WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS in 2017

Please join me as we welcome the following new members into the SADVO family:
Portia Malapane (Soprano)
Jabulile Sithole (Soprano)
Nicole Diale (Mezzo)

Schubert Mass in Strings Concert

The UL Chamber Choir invites all classical music lovers and choral music fanatics to a lively concert as follows:

Date: 

12 September 2015

Venue : 

NG Oos Kerk

 (Polokwane, 100 Jones Street)

Time: 6pm

Entrance Fee: R100 

(Includes Snacks and Free CD)

Contact Thabe

0749986863(c)

0152682337(w)

2015 CALENDAR

Date	Activity	Purpose	Venue
05 February  2015 (Thursday, 5-6pm)	First Meeting	Confirm ensemble composition Confirm ensemble leadership Confirm 2015 plan	Studio, 2nd Floor
07 February 2015 (Saturday, 3-5pm)	Workshop	Team building, Music, conducting, solo performances	Studio, 2nd Floor
10 February 2015 (Tuesday)	Church Performance Rehearsal	Confirm song repertoire and program Confirm instrumentals and soloists	Studio, 2nd Floor
12 February 2015 (Thursday)	Church Performance Rehearsal	Confirm song repertoire and program Confirm instrumentals and soloists	Studio, 2nd Floor
13 February 2015 (Friday)	Church Rehearsal	Dress Performance	Studio, 2nd Floor
15 February 2015	Performance	Church Service	Lutheran Church
22 March 2015	Church Performance	Perform liturgical songs during service	NG Oos Kerk
12 April 2015	Church Performance	Perform liturgical songs during service	Turf Catholic Church
25 April 2015, 3pm	Dress Rehearsal	5-Year Celebration Final Rehearsal	Great Tiro Hall
26 April 2015	Church Performance	Perform liturgical songs during service	Mokopane NG Kerk
26 April 2015, 5pm	Gala Dinner	5-Year Celebration Performance	Great Tiro Hall
19 September, 5-7pm	Schubert Mass Strings	Ultimate Schuberiat Concert Recording	NG Oos Kerk
12 December 2015	Christmas Carols	Perform xmas and sacred songs	Swaziland

2010-2015 of SADVO: A 5-YEAR CELEBRATION

On March 2010 a 16 member vocal ensemble was formed and its name was "South African Dancing Voices". The ensemble sang a plethora of songs and even made some of its own compositions. Songs about peace, love, justice, and world cultures were performed in sacred places and in concerts. The group performed in  Gauteng, Mamelodi(2011), Durban (Kwazulu-Natal) in 2011 and 2012, at the University of Pretoria, in Soweto, and various other places around Limpopo. The ensemble has been involved in various Community Building projects and Music Development projects with various high schools and foundation schools in the province. 2014 saw us perform extensive works from the classical era with Franz Schubert Mass and a Tribute to SJ Khosa jointly with a local ensemble "Dipela" with a 28-member ochestra led by Maestro Michael Dingaan.

2015 marks our 5 years of existence and we reflects back to the years of the spanish "El Grillo", the African-American spiritual "Mary had a baby", our very own "Let's keep the music alive", the German fugue "Die Nachtigal", and our very own improvised Mozart's cannon "Ave Maria".

We are going to be joined by all previous and present SADVO members as we celebrate this musical history in style. All former members are invited. The repertoire showcases a snippet on each year from 2010-2014.

Date: 26 April 2015
Venue: University of Limpopo, Great Tiro Hall
Time: 15h00-17h00

The repertoire

(a selection of a few songs performed by SADVO during 2010-2014)

***

1. Let’s keep the music alive (Thabe Matsebatlela) 
2. Mohla Jesu a tla boa (Thabe Matsebatlela & Chris Mathews)
3. Come where my love lies dreaming (Stephen Foster)
4. El Grillo (Josquin des Pres) 
5. Born on a New Day (Philip Lawson)
6. Come, Thou Fount (Robert Robinson) 
7. At Gethsemane (Robert Leaf) 
8. Die Nachtigall (Felix Mendelssohn) 
9. Viva la musica (arr. Thabe Matsebatlela) 
10. Dona nobis pacem (Wolfgang Mozart)
11. Voice Dance (Greg Jasperse)
12. Fill us with your love (Tom Colvin) 
13. Hear my Prayer (Moses Hogan) 
14. Limpopo keya rona (Thabe Matsebatlela)
15. Fiela (arr. Thabe Matsebatlela)
16. Ave Maria (Wolfgang Mozart)
17. Esto Les Digo (Kinley Lange) 
18. Mary had a baby (arr. Thabe Matsebatlela)
19. My God is so High (Moses Hogan)
20. Angels watching over me (Stefan Obendorf) 
21. Joy is like the rain (Miriam Winter)  
22. I’ll do my best (Jeremy Dalton) 
23. If you work hard (Shalati Joseph Khosa)
24. In praise of brotherly love (Shalati Joseph Khosa) 
25. I won’t have to cross Jordan alone (arr. Thabe Matsebatlela)

A Tribute to SJ Khosa by UL CHAMBER CHOIR & DIPELA

MINTIRHO YA VULAVULA

Date: 22 November 2014, Saturday

Time: 18h00

Venue: NG Oos Kerk(Polokwane)

Purpose: To honour the works of SJ Khosa

	Song	Composer
1	Matimba ya vuhimbeleri	Dr S J Khosa
2	Vun'we	Dr S J Khosa
3	Matsalwa	Dr S J Khosa
4	Afrika Lontshwa	Dr S J Khosa
5	In praise of Brotherly Love	Dr S J Khosa
6	Dinoko tsa Phalaborwa	Dr S J Khosa
7	Nkulungwana hi Dzonga	Dr S J Khosa
8	Chunchani mindzwalo	Dr S J Khosa
9	Limpopo	Dr S J Khosa
10	N’wamilenge	Dr S J Khosa
11	Famban’ kahle	Dr S J Khosa
12	Mintirho ya vulavula	Dr S J Khosa
13	If you work hard	Dr S J Khosa
14	Be still my soul	Jean Sibelius
15	Retang Morena	Mr P M Manamela
16	O Lord My God	Mr P M Manamela
17	Bjatladi	Mr P Mamabolo
18	Thuto	Mr P Mamabolo
19	Local Folk Songs	Local

UPDATED SADVO MEMBER LIST (as at SEPTEMBER 2014)

SOPRANO
Adelaide Gininda
Dealorite Shikwambana
Mixo Sibiya
Theodore Machave
Mogoshadi Moifo

MEZZO
Aza Ngcwabe
Lethabo Masha
Precious Mohlangu
Khomotso Sekonye
Mahlatse Nailana

TENOR
Tinyiko Bevula
Beron Mabukela
Kgomo Phuti
Secret Mohlala
Mahlatse Thema
Emmanuel Masenamela
James Lehlokoa
Ekundayo Ayeku (Pianist)

BASS
Mandla Mnisi
Vhutshilo Tshivalo
Thato Phosa
Sello Ndebele
Thabo Sekonya
Holeng Masemola

2014 Planner SO FAR...

12 September 2014    Onkgopotse Tiro Memorial Performance with UL Choristers

28 September 2014    Guest Choir at ELCSA CHURCH CHOIR COMPETITIONS

25 October 2014         SJ Khosa Tribute Concert (with Dipela)

15 November 2014     Schubert Mass Recording
16 November 2014     Schubert Mass Church Performance

30 November 2014     World AIDS Day Concert

5-8 December 2014    UKN Music School Visit & Schubert Mass with Ochestra

2014 Goals

·         Produce a CD on Schubert Mass in G

·         Produce a DVD on Schubert Mass in G

·         Produce a music score sheet in tonic solfa for Mass in G by Schubert

·         Produce a CD for Basic Choir training and Rehearsal Techniques

·         Produce a DVD for Basic Choir training and Rehearsal Techniques

·         Foster International and National Collaboration

·         Foster music discipline and high level of musicianship