Fwd: 11th Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival Returns 13-19 July

[Graeme Wilkinson]

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Subject: 11th Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival Returns 13-19 July
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Concerts in Cape Town, Soweto, Johannesburg, Centurion

Ihlombe! Returns 13-19 July 4 Concerts | 2 International Premieres | 12 Ensembles From July 13—19, 2019, the 11th anniversary edition of Ihlombe! South Africa Choral Festival will bring the United States’ exemplary The Lexington Singers for their first performances in South Africa, under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Dr. Jefferson Johnson. The Lexington Singers share programs with youth, university and adult choirs in Pretoria, Soweto, Kuils River and Cape Town. The Lexington Singers will give the international premieres of new works by acclaimed American composers, commissioned in honor of this tour by Classical Movements’ Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program and premiered March 10, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. The Lexington Singers The Lexington Singers have been performing major works in central Kentucky and around the world for 60 years, making it one of the longest continuously performing independent community choral groups in America. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, The Lexington Singers currently comprises five choirs with over 300 voices and provides opportunities for children, youth and adults. As part of The Lexington Singers’ mission to represent the best of Kentucky outside the Commonwealth, special concert tours beyond our borders have always been important, beginning with concerts in the 1960s in Cincinnati, just across the Ohio River, and the group’s Carnegie Hall debut in New York. And The Lexington Singers’ first European tour was during the group’s fifteenth season, in Romania. International Premieres Stacey V. Gibbs is highly acclaimed for bringing new energy and power into his arrangements of American Spirituals, including two commissioned for the Lexington Singers: I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long and Shut De Do! Gibbs’s extensive catalogue of arrangements has been performed across the United States and internationally. Award-winning as both a composer and performer, Dr. Johnie Dean currently serves as the Lexington Singers’ Assistant Conductor, in addition to holding positions at Midway College and the University of Kentucky. He has published more than 200 works for piano, adult and children's choirs, orchestra, and instrumental ensembles, including these Three Early American Hymns, featuring arrangements of “The Morning Trumpet,” “O Thou in Whose Presence,” and “The Promised Land” that take advantage of his intimate familiarity with the chorus. Concerts SAT, 13 JULY: 19h00 Sorex Estate 207 Utrecht Ave, Clubview, Centurion The Lexington Singers Jefferson Johnson – Kentucky, USA Palissander Sarita Hauptfleisch – Pretoria TICKETS: R130 (adults) R50 (children under 12) For more information: Sarita Hauptfleisch – 082 920 2518; book...@palissander.co.za SUN, 14 JULY: 15h00 Regina Mundi Roman Catholic Church 1 149 Mkhize St, Soweto, Johannnesburg The Lexington Singers Jefferson Johnson – Kentucky, USA Imilonji KaNtu Choral Society Gobingca George Mxadana (OIS) – Soweto Statistics South Africa Choir Evah Mahlaela – Pretoria Imbizo Mandla Khumalo – Bulawayo, Zimbabwe TICKETS: R50 For more information: Neo Motswagae – 082 968 7344 Thami Nkomo – 082 391 2781 | 082 762 3926 THURS, 18 JULY: 19h30 St George the Martyr Anglican Church 67 Serepta St, Kuils River, Cape Town, 7582 ERUB Children’s Choir Keith Jenneker – Cape Town iGugu le Kapa Chamber Choir Phumelele Tsewu – Gugulethu Lizl Gaffley Academy Choir Lizl Gaffley – Kenmare The Lexington Singers Jefferson Johnson – Kentucky, USA FREE ENTRANCE! For more information: Roger Horne – 071 900 8402, rogerh...@gmail.com Charlene Williams, Parish Secretary – 021 903 4562 FRI, 19 JULY: 19h00 Baxter Theatre Main Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town The Lexington Singers Jefferson Johnson – Kentucky, USA UCT Choir Kurt Haupt – Cape Town SACS Junior School Chamber Choir Bev Bownes – Cape Town SACS Junior School Senior Choir Gemma McKinlay – Cape Town TICKETS: R60 (adults) R30 (students and learners) For more information: Maxine le Roux – uctc...@gmail.com www.webtickets.co.za CLASSICAL MOVEMENTS Moving the Music, Changing the World...for a Quarter-Century 145 Countries | Orchestras | Choirs  3 Festivals | New Music Cultural Diplomacy ClassicalMovements.com 1-703-683-6040 in...@classicalmovements.com ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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