On the 11th of November 1918, at precisely 11am, the First World War ended. Ever since Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of the First World War hostilities. It is currently an even more poignant event as the world seems on the brink of another catastrophy. Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day due to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy. The Cape Town Camerata would like to invite you to a special Remembrance Day Service on Sunday 12 November at 10am at the Gardens Presbyterian Church, 151 Hatfield Street. We will be singing a setting of the poem “In Fla ..read more

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The Cape Town Camerata was founded in 1997 as the Pro Cantu Youth Choir.  After moving to the city in 2012, and changing our name to Cape Town Youth Choir to reflect that change, we entered a new phase this year by again aligning our name with who we are – a choir whose members are still young but not “youth” anymore. We would like to invite everyone to a birthday celebration concert on Saturday 19 August at the Gardens Presbyterian Church. The concert starts at 7.00pm. Entrance is free (although donations to the choir will be appreciated!) Parking is in the stree ..read more

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CTyC hosts one of the USA’s premier university choirs, the University of Louisville Cardinal Singers (conducted by Kent Hatteberg) in an a capella concert in one of the very best acoustic spaces in Cape Town, the Centre for the Book. The concert takes place on Saturday 20 May at 7pm at the iconic Centre for the Book in Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town. The University of Louisville Cardinal Singers (Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.) was founded in 1970 under the name University Singers as an outreach organization for the University of Louisville. Dr. Hatteberg be ..read more

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12 Feb 2023 Some time ago I bought a proper kitchen knife. It was (is) a wonderful piece of equipment – one might even pretend you’re feeling like a chef when you’re wielding it (though, to be honest, I mainly use it to cut biltong). But lately it was not cutting like it used to. You did not need to be a rocket scientist to know it needed sharpening. So yesterday I’m at the shopping centre and wandered into the shop where I originally bought this knife; not naming any names, but it is usually frequented by yuppies who like to play chef. There are a whole host of knife sharpening devices one ca ..read more

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