SMV Nuusbrief 1/2013

Nuwejaarswense.

Die bestuur van die SMV wens al ons getroue,  entoesiastiese lede ‘n baie genotvolle, ontspanne en harmonieuse jaar toe. Ons hoop om in 2013 aan u ‘n wye verskeidenheid hoogstaande optredes te kan bring. Our little village still consistently competes with the big towns and even cities to bring you artists of international repute. Thank you for your continued support to make this possible.

Voorlopige jaarprogram vir 2013.

The program for the year is summarised on the blog. Please note that there will be no concert in March as most of the committee will be absent during this month. However, we feel the rest of the year will make up for this.

1.Sondagaand 17 Februarie 2013 om 19.30, is die eerste musiekwaarderingsaand van die jaar. Johan Radloff spreek ons toe oor “Die Wals”, wat hy toelig met uitgesoekte musiek op CD’s en beeldmateriaal op DVD’s. Diegene wat laasjaar sy musiekwaardering oor ”Paasfees” gehoor het, sal weet dat dit ‘n aand is wat niemand behoort mis te loop nie.

2.On Thursday night 25 April 2013, Megan-Geoffrey Prince, will perform for us. He hails from Riversdale, was the first recipient of a bursary awarded by the Stilbaai Music Society and has since done us proud.

A very brief summary of his extensive CV states that in 2001 he was a finalist in the Sanlam Music Competition, received the award for the most promising participant younger than 10 years and was announced overall winner. Since then he has played with all the mayor symphony orchestras in South Africa.

More recently he won the organ category in the ABSA National Youth Music Competition in 2006, the National Arts Trust Music Competition in 2007 and the National Artscape Competition in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

In 2011 he was placed second at the highly prestigious UNISA National Piano Competition and in 2012 won all the South African awards at the UNISA International Piano Competition.  He was recently invited to attend master classes in Paris and partook in the Amalfi Coast Arts Festival in Italy. He has been invited to study at the highly prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music in 2013. He is currently gathering funds to realize this trip and by attending his performance we will help him in his goal!

3.Later in die jaar volg nog ‘n hele paar optredes om na uit te sien. Ons onderhandel tans met Con Spirito, ‘n groep van Pretoria bestaande uit ‘n ensemble van klavier, viool en Franse horing om in Meimaand vir ons te kom optree. In Junie hoop ons om die kitaarduo wat optree onder die naam “Vivace” te ontvang. Albei die jong manne het hulle MMus grade in uitvoerende kunste aan die Universiteit van Pretoria behaal asook lisensiate deur UNISA en speel reeds van 2006 saam. Hulle het verskeie oorsese toere onderneem, meesterklasse bygewoon en speel op handgemaakte kitare deur Hans van den Berg, eg Suid-Afrikaanse instrumente. Vivace se program bestaan uit musiek van die 17de eeu tot Lennon en Mcartney-verwerkings en transkripsies van klaviermusiek van Spanje en Brasil wat alles in ‘n klassieke styl vertolk word.

Ons onderhandel tans met die Stellenbosch Universiteitskoor vir ‘n optrede gedurende die tweede helfte van die jaar en het nog n paar ander verrassings.

4.Members Subscriptions. Please always remember that our Society is a society not for gain but purely for the benefit of the community.We ask members to pay their subs as soon as possible to enable us to finalise all performances for the year.