Preparations for the e\u2019Bosch Schools Choir Festival 2022 got off to a good start this month with a masterclass for school music teachers under the deft hand of choral music veteran and conductor John Frans, the newly appointed school choir coordinator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The masterclass presented at Stellenbosch University\u2019s Endler Music Conservatorium was attended by some 30 music teachers from the Stellenbosch and Franschhoek districts. It was centred on the mechanics of working with choirs, such as warm-up routines, approaches to conducting and how to choose repertoires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy mission with the e\u2019Bosch School Choir Festival this year is to inspire a renewed affection for choral music and singing,\u201d says John Frans, a prolific contributor to the development of musical talent in local communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spending a significant part of his youth honing his craft as a pianist, organist and conductor, Frans is truly a veteran in the world of choral music and has served music well in a variety of capacities. His commitment to creating opportunities for communities to engage in choral music led to the formation of the St Luke\u2019s Chorale choir in 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has produced, conducted and curated several concerts over a period of 52 years with notable performances of excerpts from, Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/span>, Faure\u00b4 Requiem<\/span>, and Bach\u2019s Christ Lag in Todes Banden<\/span> with an orchestra. He has also produced live jazz programmes featuring the highly acclaimed late musicians Tony Schilder and Zayn Adam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The e\u2019Bosch Schools Choir Festival, presented in 2012 for the first time, has grown into one of the flagship events of the e\u2019Bosch Heritage Project. 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