Most of us know at least a little something about Mozart. He’s what we think of when we hear “child prodigy.” He’s probably the most famous classical composer (aside from Beethoven, Bach and Brahms).

From a choral repertoire spanning five centuries, Musica Sacra performs works both familiar and rare, with a crisp passion that awakens the listener to yearnings and joys, sorrows and delights—all that defines and inspires the best in human lives.

For the Cape Symphony’s performance of Mozart’s Requiem, we have to bring in outstanding solo singers. The masterpiece requires four solo voices – soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass – who must be able to handle the demands Mozart placed on them.

Remember the ‘70s? When you insisted on a Dorothy Hamill haircut, tried to walk in platform shoes, and cried when your mood ring wouldn’t change color anymore?

In the same way that nightclubs evolved from places where live bands provided the music to places where disc jockeys played records, disco changed the tradition of partner dancing.

Believe it or not, Nazis had a hand in the development of the nightclubs where disco music originated! During World War II, dance halls in Paris featured jazz music; however, regulations in Nazi-occupied France banned live music, so records were played instead.