The Music
Conductors of the Drakensberg Boys Choir have included:
- Botes Gresse.
- Christian Ashley-Botha - retired from the DBCS in 2006 after 26 years of loyal service.
- Rudolf de Beer - left in 2006 to take up a post at the University of Stellebosch.
- Bernard Kruger - left at the end of 2009 to take up the position of Choirmaster at Kearnsey College.
As of 2009 the choir is conducted by the school's director of music, Johann van der Sandt.
The choir attempts to reflect the multi-faceted cultures that make up South Africa. It has created a new trend in the international choral scene that transcends the conventional. This includes a recent addition of more modern art music. The choir is internationally acclaimed for its unique African repertoire, containing various traditional works like "Shosholoza", and "Night Sounds" where the choir imitates the sounds of the African Bush. They also perform a Gumboot Dance, which originated in the South African mines. Using authentic African instruments and body percussion as accompaniment, the choir performs traditional African works as have never been experienced before.
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