The South African Youth Choir (SAYC)

The South African Youth Choir
The internationally acclaimed, multi award winning South African Youth Choir (SAYC) has positioned itself as one of the most sought after performance choirs in South Africa. Since its inception in 2005, the SAYC has showcased its vast abilities on both local and international platform, entertaining a variety of audiences across the globe. The choir has been awarded “Best Youth Choir” at the prestigious ATKV Animato International Choral Competition for four years consecutively (2014 - 2017). SAYC also made a clean sweep at the 10th and final ATKV Animato International Choral Competition (October 2017), winning the prize as Overall Best Choir, as well as palming in awards for Best Youth Choir, Best Overall Contemporary Work, Best Overall African Work and Best Prescribed Work in the Youth Choir Category. The choir recently obtained an average score of 90,6% at the Tygerberg International Eisteddfod in 2019. In 2017 and 2018, an ensemble of the choir toured through several states of the USA by invitation of The International Music Exchange (T.I.M.E.). In recognition of their outstanding contribution to the Arts and society, the Cities of Las Vegas and Minneapolis respectively declared the 16th October 2017 and 21st October 2017 "South African Youth Choir Day". SAYC does not only promote a unique musical product of international standard, but also endorses raw and exceptional South African youth talent. The Choir currently consists of 60 high school learners and students between the ages of 14 - 25 years from all over South Africa who represent the wonderfully diverse cultures of our country. In the true spirit of UBUNTU, the SAYC is a human project, a celebration of unity within cultural diversity.