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The Stellenbosch University Choir conducted by André van der Merwe will present a series of concerts in May and June. Their 2013 repertoire includes folk music from different countries, traditional African music, works by South African composers Niel van der Watt and Pieter van der Westhuizen, new choral music by John Rutter, Francis Grier and Ko Matsushita (Japan) and two works [...]

An Art Troupe from Zhejiang Normal University, a University located in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province in China is touring through Africa and will perform at Stellenbosch University’s Conservatory on 25 April 2013 at 19:00. The Zhejiang Art Troupe, a touring group of traditional dancers, singers and artists trained in classical and contemporary performance arts will [...]

On Friday 19 April the Endler Concert Series will host its annual Band Extravaganza in the Endler Hall at 20:00. Reminiscent of the Stellenbosch Band Festival that was last held several years ago, this Band Extravaganza not only features the University of Stellenbosch Brass Ensemble and the University of Stellenbosch Symphonic Wind Ensemble (USSBE), but [...]

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will make a rare stage appearance at the 10th annual Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) in July 2013. The esteemed Nobel Peace Prize-winner will be the narrator in a work by the South African composer Péter Louis van Dijk. Tutu has retired from public appearances but has made an exception [...]

As an official bid partner, Stellenbosch will in 2014 be part of the Cape Town World Design Capital (WDC) celebrations, and staff and students of the University have been invited to submit proposals for inclusion in the year-long programme. Successful projects will receive official WDC 2014 recognition, endorsement and promotion. “This is your opportunity to [...]

The Endler Concert Series will hold its annual fundraising concert featuring staff and students from the Department of Music at Stellenbosch University on 14 April at 16:30 in the Endler Hall. This year, the concert known as Klassieke Collage will focus on fun in music and the programme includes a mixed bag of somewhat more [...]

The Department of Visual Arts presents: Speaker: Jan-Henri Booyens Jan-Henri Booyens studied at the Durban Institute of Technology and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. His solo exhibitions include TECTONIC (Whatiftheworld, Cape Town 2010), PEOPLE USED TO DREAM ABOUT THE FUTURE (artSPACE Berlin 2009). HIs work has been described as “unashamedly Modern”, and [...]

The 2012 UNISA International Piano Competition Winner, virtuoso pianist Lukáš Vondráček, will perform in the Endler Hall on Monday 25 March at 20:00. This performance is part of a tour that forms part of his first prize at the competition. The prize also includes the making of a solo CD with local record company TwoPianists Records. At [...]

A packed programme of concerts performed by some of the most renowned musicians in the world is planned for the 10th Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) this year. In celebrating its 10th year, the festival will pull out all the stops to not only present brilliant concerts but also widen its scope to reach [...]

“The 14th Stellenbosch University (SU) Woordfees (Wordfest) was an enormous success. It is wonderful to see how the Woordfees (Wordfest) continues to grow,” said Prof Dorothea van Zyl, Director of SU’s Wordfest. The Wordfest ended on Sunday (10 March). Van Zyl highlighted the substantial growth of 13.3% in tickets sales from Computicket alone, and a [...]

Leon de Kock and Michiel Heyns, well-known local authors, will be in conversation with Jonathan Amid, doctoral student in English Studies. Leon is a current and Michiel a former professor of English at Stellenbosch University. Michiel is now a full-time author and renowned for novels such as The Children’s Day, Lost Ground and Invisible Furies. [...]

Students from Stellenbosch University (SU) and learners from various schools in the Stellenbosch area planted more than 500 “spekbome” in the Jan S Marais Park on Thursday (7 March). The project, Trees for Words II, annually forms part of the Stellenbosch University Woordfees (SU Wordfest). The schools taking part were Bloemhof, Stellenbosch High and Primary [...]

The last weekend of the popular Stellenbosch University (SU) Wordfest lies ahead and as expected many shows have already been sold out. However, there is still good news for those of you who left everything for the last minute. According to Melt Myburgh, Word Art Project Manager of the Word Festival, there are still tickets available [...]

Excellent theatre productions and interesting conversations are engaging audiences at the SU Wordfest, which runs until Sunday, 10 March. To be profiled is the highest honour the SU Wordfest can bestow on a writer, Prof Dorothea van Zyl, Wordfest director, said on Wednesday in a conversation with Verna Vels, trailblazer in the radio and television [...]

The Wordfest is in full swing and festival goers still have an array of productions look forward to. On Tuesday morning Lynette Francis asked the question whether South Africa will be a top-class country that reaches its people’s expectations in 2020, or will our country slide back into mediocrity and decline? This subject, with specific [...]