The College of the Arts has announced that its 2007 Music Festival will take place on 22 and 23 June at 20h00 in the National Theatre.
Thanks to generous sponsorship from both Bank Windhoek and the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, the college is able to showcase its most talented students who will perform as soloists with the Windhoek Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel Klajner.

Eight students have been chosen to participate as soloists. They are Ané Hoepfner, Anja Redecker and Imke Redecker (recorder), pianist Francois Becker, flautist Charlotte Meaden-Torbitt, as well as singers Lilani Kisting, Nerma van der Vyver and Miriam George. In addition, the College of the Arts Youth Choir will perform and the Orchestra will play two overtures.
The programme for the two evenings includes works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Francaix, Rutter, Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
A feature of this year’s festival is the debut of the Windhoek Philharmonic Orchestra which comprises mostly local musicians and students.  Unlike previous years, we hope to use our students together with Namibian orchestral musicians and not have to import as many players from South Africa as previously.
The concerts will be directed by Daniel Klajner, the internationally acclaimed conductor based in Germany.  Recently appointed Violin lecturer at the College of the Arts Jurgen Kriess will be concertmeister for the orchestra.
This year three singers will take part.  Nerma van der Vyver is a Chartered Accountant and Tax Consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Windhoek. She has been singing since at a young age, but took up formal voice training under the tutorage of Hermien Coetzee at the end of 2003. Nerma has since performed in various concerts of the College of the Arts and this is her third appearance at the Music Festival.