Events

As COVID-19 continues to affect our nation and our personal lives, Stellenbosch University’s Music Department remains determined to give our students the best training and performing opportunities even at this difficult time. The Stellenbosch University Symphonic Wind Ensemble has been divided into smaller groups: woodwinds, brass and percussion ensembles, to allow for greater safety and social distancing [...]

The Endler Concert Series is proud to host South African baritone, Theo Magongoma and pianist Danie Fourie in a concert of Italian Opera Arias. Theo Magongoma graduated with BMus Hons in Vocal Performance from the University of Cape Town's College of Music under the tutelage of Dr Brad Liebl and is currently completing his MMus [...]

Journey to Japan is a recital celebrating music that inspired a study pilgrimage to Japan for the award-winning South African marimbaist, Magdalena de Vries. From mesmerising music by Keiko Abe, marimba virtuoso and composer extraordinaire, to the rhythmic and sometimes atonal music of Toshi Ichiyanagi, the recital highlights the versatility of the concert marimba. De [...]

  The Endler Concert Series is proud to host South African tenor, Thomas Erlank and pianist Pieter Grobler in an evening of Artsong. Thomas Erlank graduated from Stellenbosch University under the tutelage of Minette du Toit-Pearce and moved to London where he completed a Post-graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance, a Master's degree, and a Post [...]

PROGRAMME The Tom and Jerry Show - Hiromi Uehara (b. 1979) Trois mouvements de Petrouchka - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) i - Danse Russe ii - Chez Pétrouchka iii - La semaine grasse Eyes on Me - Nobuo Uematsu (b. 1959) My Favorite Things - Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Yohan Kim (b. 2002) Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 [...]

As COVID-19 continues to affect our nation and our personal lives, Stellenbosch University’s Music Department remains determined to give our students the best training and performing opportunities even at this difficult time. The Stellenbosch University Symphonic Wind Ensemble has been divided into smaller groups: woodwinds, brass and percussion ensembles, to allow for greater safety and social distancing [...]

Organ Recital & Lecture Louis van der Watt Programme notes: J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in Eb, BWV 552, from the Clavierübung, Part III JS Bach’s Clavierübung (“Keyboard Practice/Exercise”) Part III is the most extensive work that he published in his lifetime (1739, but evidence exists that he may have started work on this [...]

A programme of operatic excerpts from three of Mozart’s best-known operas: Le Nozze di Figaro, Enführung aus dem Serail, and Die Zauberflöte performed by Stellenbosch University’s vocal students, accompanied by Philippus Hugo on piano and directed by Minette du Toit-Pearce. Come and listen to some rousing finales, celebrating good health, happy lives and love.

A programme of operatic excerpts from three of Mozart’s best-known operas: Le Nozze di Figaro, Enführung aus dem Serail, and Die Zauberflöte performed by Stellenbosch University’s vocal students, accompanied by Philippus Hugo on piano and directed by Minette du Toit-Pearce. Come and listen to some rousing finales, celebrating good health, happy lives and love.

Vocal Recital Teneale Meaker (soprano) Joy Sparg (mezzo soprano) José Dias (piano) Per la piu vaga e bella F. Caccini (1597-1640) Qui sedes ad dexteram patris A. Vivaldi (1678-1741) L’aure che spira G.F. Handel (1685-1759) Ach ich Fühls W.A.  Mozart (1756-1791) Nobles seigneurs salut G. Meyerbeer (1791-1864) Quando M’en Vo G. Puccini (1858-1924) O mio [...]