Chamber Choir of South Africa

Founded in 2006, the Chamber Choir of South Africa (CCSA) is a performance driven institution that strives for the highest artistic level and promotes both standard repertoire and lesser-known works. It has been commended for its passionate, committed singing and the ability to switch composer, language and idiom with stylistic conviction.

The CCSA has performed at a wide variety of events including a number of ClassicFM functions and Handel's Messiah with the Chanticleer Singers, the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and soloists Sibongile Khumalo and Andre Howard. The choir has also shared the stage with the Cenestra Male Voice Choir, Johas Gwangwa and Johnny Mekoa.

On the international stage, the choir has performed with the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Choir (USA), the Morgenkor Choir of Rudolf Steiner (Norway) and the Bellview Chorus from Washington (USA). In 2009 the choir hosted the Eton College Chapel Choir (UK) under Maestro Ralph Allwood.

The CCSA regularly gives service pro-bono in and around the communities to which it belongs. In this capacity the Choir has helped raise funds for the Anglican Church in Kwa-Thema, an orphanage in Springs and St. Francis Centre in Boksburg.

The membership of the choir is a mixed composition of students and professionals from all parts of South Africa, all these individuals being united in the single purpose of performance excellence. To this effect, some of the choir's members continue to sing in the World Youth Choir, participating in productions conducted by renowned musicians such as Peter Dijkstra and Karl Jenkins as well as taking masterclasses in Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom.