Ihlombe South African Choral Festival

An enchanting programme every choral music enthusiast will enjoy

The Inaugural Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival takes place internationally and will be visiting our Cape Town shores on 6 – 8 August 2010.

The South African Choral Festival will include 36 choral directors, 15 workshops with renowned choral leaders, 11 concerts - including individual and joint choral performance opportunities, thrilling choral exchanges and 2,000+ performers overall in all the concerts and workshops. 

The premise of the Ihlombe festival is to offer South African audiences an opportunity to hear the most diverse and exciting South African and American choral groups.

Each concert will have different choirs participating with their own music repertoire and conductor,s and will end with a South African piece learned at workshops and conducted by leading South African conductors.

A short overview of the programme:

Langa Community Hall
Three international choirs participating and two local choirs

Date: 6th August at 19h30

Venue: Langa Community Center Hall, Langa

University of the Western Cape: Great Hall
A symposium day with several workshops and 3 concerts, with 16 top SA and 4 International choirs participating!

Date: 7th August from 9h00

Venue: The Great Hall, University of the Western Cape

Concert times: 11h30, 14h30 and 19h30

St George’s Cathedral

Date: 8th August at 10h00

Venue: St George’s Cathedral, High Mass, Cape Town

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