Hout Bay Music

12/12/2025

Well done, Livy Francois on completing the Primer course and moving on to level 1! 🎹

11/12/2025

Well done, Nick Stahl on completing the Primer course and moving on to level 1! 🎹

19/11/2025

Well done, Bella Francois on completing the Primer course and moving on to level 1! 🎹

31/10/2025

Well done, Ariel Orlik on completing the Primer course and moving on to level 1! 🎹

17/10/2025

Well done, Kabir Singh Monga, on completing the Primer course and moving on to level 1! 🎹

11/10/2025

Well done, Max Mostert🎉, on completing the level 2A course and moving on to level 2B! Keep playing🎹🎶!!!

03/10/2025

The Sentinel, front page, 3.10.2025: Hout Bay music and creative, by Fouzia Van Der Fort
Hout Bay and Llandudno music pupils received top honours at the Cape Town Eisteddfod, a prestigious annual art and culture festival.
At the Eisteddfod held in Pinelands on Saturday, September 20, Hout Bay Music School pupil Sofia Moriz, 12 (piano), and Llandudno Primary School pupil Sabella Van Riel, 10 (clarinet), were awarded diploma degrees, the highest level grading, with scores between 90 and 100. Other high honours went to Hout Bay Music School pupils Eilee West, 13, and Pauline Desvernay, 16; Llandudno Primary School drummers Ben Landman (Grade 6), Callum Sayer (Grade 4), and Nash Thompson (Grade 1), who scored between 85 and 89.
The Eisteddfod was established in Cape Town in 1903, when the Welsh choirs visited Cape Town and the concept was adopted, receiving up to 2 000 entries. The annual art and culture festival takes place during August and September at multiple venues.
Special awards are being worked out for art, creative writing, as well as music, and a prize giving is planned for Saturday, October 25. Singer and songwriter Ike Moriz, owner of Hout Bay Music, and father of Sofia, said he was proud of the girls‘ achievements, considering it was their first Eisteddfod.
Sofia told Sentinel News that she had been hard at work with her teacher Vuyo Nkasawe for two months before her presentation.
„I am grateful and happy with the acknowledgement.
„My next challenge is to be graded (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM standards) next year,“ she said.
The ABRSM is a global music education charity and examination board based in the United Kingdom.
Mr Moriz said the girls were quite nervous and found the experience daunting but exhilarating.
„Next year we may participate in different categories and instruments, whether it is guitar, bass, or vocals,“ he said(…).
Full article here : https://sentinelnews.co.za/news/2025-09-30-hout-bay-music-and-creative/

02/10/2025

Well done Audrey on completing the accelerated level 2 course and moving on to level 3A!

01/10/2025

Teacher Khaya is working with student Sofia on a Tim Parr maskandi style song called „Sangoma“. The musical style of maskandi is a traditional Zulu folk genre from South Africa. 🎸

30/09/2025

Lovely article mentioning our student‘s achievements at the annual Cape Town Eisteddfod arts and culture festival on 20.9.25

Four Hout Bay music students received top honours at the Cape Town Eisteddfod, a prestigious annual art and culture festival.

20/09/2025

Congratulations to all our students performing at the Cape Town Eisteddfod today, especially to Sofia Moriz (being awarded the highest/Diploma grade for playing the “Sonatina” op.36, no.1, 3rd movement by Muzio Clementi), as well as Pauline Desvernay and Eilee West who received high honours!

19/09/2025

Well done Viktor Hollander on completing the level 3A course and moving on to level 3B!