INTERVIEW: JEPPE HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS MAKES HISTORY WITH STABAT MATER PERFORMANCE

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Jeppe High School for Girls is on their way to making history by reportedly becoming the first school choir in South Africa to perform Karl Jenkins’ whole Stabat Mater. The choir has been practising since January and will take hands with other choirs and the Rand Symphony Orchestra to perform this spectacular piece at the Linder Auditorium on the 29th of October.
We are now joined by the school’s Head of the Music Department, Doctor Elize Kruger, to tell us more.

22 Oct 2023 English South Africa Arts · Music

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