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Address: Lynnwood Rd, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa

The University of Pretoria (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, Northern Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.

Built as a designated complex to provide facilities for the Department of Music which was established in 1958, this structure consists of office wings, an auditorium and an open-air amphitheatre. UP alumnus and architect Brian Sandrock was responsible for the design of the facility which was built on part of the old athletics field. Remnants of the spectator terraces around the track can still be seen to the east of the Musaion. The office wing of the complex was completed in 1960 and the auditorium and amphitheatre the following year. The complex was officially opened with a series of concerts in 1961 and in April 1962 with a gala concert featuring South African opera star Mimi Coertse and the South African Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Concert. The complex features elements of the Little Brazilian or Modern Brazilian style and has excellent acoustics. In 1976 the University installed a mechanical-action pipe organ in the Musaion that consists of 2 659 organ pipes, of which the tallest measures 4,9 metres. The Musaion seats just over 500 people and the amphitheatre around 3 000. Free weekly lunch-hour concerts are held in the Musaion during term. Together with the Aula, the Musaion and Amphitheatre the complex is an important cultural venue on the University campus.

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Address: Lynnwood Rd, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa

The University of Pretoria (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria, Northern Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.

The main hall and site of ceremonies, the Aula, was designed by Karel Jooste and completed in 1958. The Aula was the first Opera House to be built in the capital and remained the major venue in the city until the State Theatre's completion in the early 1980s. The 1012-seat auditorium has played host to foreign dignitaries, presidents, local and international artists. The main music complex, comprising the 500-seat Musaion and 3000-seat Amphitheatre, was built between 1960–1964. The University Chapel, formally the Church of Saint Alfons Maria de Liguori, and the accompanying Monastery was built in 1925 and was bought from the Catholic Church in 1980. Saint Alfons, who was canonised in 1839, was the founder of the order of Ligournians (or Redemptorists), an order founded in 1732 in Naples, Italy and dedicated to helping underprivileged communities.

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Address: St. Alban's Cathedral, 327 Francis Baard Street, Pretoria City Centre, Tshwane, South Africa

The St Albans Cathedral in a historical context relates to the separation of the Diocese clergy into various fragments around the nation. Tomkyns (1929: 7) describes the origins of the Anglican liturgy in South Africa as being the Diocese of the Cape of Good Hope, which was subsequently divided in 1853. Ledwaba (2005: 22) explains that in 1806 when the Cape was colonised by the British, a colonial garrison chaplain began regular services.

As explained by Reverend Brian Tee, the Cathedral parish dates back to 1864 with the annual arrival of Bishop Twells who’s Diocese extended from the Orange River to the Zambezi River. His congregation was dispersed and separated until the stationing of Reverend Joseph Wills who gathered the congregation into one unity which could be seen in the plan of the city when the cathedral was completed. Later, in 1873, applications to construct the first Anglican Church in Church Street were submitted and were at first rejected by Government officials. This resulted in the construction of the “small, plain, thatched barn-like structure with a seating capacity of about a hundred people” (Tomkyns, 1929: 12) by the Royal Engineers.

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Address: 330 Preller St, Groenkloof 358-Jr, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

• Large auditorium with 970 seats
• Located on the Unisa Muckleneuk Campus in the Theo van Wijk Building (enter through main entrance)
• Wheel chair entrance located around the corner at Goldfields Entrance
• After hours there is ample covered parking available

Photos: Bill Davies (SA), INTERKULTUR
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Address: 320 Pretorius Street, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

The South African State Theatre is a national flagship that facilitates the arts and entertainment and encourages diverse cultural provision; we seek to play a unique and vital role in the cultural life of the Nation, the Province of Gauteng and the City of Tshwane.

The Opera House is the largest of six theatres, seating 1,300 patrons on three levels in- cluding a balcony. It has an orchestra pit that can be adjusted to accommodate up to 60 musicians. The seating has been arranged to provide excellent views of the stage from any vantage point. Continental style seating has been adopted, offering two entrance/exit doors for every four rows of seats to facilitate ease of entrance and exit of patrons. Capacity: 1300 seats.

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Address: Pretoria Boys High School, Roper Street, Brooklyn, Tshwane, South Africa

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Pearcy Eagle is one of the lesser known South African architects, and also one of the fewer appreciated ones. Eagle’s style is much influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and the work of Sir Herbert Baker. Eagle was one of the architects at the forefront of the new developments in architecture, and was an architect of the 20th rather than the 19th century. Few works of architecture was born in a changing era and had the enduring grace of the buildings like Pretoria Boys High School. Pretoria Boys High School would be the embodiment of their philosophy and therefore it was fitting that among the first boys who attended the school were the sons of General Smuts and other prominent political leaders.

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