Cape Town Youth Choir

Leon Starker (Conductor), Soprano 1: Lorena Marais, Lauren Patterson, Caitlin MacDonald, Kelly Cupido, Finn Lewis, Soprano 2: Hlumelo Marepula, Kristen Wepener, Xanthe Lardner-Burke, Mikhaila Smith, Elana Benghiat, Nicole de Oliveira, Alto 1: Alicea Munnik, Estelle Roux, Kate Farquharson, Melissa Hess, Marga Roloff, Malaika Motlana, Denise Onen, Alto 2: Saskia Welz, Chloe McKellar, Carrie Milton, Sarah Melville, Khaya Mxenge, Tenor 1: Jamal Grootboom, Kevin Maseko, Shadwell Overmeyer, Sandile Zakwe, Stefan Greeff, Tenor 2: Brian Joubert, Kyle Rother, Jonathan Henderson, Evan Williams, Wanzenburg van Wyk, Bass 1: Conrad Asman, Markus Booysen,Jabulani Nyathi, Johannes van Zyl,, Nicolaas van der Westhuizen, Mulalo Mphaphuli, Bass 2 : Simon Bethell, Etienne Raubenheimer, Nduduzo Mkhize, Atticus Lardner-Burke, Byron Milton, About the Conductor:, Leon Starker is a conductor from Cape Town, South Africa. He often appears as a clinician at workshops and seminars, as well as an adjudicator at national eisteddfods and competitions., Leon originally attended Stellenbosch University where he completed a B.Sc degree (Chemistry and Maths) as well as the Higher Education Diploma. During his time there, he studied singing with Prof. George van der Spuy and sang in the Stellenbosch University Choir., Leon holds an Advanced Diploma in Choral Conducting (cum laude) and was awarded an M.Mus in Choral Conducting by the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2011., Leon currently conducts two choirs, namely: Cape Town Youth Choir (since 2003) and the St Cyprians Girls Choir (since 2011). He is a part time lecturer in choral conducting at the UCT College of Music., Leon's day job is IT Manager for Vunani Fund Managers in Newlands. He is married to Louise (a music teacher) and they have three daughters.