Don’t miss the four-day Michaelhouse Music Festival
The festival starts on Thursday with a programme entitled Choral Sounds celebrating the beauty of the human voice with young singers from UP Youth Choir, Michaelhouse, Constantia Park and Howick Prep.
MUSIC lovers, head to the hills for the third annual Michaelhouse Music Festival, taking place over the month-end April long weekend.
The four-day festival kicks off on Freedom Day on Thursday, 27 April and concludes on Sunday, 30 April.
Pietermaritzburg’s very own Idols star and student teacher and last year’s winner of Idols SA season 12 Noma Khumalo who will be joined by legendary vocalist Sibongile Khumalo
Regular music gig, Music in The Hills, moves for the weekend from its regular home The Knoll Barn to Michaelhouse especially for the Michaelhouse Music Festival, so their line up will be part of the festival.
The festival starts on Thursday with a programme entitled Choral Sounds celebrating the beauty of the human voice with young singers from UP Youth Choir, Michaelhouse, Constantia Park and Howick Prep.
Friday afternoon sees the KZN Youth Orchestra take to the stage for an easy listening gentle Friday afternoon programme of orchestral favourites. The evening highlight will be two of South Africa’s most loved voices who share generations of talent, and a last name: Sibongile Khumalo and Noma Khumalo.
Saturday starts the day with some musical nostalgia with Days Gone By performed by the Michaelhouse Staff Music Quintet. There will be a lunch recital of classical marimba music.
Saturday evening see some of the best contemporary performers on stage together: The Kiffness; Rubber Duc; Easy Freak and Pillar Box Red.
A gentle start to Sunday morning with Two’s Company but a Trio’s Better performing music from Beethoven and Mozart played professional musicians on flute, violin and viola.
The Sunday mid morning concert is Choral Elite with the KZN Midlands Youth Choir, the new Drakondale Girls’ Choir, Clifton Notties Prep Choir and Pmb Children’s Choir.
The lunch time concert features Youth Performers with the KZN Philharmonic Ensemble under the baton of William Silk with the KZN Midlands Youth Choir and soloists. Sunday afternoon sees Christopher Duigan (piano) and Junnan Sun (clarinet) performing piano and clarinet sonatas and variations by Saint-Saëns and Rossini.
The weekend programme wraps up with a rousing finale comprising the phenomenal KZN Philharmonic Conducted by Richard Cock and William Silk featuring KZN Midlands Youth Choir, Clifton Notties Prep Choir, Drakondale Girls’ Choir, PMB Childrens’ Choir, Michaelhouse Chapel Choir and a number of soloists.
Contact the school on 033 234 1000 or www.michaelhouse.org. Tickets are available to purchase from www.tickethut.co.za/michaelhouse.
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