Choir Report

The Choir Journey

The COVID-19 pandemic literally silenced the singing voices of choirs worldwide. With the lifting of certain restrictions at the start of the 2022 academic year, we saw the reemergence of the modified, somewhat smaller chamber choir with the maximum number of boys in both Intermediate and Senior Choirs being twenty five. Socially distanced, masked and muffled, the choirs slowly got back into sectional and full rehearsals during the early morning sessions.

A brand new initiative has been to catapult the Grade 3 boys in establishing a younger Intermediate Choir pre 2023. This allows for the added aural development they need and have missed out on during the pandemic. The eager group of boys have already enjoyed full Choir rehearsals this term and are eager to perform in the upcoming academic events in Term four.

This new Choir has afforded us the opportunity to shift the existing Grade 4 and 5 Intermediate choristers to the Senior Choir in order to supplement the fluid preteen voice ranges which, especially around midyear, tend to shift in pitch and tone quality. The younger treble voices are a welcome injection into the dwindling melody line as most seniors have moved to Alto and Tenor voice groups.

Both Choirs are developing in confidence and skill and we look forward to more opportunities for performances in the future!

Mrs J Scheepers

BACK ROW: Tino Makuve, Jonathan Greyvenstein, Lihle Ndabeni, Tyler Elder FRONT ROW: Zach Samuels, Miss J Van Der Merwe, Mason Cay

SENIOR CHOIR

BACK ROW: Tameem Zemanay, Tayo Adriaan, Joshua Nyamimba, Ben Barnett, Kai Isaacs, Caleb Mills, Shiloh Davidson MIDDLE ROW: Daniel Raizenberg, Liyabukwa Ndabeni, Seth George-Louis, Zachary Wooi, Noah Magerman, Siwoo Sung, Daniel Johnson, Seth Leary, Jake Serfontein FRONT ROW: Adam Roopen, Zachary Kolle, Jesse Anderson, Mrs J Scheepers, Conor Thomas, Max Du Plooy, Zachary Holland

BACK ROW: Zanovuyo Lolwana, Gabriel Peters, Nicolas Thebus, Josh Schuller, Joshua Banda, Oscar Manley, Micah Wessels FRONT ROW: Matthew Moyce, Amaan Jamodien, Mrs J Scheepers, Abdu Dayyaan Mathews, Oliver Woodman