Some of our highlights over the years

 

2014

2014 Kaapse toer
Tour to the Western Cape

2013

Notre Dame
Concert in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to celebrate the 95th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela

Eigteenth International Choir Festival in Provence

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Fifth International Choir Festival in Aveyron

2012

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20-year celebration

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Tour to the Western Cape

2011


Third International Choral Festival in Aveyron


Additional concerts in the vicinity of Barcelona, Spain


Release of CD: "Life: a shadow and a dream"

2010


Tour to the Free State

Performance of choral version of Felix Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra and The North West University Conservatoire Ensemble

Ihlombe
Ihlombe, the largest South African choir festival

2009


Tour to Western Cape

2008


Release of CD: "Hymn to Life"
Participation in BBC Evensong


Fifth International Sacred Choral Music Festival in Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
Eleventh International Choral Festival in Provence, France

2007

Tour to the Western Cape

Release of CD: "Palissander 15"


Performance of Karl Jenkins` The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace with the University of Johannesburg Kingsway Choir and other choirs

2006

South African Choral Society Award: best contribution to community development through choral music

   
Invited back by the Polyphonic Society of Provence to participate in their Eleventh International Choir Festival in Italy and France
Introduction of integrated church services in which Palissander accepts responsibility for the full liturgy of the service

2005

Tour to the West Coast of South Africa
   
Release of CDs: "Siyahamba - We are marching in the light of God" and "Stille Nag/Silent Night"

2004

Ninth International Choral Festival of Sainte Baume in Italy and France

2003


Resident performing group at the congress of the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education in Kisumu, Kenya


Release of CD: "Moment"

2002

Voices of light
South African première of Richard Einhorn’s oratorio Voices of Light with the Rand Afrikaans University Choir


Only performing group from Africa to perform at the conference of the International Society for Music Education in Bergen, Norway; additional concerts in Oslo, Copenhagen, Dordrecht
Launch of Sunday afternoon concert series in the Centurion Theatre: Palissandertaal met...

2001

Pretoria News choral highlight of the year
Fringe of the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, Oudtshoorn

2000

Performance during the ceremony hosted by President Mandela to thank the South African National Defence Force for its assistance during the floods in Mocambique


Only performing group from Africa to perform at the conference of the International Society for Music Education in Edmonton, Canada; additional concerts in Vancouver, Banff, Calgary

1999

Tour to the Western and Southern Cape


Release of CD: "Almost like a song"

1998

Lecture-demonstration of South African music at the conference of the International Society for Music Education, Pretoria
Fringe of the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown

1997

Fringe of the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, Oudtshoorn

1996

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Fringe of the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown

1995

Female members, under the name Take Note, are the runners-up in the vocal ensemble category of Crescendo

1994

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Semi-final round of national light music competition of the Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging, Crescendo

1993

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Semi-final round of national light music competition of the Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging, Crescendo

1992


Founding of Palissander