Events this Quarter: October - December 2012
The Faculty hosts a number of seminars and public lectures featuring visiting academics and opinion leaders. In addition, we are proud to showcase student talent through regular performances, recitals and exhibitions. If you are in Cape Town during this time, come and visit us at the following events:
The South African College of Music (SACM) presents:
2 October 2012: UCT Symphony Ochestra Concerto Festival. Conductor, Alexander Fokkens. Six of the best students from the SACM appear as soloists with the orchestra.
Time: 20h15; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
4- 6 October 2012: SACM Jazz Festival. This annual SACM Jazz Festival features the UCT Big Band & other groups from the jazz programme, as well as staff members Andrew Lilley, Mike Rossi, Amanda Tiffin, Darryl Andrews & Jason Reolon.
Time: 20h15; Venue: Chisholm Recital Room; Tickets: R45 Senior Citizens and R25 for students. For more information on this event, telephone Gillian Lindner on 021 650 2640.
9 October 2012: UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Alexander Fokkens. Programme to be announced.
Time: 20h15; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall; Tickets: R50; UCT staff R45; Senior citizens and students: R35; Learners:R25. Book at Computicket / at the door.
10 October 2012:Opera Y Flamenco. The unique form that is Spanish Dance combines its fiery passion with the drama of live opera. This chilling programme features rare Spanish dance & song. Co-ordinated & presented by Dame Mavis Becker.
Time: 19h00;Tickets: R45 at the door; Venue:Baxter Concert Hall
13 October 2012:Mozart's Great Mass in C minor K.427. Performed by the UCT Choir with the Symphony Choir of Cape Town & instrumentalists from the SA College of Music (SACM).
Time: 20h15; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
13 October 2012: Mozart's C minor Mass K.427. With Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Fokkens. Prices & booking details to be confirmed.
Time: 20h15; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
16 October 2012: Organ concert. Young Cape Town organists in association with the RSCM (SA) Cape Town Branch. This programme includes works by Bach & Mendelssohn. Prices: R40, UCT Staff: R35, Senior citizens & students: R30, Learners: R20. Book at Computicket or at the door.
Time: 18h00 - 19h00; Tickets: R40, UCT Staff: R35, Senior citizens & students: R30, Learners: R20. Book at Computicket or at the door; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
16 October 2012: Students Quarterly Concert. A concert arranged by Martin Watt, featuring a selection of performance and composition students at the SACM. Prices: R50, UCT Staff: R45, Senior citizens & students: R35, Learners: R25. Book at Computicket or at the door.
Time: 20h15; Tickets: R50, UCT Staff: R45, Senior citizens & students: R35, Learners: R25. Book at Computicket or at the door; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
23 October 2012: Into Esiyivileyo - What we have heard. Reflections of musical Africa presented by the UCT Ibuyambo Orchestra.
Time: 20h15; Tickets: R50, UCT Staff: R45, Senior citizens & students: R35, Learners: R25. Book at Computicket or at the door; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
30 October 2012: UCT Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Fokkens. Soloist: winner of the SACM audition for all instruments & voice. Programme includes: Rajna – Video Games; Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G minor.
Time: 20h15; Tickets: R75, UCT Staff: R65, Senior citizens & students: R50, Learners: R30. Book at Computicket or at the door; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall
The Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) presents:
4 October 2012: Great Texts / Big Questions: Adam Haupt. Adam Haupt discusses the Fanonian resonances in his new book Static: Race and Representation in Post-Apartheid Music, Media and Film. Cutting across academic disciplines, the creative arts and the media, Haupt's interdisciplinary book forms the basis of his presentation which critically examines music, cinema, social media and the politics of change after apartheid.
Time:17:00 for 17:30; Venue: Hiddingh Hall
11 October 2012: Great Texts / Big Questions: Steven Friedman. Political scientist Steven Friedman talks about "Freedom for the Few: Ending the Middle Class Monopoly on South African Democracy". Friedman has researched and published widely on the South African transition to democracy both before and after the elections of 1994 and has, over the past decade, largely written on the relationship between democracy, social inequality and economic growth.
Time:17:00 for 17:30; Venue: Hiddingh Hall
17 October 2012:Music in the City: Justin Krawitz. Following appearances at venues and festivals in several parts of Europe this year, pianist Justin Krawitz will present a program of contemporary piano music as part of GIPCA's Music in the City series. With his work as a 2011 Donald Gordon Creative Arts Fellow as a base, this concert features both local and international composers, and draws significantly on Krawitz’s experience working with living composers.
Time:17:00 for 17:30; Venue: Hiddingh Hall
18 October 2012: Great Texts / Big Questions:Anton Harber. Award-winning author and editor Anton Harber will discuss why he chooses journalism in the final 2012 Great Texts/Big Questions public lecture. Harber will examine the changing work and role of journalists in the storm created by new technology, and state and commercial pressures, referencing his book Diepsloot and drawing on texts by Tiyo Soga, George Orwell and Eduardo Galeano.
Time:17:00 for 17:30; Venue: Hiddingh Hall
24 October 2012:Music in the City: The UCT Jazz Voices with Mike Rossi. The highly acclaimed jazz vocal group The UCT Jazz Voices, directed by Amanda Tiffin, will perform well known jazz standards and South African favourites arranged for jazz choir at GIPCA's final 2012 Music in the City concert. The vocal ensemble will be joined by woodwind specialist Mike Rossi, who has recently returned from two European tours that included performances in England, Austria and Italy.
Time:17:00 for 17:30; Venue: Hiddingh Hall
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