The Mangaung String Programme

The Mangaung String Programme The very public face of the Mangaung String Programme is the Bochabela String Orchestra.

The Mangaung String Programme is a string music development program initiated by the Free State Musicon in July 1998 under the directorship of Peter Guy, which targets children from historically disadvantaged backgrounds from the greater Bloemfontein area, predominately Mangaung. This orchestra, made up of the best of the Mangaung String Programme, performs a wide variety of music from baroque to

traditional and popular African music. The Bochabela String Orchestra performs for government, corporate and community functions.

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19/08/2012

wind + termites = ...

The Bochie bus with TWO busted tires on the way back, after the rehearsal in Xhariep. Nuts fastened by machines can be v...
19/08/2012

The Bochie bus with TWO busted tires on the way back, after the rehearsal in Xhariep. Nuts fastened by machines can be virtually impossible to loosen by hand. After almost 2 hours of intense labour by Gift, we could continue home!

Our first Orchestra rehearsal in Xhariep! Picking up kids at Springfontein for the rehearsal in Philippolis. They were a...
19/08/2012

Our first Orchestra rehearsal in Xhariep! Picking up kids at Springfontein for the rehearsal in Philippolis. They were all waiting there 15 min. before the time! Super kids! Bravo Springfontein!

View the BSO and the Xhariep String Programme on Pasella here: http://youtu.be/3DKcnNMTxr4
04/08/2012

View the BSO and the Xhariep String Programme on Pasella here: http://youtu.be/3DKcnNMTxr4

Reportage op de Zuid-Afrikaanse televisie over het Bochabela String Orchestra, in het programma Pasella (het Vlaanderen Vakantieland van Zuid-Afrika), featur...

The MSP started 70 new kids!
10/06/2012

The MSP started 70 new kids!

22/05/2012

Jo Voets Photo Special

19/05/2012
Wim from Belgium helped us in the repair room. Thank you very much Wim!
18/05/2012

Wim from Belgium helped us in the repair room. Thank you very much Wim!

Get to know our own Bochabela String Orchestra
18/05/2012

Get to know our own Bochabela String Orchestra

Short-feature about the Bochabela String Orchestra, playing in Vorarlberg / Austria peaces of Vivaldi, Bach, Tschaikowsky, Partos and popular African pieces.

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