University of Pretoria Camerata
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The University Of Pretoria Camerata is one of five choirs that the University of Pretoria
, South Africa
has on its campus. The other four are The University Of Pretoria Chorale, The University Of Pretoria Youth Choir, The University Of Pretoria Children's Choir and the The University Of Pretoria Concert Choir.
The choir operates under the auspices of the Department of Music of the University Of Pretoria. The conductors have always aimed for high artistic values. The choir has previously been conducted by:
Camerata is generally a small choir with between 40 and 60 voices. The exact number differs between choir years.
), Messiah
(Handel
), Weihnachtsoratorium
(Bach
), Missa aulica (Mozart
), Mass in E Minor (Bruckner
), Requiem
(Fauré
), Requiem
(Mozart
), Ein deutsches Requiem
(Brahms
), Elijah
(Mendelssohn
), Magnificat
(Bach
), A Carol Cantata (Hendrik Hofmeyr
), Carmina Burana
(Orff
)
2010
The repertoire of 2010 includes:
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2009
The repertoire for 2009 consists of:
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2007
The Repertoire for 2007 includes:
From 2010 onwards the auditions are held as usual: a candidate must pass a standart audition, as well as "Know-your-music" audition, where he/she sings excerpts from the repertoire for the year to show the conductor that he/she knows the music.
The most recent CDs are:
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
has on its campus. The other four are The University Of Pretoria Chorale, The University Of Pretoria Youth Choir, The University Of Pretoria Children's Choir and the The University Of Pretoria Concert Choir.
Biography
The Camerata was officially established on 20 March 1968. Its mission is to make a contribution towards the cultural development of the student corps and the cultural enrichment of the community by means of choral singing. The choir also endeavours to promote a worthy image of the University Of Pretoria through striving towards the highest possible artistic standards together with a code of conduct that meets the highest requirements of companionship.The choir operates under the auspices of the Department of Music of the University Of Pretoria. The conductors have always aimed for high artistic values. The choir has previously been conducted by:
- Adolf Theron
- Willem van Tonder
- Petru Grabe
- Prof. Johann van der SandtJohann van der SandtJohann van der Sandt was born in the Free State Province of South Africa, He studied at the University of Pretoria where he obtained his B.Mus , B...
January 1999 - June 2008 - Richter Grimbeek From August 2008 (ad interim)
- Christo Burger From January 2009
Camerata is generally a small choir with between 40 and 60 voices. The exact number differs between choir years.
Highlights and achievements
- 1989 and 1993 - RoodepoortRoodepoort, GautengRoodepoort is an area in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens , is located in Roodepoort...
International Eisteddfod of South Africa, First Prize for Mixed Choirs - 1994 - Tallinn Choir Festival (EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
), First Prize for Mixed Choirs - 1996 - Fourth International Symposium on Choral Music, SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
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), Guest Choir - 1999 - International Choral Competition for Advent and Christmas Music, PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
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), Category Winners ans Overall winner of the competition - 2001 - SNK International Choral Competition ArnhemArnhemArnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...
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), Second Prize for Mixed Choirs - 2001 - Singkreis Porcia International Choral Competition, Spittal an der DrauSpittal an der DrauSpittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative centre of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau. It lies between the Lurnfeld area and the Lower Drava Valley. The city consists of the seven...
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), Winner - 2002 - 6th World Choral Symposium, Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
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), Guest Choir - 2004 - Concert Tour to the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 2006 - Concert Tour to KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
and TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state... - 2007 - Competition Tour to ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and concert tour to AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, first prize in the Jazz and Pop category at an 46th CA Seghizzi International Choral Competition, Gorizia.
Repertoire
The choirs larger scope works include: Misa Criolla (RamirezAriel Ramirez
Ariel Ramírez was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered "a chief exponent of Argentine folk music" and noted for his "iconic" musical compositions....
), Messiah
Messiah (Handel)
Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later...
(Handel
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
), Weihnachtsoratorium
Christmas Oratorio
The Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 incorporating music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a...
(Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
), Missa aulica (Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
), Mass in E Minor (Bruckner
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
), Requiem
Requiem (Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 between 1887 and 1890. This choral–orchestral setting of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead is the best known of his large works. The most famous movement is the soprano aria Pie Jesu...
(Fauré
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
), Requiem
Requiem (Mozart)
The Requiem Mass in D minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished at the composer's death. A completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned the piece for a requiem Mass to commemorate the...
(Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
), Ein deutsches Requiem
Ein deutsches Requiem
A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest...
(Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
), Elijah
Elijah (oratorio)
Elijah, in German: Elias, is an oratorio written by Felix Mendelssohn in 1846 for the Birmingham Festival. It depicts various events in the life of the Biblical prophet Elijah, taken from the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings in the Old Testament....
(Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
), Magnificat
Magnificat (Bach)
The Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, is a major vocal work of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed for orchestra, a five-part choir and four or five soloists. The text is the canticle of Mary, mother of Jesus, as told by Luke the Evangelist .Bach composed an initial version in E flat major in 1723...
(Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
), A Carol Cantata (Hendrik Hofmeyr
Hendrik Hofmeyr
Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr is among the younger generation of South African composers. Born in Cape Town, he furthered his studies in Italy during 10 years of self-imposed exile as a conscientious objector. While there, he won the South African Opera Competition with The Fall of the House of Usher...
), Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana (Orff)
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana...
(Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:...
)
2010
The repertoire of 2010 includes:
- Ave Maris Stella ~ Javier BustoJavier BustoJavier Busto Sagrado was born in Hondarribia in the Basque Country of Spain.-Career:Busto graduated as a medical doctor from Valladolid University. In 1995 he created and founded the women's choir Kanta Cantemus Korua...
- Bin-Nam-Ma (Lluvia Larga - Edless Rain) ~ Alberto Grau
- Dies Irae
- Ecco ~ Pieter Bezuidenhout
- The Elegy of Anne Boleyn ~ Jeffrey Biegel
- Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock ~ Heinrich SchutzHeinrich SchützHeinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
- Neišeik, Saulala ~ Vytautas MiškinisVytautas MiškinisVytautas Miškinis is a Lithuanian music composer and professor, who has been Choir Director of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre conservatory since 1985. He has also served as Artistic Director of the Ąžuoliukas youth choir.He began his career in Azuoliukas at the age of seven as a...
- Salve Regina ~ David N. Childs
- Verleih Uns Frieden ~ Felix MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
- Voices of Autumn ~ Jackson HillJackson HillJackson Hill may refer to:*Jackson Hill , American composer*Jackson Hill, Indiana, an unincorporated settlement in the United States*Jackson Hill Park, a park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA...
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2009
The repertoire for 2009 consists of:
- In Remembrance (From Requiem) ~ Eleanor Daley
- Agnus Dei ~ Frank MartinFrank Martin (composer)Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:...
- Audi, et ego loquar ~ Niel van der WattNiel van der WattNiel van der Watt is a South African composer. Well known for his choral compositions, he has also established himself as a leading composer of chamber music.-Education:...
- Daemon Irrepit Callidus ~ György Orbán
- Sing Joyfully ~ William ByrdWilliam ByrdWilliam Byrd was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard and consort music.-Provenance:Knowledge of Byrd's biography expanded in the late 20th century, thanks largely...
- Gloria ~ Ralph Hoffman
- A Jubilant Song ~ René ClausenRené ClausenRené Clausen is an American composer, conductor of The Concordia Choir, and associate professor of music at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota...
- Cover me with the Night ~ Peter Katzow
- Gamelan ~ R. Murray SchaferR. Murray SchaferRaymond Murray Schafer is a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book The Tuning of the World...
- He Never Failed Me Yet ~ Traditional African-American Spiritual
- Voices of Autumn ~ Jackson HillJackson HillJackson Hill may refer to:*Jackson Hill , American composer*Jackson Hill, Indiana, an unincorporated settlement in the United States*Jackson Hill Park, a park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA...
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2007
The Repertoire for 2007 includes:
- Ag, As Ek Maar Net Vlerke Soos 'n Duif Kon Gehad Het ~ Niel van der WattNiel van der WattNiel van der Watt is a South African composer. Well known for his choral compositions, he has also established himself as a leading composer of chamber music.-Education:...
(*1962-) - Ave, Maris Stella ~ Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
(1843–1907) - Bohemian Rhapsody ~ QueenQueen (band)Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
- Come Again, Sweet Days ~ John DowlandJohn DowlandJohn Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has...
(1697) - Hear My Prayer, O Lord ~ Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
(1659–1695)/Sven-David SandströmSven-David SandströmSven-David Sandström is a Swedish composer best known for his compositions operas, oratorios, battets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.Sandström studied art history and musicology at Stockholm University...
(*1928-) - De Profundis ~ Giuseppe Cappotto
- Geburten ~ Andrea Venturini
- Cloudburst ~ Eric WhitacreEric WhitacreEric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
(*1970-) - Text by Octavio PazOctavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:... - Her Sacred Spirit Soars ~ Eric WhitacreEric WhitacreEric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
(*1970-) - Hymne (Dein Sind In Die Himmel) ~ Josef RheinbergerJosef RheinbergerJosef Gabriel Rheinberger was a German organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein.-Short biography:...
(1839–1901) - Java Jive ~ Ben Oakland arranged by Kirby Shaw
- Jezus Es Kufarok ~ Zoltán KodályZoltán KodályZoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....
- Jesus Se Oprag En Seen ~ Chris LamprechtChris LamprechtChris Lamprecht, aka MinorThreat, is regarded as the first person to be banned from the Internet. After being sentenced to 70 months in prison for money laundering, Lamprecht was also given a punishment of no access to the Internet until 2003....
- Kyrie from Mass In E-Flat Major ~ Josef RheinbergerJosef RheinbergerJosef Gabriel Rheinberger was a German organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein.-Short biography:...
(1839–1901) - Mitä kaikatat, kivonen ~ Mia Makaroff (*1971-)
- Psalm 23 ~ Chris LamprechtChris LamprechtChris Lamprecht, aka MinorThreat, is regarded as the first person to be banned from the Internet. After being sentenced to 70 months in prison for money laundering, Lamprecht was also given a punishment of no access to the Internet until 2003....
- Roads ~ Steve DobrogoszSteve DobrogoszSteve Dobrogosz is an American pianist and composer.Dobrogosz was born in 1956 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where he began...
- Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied ~ Felix MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
(1809–1847) - Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied ~ Hugo DistlerHugo DistlerHugo Distler was a German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer.-Life and career:...
- Regn Og Rusk Og Rosenbusk ~ Bo HoltenBo HoltenBo Holten is a Danish composer and conductor.He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles Ars Nova and Musica Ficta , as well as guest-conductor for the BBC Singers...
- Axuri Beltza ~ Arranged: Javier BustoJavier BustoJavier Busto Sagrado was born in Hondarribia in the Basque Country of Spain.-Career:Busto graduated as a medical doctor from Valladolid University. In 1995 he created and founded the women's choir Kanta Cantemus Korua...
- Biegga Luohte ~ Jan SandströmJan Sandström (composer)Jan Sandström is a Swedish classical music composer, known for the so-called Motorbike Concerto for trombone and orchestra and his choral setting of Es ist ein Ros entsprungen.-Career:...
- Die Dans van die Reën ~ Hendrik HofmeyrHendrik HofmeyrHendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr is among the younger generation of South African composers. Born in Cape Town, he furthered his studies in Italy during 10 years of self-imposed exile as a conscientious objector. While there, he won the South African Opera Competition with The Fall of the House of Usher...
- Drive My Car ~ The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
- Hymne à la Vierge ~ Pierre VillettePierre VillettePierre Villette was a French composer of choral and instrumental music.Villette was born into a musical family in 1926 at Duclair, Normandy. He studied with Maurice Duruflé before attending the Paris Conservatoire. Pierre Boulez was a fellow student but their careers followed very different paths...
- Përkonami Melni Zirgi ~ V. Šmidbergs
- Psalm 139 ~ Sven-David SandströmSven-David SandströmSven-David Sandström is a Swedish composer best known for his compositions operas, oratorios, battets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.Sandström studied art history and musicology at Stockholm University...
- Repleti Sunt Omnes ~ Martin Watt
- There Will be Rest ~ Frank Ticheli
- Ubi Caritas et Amor ~ Morten LauridsenMorten LauridsenMorten Johannes Lauridsen is an American composer. He was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 30 years.-Biography:Lauridsen was born February 27, 1943, in...
- Zure Boza Xabier Sarasola
- EXTENDED WORK: Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert ~ Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
Membership
Membership of the choir is open to all registered students of the University of Pretoria younger than 30 years. Candidates need to successfully pass and audition in order to be accepted into the choir. The choir auditions for the year 2009 differed from the traditional Camerata auditions mainly because of the new conductor (Christo Burger). Candidates simply had to sing a traditional folklore song and after that do vocal tests. The auditions were held from the 28th January to the 5th of March 2009. After that the 2009 choir was announced, and rehearsals began.From 2010 onwards the auditions are held as usual: a candidate must pass a standart audition, as well as "Know-your-music" audition, where he/she sings excerpts from the repertoire for the year to show the conductor that he/she knows the music.
Cultural development
The choir regards it as its duty to play a formative role in the cultural-spiritual endowment of its members within the milieu of discipline and commitment. Amidst the great need for expertise in choral conducting, the Tuks Camerata endeavours to be a training ground for future choir conductors.The conductor
With Johann van der Sandt's departure in June 2008, the Camerata employed Christo Burger as official new conductor.Upcoming performances
The 2009 program has not yet been finalised, so no official performance dates can be posted.Recordings
The choir has released a number of CDs in conjunction with the Singkronies Chamber Choir, The University Of Pretoria Chorale and Cant'Afrika.The most recent CDs are:
- An international Collection of Choral Music - The University Of Pretoria Camerata (2006)
- Khutso - Chant for Peace - Singkronies Chamber Choir, The University Of Pretoria Chorale and Cant'Afrika (2006)