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27 March 2023
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Story Valentino Ndaba
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This year, the University of the Free State will witness one of its biggest graduation seasons yet. A total of 19 ceremonies will take place this April. The Qwaqwa Campus will host four ceremonies from 14 to 15 April and the Bloemfontein Campus will host fifteen celebrations from 18 to 22 April 2023.
A grand total of 8 628 graduates will walk across the stage throughout the seven days. In addition, four honorary doctorates will also be conferred. Prof Stephen Brown will be awarded the Council Medal, Prof Mattheus Lötter is to receive the Chancellor's Medal.
Qwaqwa Campus Graduation Ceremonies
Bloemfontein and South Campus Graduation Ceremonies
For more information on guides and attires, click here.
Download the graduation schedule
here.
Odeion: Odeion Sinfonia, 23 October
2008-09-15
Odeion Sinfonia
23 October,
Odeion
19:30
Programme
- Albinoni: Adagio with organ (organist, Jan Beukes).
- Haydn: Cello concerto in D major (cellist: JC Jacobs)
- Bruch: Concerto for string orchestra.
It is the recently redescovered Bruch Concerto's premier performance in South Africa. It is a wonderful work completed in the year of his death in 1920.
JC Jacobs is a young Bloemfontein student recently returned from an extensive study period in Chicago,USA.
It will be his first performance as soloist with the Odeon Sinfonia since his return.