Classical Choral Festival

Rise O Man Poster – Click to view poster at a larger scale.

Concert at Emmanuel Cathedral

Thursday 9 August 2012 at 3:00pm

The Music Director of Emmanuel Cathedral has pleasure in announcing that the ‘Arise O Man’ classical choral Men’s Chorus will be staging a concert at Emmanuel Cathedral on Women’s Day, August 9^th 2012 at 3:00pm. Tickets are available from Computicket at R90.00.

This chorus is a combination and collaborative effort of male groups from 3 continents: Africa, Europe and North America. The individual men’s choruses include:

•  the Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus (USA);

•  the Orlando West Male Chorale and SDASA Chorale, (Soweto)

•  the Remnant Male Chorale (Eastern and Western Cape)  and

•  the Botswana Men’s Chorus.

Each performance will have a total of more than 150 voices!

The Arise O Man Chorus will host its inaugural nation-wide festival of music from 4 -11 August 2012.  The Durban leg of the festival will take place on Thursday 9 August 2012, in the Emmanuel Cathedral at 15h00 (3:00pm).

The overall vision of the tour is encapsulated in the following statement: “Arise O Man (also one of the hymns in the repertoire) which is a reminder to communities of South Africa, through the ministry of music, that every man – young and old – is a unique and valued creation of God, and is encouraged to take up his rightful place in society”.

The contact person for this group is Mr Duduza Masilela – 0835425080 (he is based in Johannesburg.

The Cathedral Music Director will only be coordinating the Durban concert.

For further information contact:

Pinkie Mtshali

Music Director – Emmanuel Cathedral

Office: 031 306 3595 / Mobile: 082 9612 165

E-mail: music.cathedral@yahoo.com             musicdirector@emmanuelcathedral.org.za

www.emmanuelcathedral.org.za