1st SAART Festival · Medunsa · October 2025
Festival Programme
Songs performed at the 1st Retired Teachers Choir Festival — Medunsa, October 2025. Three categories: female, mixed and traditional choirs.
🎤 Female Choirs
| # | Association | Song | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAARP | Die Vroulike Musikant | Pierre Malan |
| 2 | MAWIRETA | Birds Are Singing | Hugh S. Roberton |
| 3 | BARTA | Annie Laurie | Charles Macpherson |
| 4 | SORETA | Country Garden | Percy Grainger |
| 5 | MMAPHARPA | Barwadi Ba Afrika Borwa | I.K. Motsilenyane |
| 6 | JORETO | Father in Heaven | J.S. Bach & C. Gounod |
| 7 | RUSTENBURG | Whispering Hope | Alice Hawthorne |
| 8 | MODISHAMADIRA | Linden Lea | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| 9 | BAGAKA | Sweet and Low | J. Barnby |
| 10 | MAREFO | Uthando | O.L.P. Mbatha |
| 11 | MORERETA | Nobody Coming to Marry Me | Alec Rowley |
| 12 | JERICHO | Brother James Air | Gordon Jacob |
| 13 | GARETA | The Lord's Prayer | Albert Hay Malotte |
🎼 Mixed Choirs
| # | Association | Song | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JORETO | Horolosi | J.P. Mohapeloa |
| 2 | BARTA | Rorisang Morena | |
| 3 | MAREFO | Dinokeng tsa Babylona | J.S.P. Motuba |
| 4 | MAWIRETA | Linoto | J.P. Mohapeloa |
| 5 | MODISHAMADIRA | Kamogelo ya Moruti le Jeffrou | D.M. Khunou |
| 6 | SAARP | The Fisherman's Good Night | Henry H. Bishop |
| 7 | RUSTENBURG | Hok Haneeu | J.P. Mohapeloa |
| 8 | BAGAKA | Go Sego Baswi | J.P. Motuba |
| 9 | GARETA | Worthy is the Lamb | G.F. Handel |
| 10 | JERICHO | Sefela sa Kagiso | LMB Choncho (trans. S. Shole 1996) |
| 11 | SORETA | Theto A E Ye Xolimo | Miss Harfe |
| 12 | MMAPHARPA | Karabo ke Bethele | J.N. Lepheane |
| 13 | MORERETA | Come Come Ye Saints | G.F. Handel |
🥁 Traditional Choirs
1.Modishamadira
2.Mmapharpa
3.Rustenburg
4.Gareta
5.Barta
6.Jericho
7.Morereta
8.SAARP
9.Bagaka
10.Marefo
11.Joreto
12.Mawireta
13.Soreta