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Newsletter – December 2023

We had the most wonderful ‘Christmas with Richard Cock’ concert on Sunday. The Linder Auditorium was full to the rafters with an audience second to none – joyful, lusty singing…

Newsletter – November 2023

Well – yet again – a great success! And this time a ‘double whammy’! We had two very successful performances of Ralf Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony. Members of the…

Newsletter – June 2023

WOW – WOW – WOW !! The auditorium at the Linder was filled to capacity with an audience eagerly awaiting an afternoon of brilliant music, and my word, did they…

Newsletter – April 2023

The Good Friday concert – Johan Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion – was a great success. The Easter concert is a must for many people in Johannesburg, setting the tone…

Newsletter – February 2023

26th February 2023 Our first concert of the year is done – and as one of the people in the audience said: First SCJ concert of the year is a…

AGM Reports 2022

 MUSIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT 2022AGM : February 2023 I ended off last year’s report by saying “Let’s look forward to a problem-free 2022”. Well, here we are, looking back on a…

Newsletter – January 2023

A very Happy New Year, may it be a year of wonderful musical experiences and memories. We ended 2022 on a high note! Pun intended! Our Christmas concert on 4th…

Newsletter – October 2022

Well, we told you that our 42nd Birthday Celebration Concert would be different, and we kept our word. The main theme was AfroPop, and the performance included many numbers we’d…

Newsletter – July 2022

For our mid-winter concert it’s always difficult to fill the auditorium, people seem to hibernate at home because of the cold, and this year was no exception. We had a…

Newsletter – June 2022

Our Easter concerts are always very popular and for this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah the Linder Auditorium was full to capacity – which at that point was still only…