Watch: Exclusive interview with Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School staff at ‘Music in the Mountains’ festival

The Drakensberg Boys’ Choir are currently hosting their annual ‘Music in the Mountains’ festival.

The proceedings started on Friday (April 27) and finish today (April 30), ending off with a dinner tonight.

‘Music in the Mountains’ sees people from all over the country and even abroad attending, with between 5000 and 6000 festival-goers in attendance this year.

The Drakensberg Boys’ Choir played host to visiting schools from all over the country, as well as leading artists.

The Old Boys also played a key part in the proceedings over the weekend, even having a production of their own.

Saturday night saw a packed auditorium coming to watch a tribute to Leonard Bernstein, who was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim.

The Drakensberg Boys’ Choir is world renowned and have travelled around the globe. Here are just some of the countries they have performed in: Netherlands, Austria, South Korea, Italy and Germany.

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A journalist from the Ladysmith Gazette attended the event and got to interview some amazing key members of the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir.

Executive Head – Greg Brooks and Artistic Director – Bernard Kruger took time out from their busy schedules to talk to the Gazette and this is what they had to say during their video interview about the weekend’s proceedings.

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