Calendar
FORTHCOMING
Friday 24 January and Saturday 25 January 2025
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra at the Maynardville Open-Air Festival: Waves of Wonder
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre (20h15)
Wednesday 29 January 2025
VOX at the UCT Summer School: "Phases, Phrases, and Palindromes" with Grant McLachlan
Baxter Concert Hall (19h30)
Sunday 2 February 2025
Summer Sunset Symphony Concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (17h30)
Friday 14 March to Sunday 16 March 2025
VOX as Choir-in-Residence at the Mzanzi Conductors' Convention 2025
Cape Town International Conventional Centre
Friday 24 January and Saturday 25 January 2025
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra at the Maynardville Open-Air Festival: Waves of Wonder
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre (20h15)
Wednesday 29 January 2025
VOX at the UCT Summer School: "Phases, Phrases, and Palindromes" with Grant McLachlan
Baxter Concert Hall (19h30)
Sunday 2 February 2025
Summer Sunset Symphony Concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (17h30)
Friday 14 March to Sunday 16 March 2025
VOX as Choir-in-Residence at the Mzanzi Conductors' Convention 2025
Cape Town International Conventional Centre
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS
2024
Thursday 16 January 2025
Pre-Concert Talk: Friends' Benefit Gala (Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Festival at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45 AND 10h15, open to ticket-holders)
Wednesday 11 December and Thursday 12 December 2024
'O Holy Night': A Classical Symphonic Christmas
St George's Cathedral, Cape Town (18h00)
Sunday 8 December 2024
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with VOX
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant (11h00)
Sunday 1 December 2024
'Not Your Usual Nine Lessons': A Festival of Poetry and Carols with VOX
Rondebosch United Church (18h00)
Sunday 24 November 2024
2024 RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town: TM35
Sunday 17 November 2024
"From Roots to Renewal: A Celebration with VOX"
St Andrew's Church, Newlands (16h00)
Thursday 14 November 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "German Requiem" – Brahms: Ein Deutsches Reqiuem (Bernhard Gueller)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 19 October 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Italian Requiem" – Verdi: Messa da Reqiuem (Daniel Boico)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Friends of Orchestral Music Sunset Soirée: Inside the Violin
Bowmans, Bree Street, Cape Town (18h30 for 19h00)
Saturday 5 October 2024
Harmony on Tap: VOX at Jack Black's Brewing Co.
Jack Black's Taproom, Diep River (18h30 for 19h00)
Thursday 3 October 2024
How To: Drug Discovery
African Research Society, Faculty of Health Sciences (17h30)
Harmony on Tap: VOX at Jack Black's Brewing Co.
Jack Black's Taproom, Diep River (18h30 for 19h00)
Thursday 3 October 2024
How To: Drug Discovery
African Research Society, Faculty of Health Sciences (17h30)
Thursday 19 September 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Magnificent Mahler" – Mahler Symphony No. 7 (Arjan Tien)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Spring Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Thursday 5 September 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Illuminating Elgar" – Elgar, Gideon Fagan (Anthony Marwood, violin/Arjan Tien)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Spring Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 3 August and Sunday 4 August 2024
"Tree of Life" with VOX Cape Town at the Olympia Bakery
Olympia Bakery, Kalk Bay (20h00 and 17h00, respectively)
Friday 5 July to Sunday 14 July 2024
Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival 2024 (livestream presenter)
Stellenbosch Konservatorium
Thursday 20 June 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Honouring Youth" – Grieg, Dvorak (Isaac van der Merwe, piano/Bernhard Gueller)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Thursday 13 June 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Dutch Masters" – Handel, Mozart, Wilms (Jan Bartos, piano/Conrad van Alphen)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 8 June 2024
"Tree of Life" with VOX Cape Town at the Hermanus FynArts Festival
Dutch Reformed Church, Hermanus (18h30)
Thursday 6 June 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Tchaikovsky's Farewell – Schumann, Mozart, Tchaikovsky (James Austin Smith, oboe/Conrad van Alphen)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 25 May 2024
"A Peek Inside the VOX" – An open rehearsal with VOX Cape Town
Studio Rehearsal Room, Baxter Theatre Centre (11h00-13h00)
Friday 24 May 2024
Organs (and Organists) in Cape Town
Fine Music Radio (19h00-21h00)
Friday 17 May 2024
Famous Organs and Organists
Fine Music Radio (19h00-21h00)
Monday 6 May to Tuesday 7 May 2024
Adjudicator: Pretoria Eisteddfod 2024 (Choir Category)
Laerskool Tygerpoort, Shere
Tuesday 30 April 2024
"Changing the world, one molecule at a time"
Bishops Science Café, 18h00
Thursday 25 April 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Autumn Symphony Concert 4 – Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Dvorak (Conductor: Martin Pantaleev)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Symphony Season
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Thursday 18 April 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Autumn Symphony Concert 3 – Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Prokofiev (Conductor: Martin Pantaleev)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Symphony Season
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Tuesday 16 April to Friday 19 April 2024
Speaker: "A Comprehensive Workshop on Pre-Clinical Drug Discovery"
Hosted by the H3D Foundation, EU-OPENSCREEN and Fraunhofer ITMP, Cape Town
Thursday 4 April 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Autumn Symphony Concert 1 – Mozart, Gershwin, Prokofiev (Conductor: Adam Szmidt)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Symphony Season
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 9 March 2024
Presentation: "Seeding and nurturing a sustainable choral ecosystem – VOX Cape Town as a case study"
Mzanzi Conductors' Convention, Cape Town International Convention Centre
While the core of any choir is its singers, its 'musical family' extends to a much larger community encompassing composers, instrumentalists, those who host and promote performances and, of course, the audience! Musicologist Christopher Small coined the term "musicking" to describe the process of bringing together the many aspects of a musical performance and the varied relationships that are established between the participants that contribute to that performance.
This talk will describe how VOX Cape Town, since its inception in 2015 and arguably the Mother's City most active and versatile choral collective, has developed a sustainable choral ecosystem by fostering an engaged cohort of singers and a supportive audience, establishing collaborative relationships with composers and instrumentalists, and disseminating choral music widely through its recordings and on radio. VOX has primarily done this through its immersive, imaginative performances that span a range of musical styles and which have explored innovative concepts such as wine-and-music pairings and singing in the dark. Critically, these activities are underpinned by an inclusive sense of community which was keenly felt during the pandemic when regular in-person choral singing was not possible.
By drawing on the dozens of projects undertaken by VOX over the past decade, this talk will highlight lessons learnt along the way and offer tips for choirs who wish to build an engaged and loyal following of singers and supporters.
Sunday 11 February 2024
Summer Sunset Symphony Concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Mozart
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (17h30)
Friday 19 January to Sunday 21 January 2024
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra at Maynardville: Timeless and Immortal – Romeo and Juliet
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre (20h15)
Thursday 11 January 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Friends of Orchestral Music Benefit Concert – A Tchaikovsky Celebration (Soloist: Olga Kern)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Festival 2024
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Pre-Concert Talk: "Magnificent Mahler" – Mahler Symphony No. 7 (Arjan Tien)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Spring Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Thursday 5 September 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Illuminating Elgar" – Elgar, Gideon Fagan (Anthony Marwood, violin/Arjan Tien)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Spring Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 3 August and Sunday 4 August 2024
"Tree of Life" with VOX Cape Town at the Olympia Bakery
Olympia Bakery, Kalk Bay (20h00 and 17h00, respectively)
Friday 5 July to Sunday 14 July 2024
Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival 2024 (livestream presenter)
Stellenbosch Konservatorium
Thursday 20 June 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Honouring Youth" – Grieg, Dvorak (Isaac van der Merwe, piano/Bernhard Gueller)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Thursday 13 June 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Dutch Masters" – Handel, Mozart, Wilms (Jan Bartos, piano/Conrad van Alphen)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 8 June 2024
"Tree of Life" with VOX Cape Town at the Hermanus FynArts Festival
Dutch Reformed Church, Hermanus (18h30)
Thursday 6 June 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: "Tchaikovsky's Farewell – Schumann, Mozart, Tchaikovsky (James Austin Smith, oboe/Conrad van Alphen)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphonies at the City Hall
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 25 May 2024
"A Peek Inside the VOX" – An open rehearsal with VOX Cape Town
Studio Rehearsal Room, Baxter Theatre Centre (11h00-13h00)
Friday 24 May 2024
Organs (and Organists) in Cape Town
Fine Music Radio (19h00-21h00)
Friday 17 May 2024
Famous Organs and Organists
Fine Music Radio (19h00-21h00)
Monday 6 May to Tuesday 7 May 2024
Adjudicator: Pretoria Eisteddfod 2024 (Choir Category)
Laerskool Tygerpoort, Shere
Tuesday 30 April 2024
"Changing the world, one molecule at a time"
Bishops Science Café, 18h00
Thursday 25 April 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Autumn Symphony Concert 4 – Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Dvorak (Conductor: Martin Pantaleev)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Symphony Season
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Thursday 18 April 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Autumn Symphony Concert 3 – Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Prokofiev (Conductor: Martin Pantaleev)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Symphony Season
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Tuesday 16 April to Friday 19 April 2024
Speaker: "A Comprehensive Workshop on Pre-Clinical Drug Discovery"
Hosted by the H3D Foundation, EU-OPENSCREEN and Fraunhofer ITMP, Cape Town
- Screening cascades, assay development and quality control
- Chemical biology approaches for mode of action deconvolution and target identification
Thursday 4 April 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Autumn Symphony Concert 1 – Mozart, Gershwin, Prokofiev (Conductor: Adam Szmidt)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Symphony Season
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)
Saturday 9 March 2024
Presentation: "Seeding and nurturing a sustainable choral ecosystem – VOX Cape Town as a case study"
Mzanzi Conductors' Convention, Cape Town International Convention Centre
While the core of any choir is its singers, its 'musical family' extends to a much larger community encompassing composers, instrumentalists, those who host and promote performances and, of course, the audience! Musicologist Christopher Small coined the term "musicking" to describe the process of bringing together the many aspects of a musical performance and the varied relationships that are established between the participants that contribute to that performance.
This talk will describe how VOX Cape Town, since its inception in 2015 and arguably the Mother's City most active and versatile choral collective, has developed a sustainable choral ecosystem by fostering an engaged cohort of singers and a supportive audience, establishing collaborative relationships with composers and instrumentalists, and disseminating choral music widely through its recordings and on radio. VOX has primarily done this through its immersive, imaginative performances that span a range of musical styles and which have explored innovative concepts such as wine-and-music pairings and singing in the dark. Critically, these activities are underpinned by an inclusive sense of community which was keenly felt during the pandemic when regular in-person choral singing was not possible.
By drawing on the dozens of projects undertaken by VOX over the past decade, this talk will highlight lessons learnt along the way and offer tips for choirs who wish to build an engaged and loyal following of singers and supporters.
Sunday 11 February 2024
Summer Sunset Symphony Concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Mozart
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (17h30)
Friday 19 January to Sunday 21 January 2024
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra at Maynardville: Timeless and Immortal – Romeo and Juliet
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre (20h15)
Thursday 11 January 2024
Pre-Concert Talk: Friends of Orchestral Music Benefit Concert – A Tchaikovsky Celebration (Soloist: Olga Kern)
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Festival 2024
Banqueting Hall, Cape Town City Hall (18h45, open to ticket-holders)