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Stockton Revealed
2018-03-04

Stockton Revealed

4 March 2018

Odeion

16:00

Stockton Revealed is an unique concert with a variety of Classical and Jazz compositions by well known celebrated composer and pianist, Noel Stockton.

Noel Stockton has established a wide reputation as a leading arranger, composer, performer, teacher and Jazz educator. He has been involved in all spheres of music for over fifty years.

Born in Benoni, Noel was a member of many well known South African bands in his youth, and broadcast extensively during the fifties and sixties. Subsequently he has conducted, arranged and composed, and performed for jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras and wind bands.

SAMRO commissions (compositions) include Manguang Suite (premièred and conducted by Dr F Fennell, USA), Concerto for Stageband premièred in 1994, by the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra Conversation Piece (Suite for String Quartet and Clarinet), Sol Y Sombra (Suite for String Quartet, Castanets and Clarinet.). Other compositions include Adagio for Strings, South African Folk Song Rhapsody, Invictus (orchestral prelude) for Jazz quartet and Symphony Orchestra, Gossip for Saxophone and String Orchestra and Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano.

Productions as music director/conductor include Pacofs Goes Pop, Noel Stockton Big Band Shows I and II, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Snoopy!!!!!, Die Goue Kring (also composer), Met Permissie Gesê, Romeo and Juliet, Brommer in die Boord, Nathaniel and Stockton in Concert, Grease, The Wiz, Sound of Music (for Eunice High School) and Flamenco - Jazz Fiesta.

Noel was a member of the PACOFS Symphony Orchestra and Senior Lecturer at the Musicon in Bloemfontein for 17 years, and lecturer in Jazz Studies and Theory at the University of the Free State and Pretoria University.

Musicians who will perform, include Noel Stockton (piano), the Nöthling-Strydom Duo (with Danrè Strydom – clarinet and Grethe Nöthling – piano), Francois Henkins (violin), Elspeth Neary (violin), Anna van Niekerk (viola), Anmari van der Westhuizen (cello), Tilla Henkins (cello), Geruan Geldenhuys (flute), Xavier Cloete (bassoon), Marco D’Angelo (trumpet), George Foster (tuba), Petro Engelbrecht (piano), Lesley-Ann Mathews (piano) and Jasmin Antonie (castanets).

PROGRAMME:

  • Six short pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Antiphonals for Trumpet and Piano
  • Diversions for Violin, Recorder and Piano
  • Invocation and Chant for solo V’Cello and Bembe
  • Three pieces for Clarinet and Piano
  • Sonatina for Tuba and Euphonium (Bassoon)
  • Sol Y Sombra Suite (in honour of Uys Krige)
  • Dance suite for Flute and String Quartet

ADMISSION

  • R70 (adults)
  • *R50 (pensioners)
  • *R50 (UFS staff)
  • *R40 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)

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

*Please note that tickets for pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID has to be presented to qualify for the above mentioned discount.

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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An Evening with Kobie Kloppers

5 October 2013
Odeion
19:30

Staff and students of the OSM will present a special concert in honour of Kobie Kloppers.

Jacobus (Kobie) Kloppers (born in 1937 in Krugersdorp) has taught musicology and organ in South Africa and Canada and given organ recitals, including broadcast work for the SABC and CBC.  He has served as a church organist, examiner, composer and organ advisor. He served on the Organ Advisory Committee of the Winspear Centre (1994 - 2002), Edmonton and oversaw the final voicing of the new Davis Concert Hall Organ in the Centre.  He is a member of the Canadian League of Composers, voting member of the Canadian Music Centre, The Edmonton Composers Concert Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. His musical compositions have been performed and broadcast in Europe, the Americas, Hong Kong, and South Africa.

Kobie Kloppers served professor in organ and musicology as well as chairperson of the music department at the King’s University College in Edmonton (Alberta; Canada) from 1979 - 2008.  After his retirement in 2008, he continued as full-time lecturer in organ and musicology at King’s and adjunct professor in keyboard at the University of Alberta until 2013. After completing his undergraduate studies and organ licentiate in South Africa, he continued his studies in Frankfurt am Main: organ with Helmut Walcha at the Musikhochschule (1961 - 1965), and musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University (1961 - 1966). 

His compositions (around 70) include works sponsored by the Canada Council, CBC, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts and Music Fund at Mount Allison University (Sackville, New Brunswick), the South African Foundation for the Creative Arts and various private sponsors. 

Organists Jan Beukes, Eljee du Plooy, Luzanne Eigelaar and pianist Cèzarre Strydom, will perform during the concert.

PROGRAMME:

Chorale Prelude on Valet will ich dir geben
Chorale Prelude on Wie gross ist des allmächtigen Güte
Pastorale on Ps 23
Choral Prelude on Ps 25
Introduction and Toccata on Lass uns Erfreuen
Partita on In Dulci Jubilo
Partita on The Old Hundredth
Dance Suite for organ duet
Dialektiese Fantasie
Reflections: Prologue, Variations and Epilogue

ADMISSION:

R130 (adults), R90 (pensioners), R50 (students and learners), R50 (group booking of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

ENQUIRIES:    

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)

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