NEDERBURG NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECTACULA​R with the CAPE PHILHARMON​IC ORCHESTRA

For the 2nd year, by popular request, the Nederburg Wine Farm in Paarl is  graciously hosting a New Year’s Eve (31 December 2012) outdoor concert with music by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) conducted by South Africa’s celebrity conductor Richard Cock. The programme features international award-winning jazz vocalist Melanie Scholtz; Derick Ellis, a classical tenor, acknowledged world wide;  Selim Kagee, known for his beautiful...

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The Cape Town Goema Orchestra, 15 December 2012

Mac McKenzie's Goema Orchestra has moved into its fourth season, in what must surely be one of the most significant musical movements in South Africa in the last decade. The Goema Orchestra is a musical umbrella which is `goema' more in ethos than in sound, honing in on the movement of people and sounds and stories that created goema. The orchestra is debuting five new orchestral works by Cape Town based composers this weekend. This is probably...

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Cape Town Goema Orchestra – The South Atlantic Suite - Saturday 08 and 15 September 2012

The third concert season of the Cape Town Goema Orchestra will take place on 08 and 15 September at the SABC Auditorium in Sea Point. Led by Cape Town’s ‘goema captain’ Mac McKenzie, the orchestra will perform the première of The South Atlantic Suite, McKenzie’s third major orchestral work. “The Suite evokes dormant musical thoughts and practises deeply embedded in the memories of peoples from along the south western coast of Africa and eastern coast of South America, people who share a common ancestry and experiences born out of slavery”, says...

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Darren English Farewell Jazz Jam, 12 August 2012

Darren English, promising trumpeter and drummer, later this month (August 2012), is leaving for the USA to pursue his jazz studies at Georgia State University, under the wing of Dr Gordon Vernick. On Sunday, 12 August 2012, starting at 19:00, there will be a sendoff jazz jam for Darren at Club021(Swingers Jazz Pub) to raise some dollars for him. There is no fixed cover charge but you are asked to please make a donation. Club021 is at 1 Wetwyn...

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The South African Artists for Aids Awareness Concert 2012

The South African Artists for Aids Awareness Concert 2012 Sunday 29 July 2012, 18.30 - Artscape Theatre Entertainment for the entire family. Tickets cost R100 for this two hour concert and may be purchased from Artscape Dial-a-Seat 021 421 7695, Computicket, Shoprite and Checkers outlets, on line www.computicket.com or calling 0861 915 8000 The Africa Institute for HIV/AIDS Management, a non-profit organization linked to the Africa...

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City Hall Sessions (Cape Town): 5 to 7 July 2012

CITY HALL SESSIONS brings the heat to Cape Town’s winter with its second line-up for 2012, starting on Thursday 5 July, with its final show on Saturday 7 July. The three day ‘minifest’ of music will offer a range of voices and explore pieces from the jazz genre to contemporary African flavour. The opening night offers a feast for lovers of South African Jazz, with a big band experience directed by Silent Revolution Music, who also ran last year’s acclaimed “Winter Jazz Series”. The line-up includes featured principals such as Errol Dyers, Khaya...

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INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT (IGN) - Winter Season 2012

International Guitar Night (IGN) is a series of performances held every summer and winter to bring to our South African doorstep the world’s greatest and most accomplished acoustic guitar players of the world today. Renowned master of the craft, Australian virtuoso, Michael Fix is IGN’s international act this winter and giving a strong South African content to the evening is Tony Cox, who is considered to be one of South Africa's finest acoustic...

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Starlight, star bright...Steve Newman and Greg Georgiades in Nieu Bethesda - 28 July 2012

an invitation from Mikey Wentworth: For anyone seeking the glitz and glamour of a five-star holiday destination, I can only sympathize with your limited horizons. I recently arrived in Nieu Bethesda for an extended sabbatical. I was traveling from Cape Town and with each passing kilometer the angst and stresses of urban living were gradually shed and replaced with the anticipation of settling into a new space and the excitement of starting...

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BURN THE FLOOR - THE TEMPERATUR​E RISES - Artscape Opera House

ARTSCAPE in association with DANCE PARTNER PRODUCTIONS, JOBURG THEATRE, M-NET and HEART 104.9FM present BURN THE FLOOR - THE TEMPERATURE RISES Artscape Opera House 11 -  29 July 2012 Tuesday to Friday at 8pm Saturday 2pm & 8pm  Sunday 2pm & 6pm When Jozi residents were enjoying BURN THE FLOOR's sell-out season last year, the response from Cape Town residents was unprecedented, wanting thes how to tour, thus leading to...

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The Cape Town Monday Night Jazz Jam on Facebook

Please check out the Cape Town Monday Night Jazz Jam on Facebook? Cape Town Monday Night Jazz Jam Happens every Monday night Club021(Swingers Jazz Pub) 1 Wetwyn Road, Wetton, Cape Town Tel: +27 217622443 ...

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JAZZ AT THE NASSAU 24 June 2012

JAZZ AT THE NASSAU Nassau Centre,Groote Schuur High School, Palmyra Road, Newlands Sunday 24TH. June at 7-30pm Presents THE DARREN ENGLISH STANDARDS QUARTET featuring Darren English - Trumpet/Flugelhorn Nicholas Williams - Piano Wesley Rustin - Bass Jonno Sweetman - Drums Fred Kuit - Guest Pianist Plus THE  NY / SA COLLECTIVE featuring Nicky  Schrire (SA) - Vocals     Nick  Paul (USA) -  Piano Jonas ...

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BIG TIME! @ Artscape 16 June 2012

BIG TIME! will debut at Artscape’s Youth Day celebrations on 16 June 2012, preceded by a series of public workshops and rehearsals in the week leading up to the concert. BIG TIME! is a cross-cultural music exchange between five professional musicians from France and South Africa and eleven youth musicians from townships around Cape Town. The result is the BIG TIME! Orchestra, that will perform across Cape Town and nationally from June. Star...

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Babu @ Mahogany Room, 23 May 2012

The group Babu, consisting of Kesivan Naidoo - Drums and cymbals, Reza Khota - Guitar, Shane Cooper- Bass, Ronan Skillen - Tabla, Extended Percussion and Didgeridoo, presented an experience of brilliance at the Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town on 23 May 2012 with music that range from Fela Kuti to John Coltrane and their own eclectic compositions. On their website they introduce themselves like this: "Babu fuses the complexity...

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