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OSM Wind Bands Gala Concert
2018-04-14

14 April 2018

Odeion

18:00

The Odeion School of Music (OSM) will present the OSM Wind Bands Gala Concert at the Odeion Auditorium on Saturday 14 April as a culmination of their Wind Bands Festival and Conductor’s Workshop. The Free State Youth Wind Ensemble, conducted by main workshop presenter Gerben Grooten, will première Noel Stockton’s Marche Amusant as the concert overture. Thereafter each conductor will have the opportunity to conduct their specific works. The conductors include Anton Esterhuyse, Hatting Davel, Itumeleng Pooe, Joseph Carlo, Joseph Moilwa, Joas Erasmus, Heinrich Lategan, Eslon Hindundu, Tuhafeni Michael and Renier de Bruin.

Some of the works that will be conducted include Majestia (James Swearingen), Ammerland (Jacob De Haan), Whirlwind (James Curnow), March from the Second Suite in F (Gustav Holst), Acclamations (Ed Huckeby), and Sinatra in Concert (Jerry Nowak). After interval, the Johannesburg Youth Wind Band, under the baton of Etienne Mecloen, will thrill audiences with The Light Eternal (Swearingen), Dam Busters March (Eric Coates), Florentiner March (Julius Fucik) and The Mask of Zorro (James Horner).

ADMISSION: R50

Tickets available at Computicket, at the doors or online at http://online.computicket.com/web/

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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OSM OPENING CONCERT

 

 

19 March 2015

Odeion

19:30

 

The OSM is proud to present its annual Opening Concert.  During the first half of the programme top students of the OSM will perform.  They include William Earl (piano), Heinrich Lategan (percussion), Naledi Dweba (clarinet), Tinamari & Margot Viljoen (piano) and Kgaugelo Mpyane (tenor) together with pianist Cézarre Strydom.

 

After the interval, the OSM CAMERATA (OSMC), will perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D, K.504 (commonly known as the Prague Symphony) as well as the well-known aria Lascia ch’io pianga from the opera Rinaldo by Georg Friedrich Handel to be recited by mezzo soprano Bertha Menyatso. 

 

The OSMC will be conducted by Xavier Cloete - laureate of the Len van Zyl National Orchestral Conducting Competition (2013).  In the spirit of the OSMC’s dedication to excellence and mentorship, Eddy Marcano - the Artistic director of the Simón Bolívar Conservatory of Music (Venezuela), will serve as guest concertmaster to the OSMC for this concert.  Marcano will be in Bloemfontein on the 19th of March as the prime instructor of the UNISA Music Foundation Violin Symposium.

 

ADMISSION

R110 (adults)

R70 (pensioners)

R60 (UFS staff)

R40 (students and learners)

R40 (group bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

 

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 – 401 2504)

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