekproduksie”) WoordTROfee that year. Kliphuis, a classically trained violinist, Dublin-based guitarist Nigel Clark [...]

On 28 and 29 September, Schola Cantorum and the Stellenbosch University Chamber Choir together with orchestra bring Duruflé's Requiem to the Endler Hall conducted by Martin Berger. The concert opens with Bach’s “Ascension Oratorio”, Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 which bears many similarities to the well-known “Christmas Oratorio” which was composed only one year earlier. [...]