AMERICAN CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Classical Movements has been working in South Africa since 1994, and in that time has taken over 75 ensembles from all over the world on concert tours to this Musical Nation. Since 1999 we have been presenting the annual Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival across the country, and is the company that brought the Minnesota Orchestra on their groundbreaking tour to South Africa in 2018, proudly announces two renowned American ensembles to perform in South Africa this August and September.
Classical Movements takes on a multi-faceted role in this, and is acting as the impresario for both of these tours – paying all expenses from airfare, accommodation and meals over local transportation and rentals to venue fees and marketing costs – thereby underlining the dedication to the project and the value of this opportunity to local audiences and students as well as the American groups.
Beyond the concerts that they will play in different cities, another focal point of these projects will be masterclasses and workshops with local university and high school students and community ensembles and organizing free community concerts in addition to the bigger concert venues we will be presenting the groups at. The musicians will be working with the University of South Africa (Pretoria), North-West University (Potchefstroom), the University of Stellenbosch, the University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Concert Brass, St. Stithians Boys’ College, multiple wind bands in the Western Cape, and a brass ensemble in Soweto, with many other exciting collaborations in the works. Furthermore, we will be offering highly discounted student tickets for many of the performances to make it as accessible as possible to see these American musicians perform live.
