School Type: Boys

The mission of the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School is to prepare boys for life and leadership through excellence in music, academics, sport and social enrichment in a Christian environment.

There are two clearly separate but at the same time closely related aspects of the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School. There is the School itself and then there is the Choir, and the one cannot operate independently of the other. It is this co-existence that provides the Choir School with its unique and dynamic character.

The Choir School draws its inspiration from the idyllic environment of the Champagne Valley, Central Drakensberg, which is filled, daily, with the sound of young boys singing, surely one of the purest expressions of musical delights in the world.

The Choir School offers an exceptional opportunity to multi-talented boys for a balanced academic education and excels in developing leadership potential of each individual. In addition, the boys are involved in a full sporting programme of Rugby, Soccer, Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Volleyball and Cross-country. They also climb mountains, ride horses, play golf and fish.

The Choir has been to the United States four times, (with the freedom of Jacksonville, Spartanburg and a special award from Disney’s Magic Kingdom being conferred on them) and to Canada. During their second visit, four soloists took the top honours at an International Singing Competition in Des Moines.

In Europe, they have sung in Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Portugal, Greece, Poland and, by Papal request, at the Vatican City before 25 000 people. During the Choir School’s 25th anniversary year, the Choir was acclaimed one of the best in the world in the triennial World Boys’ Choir Festival in Poznan, Poland.

The boys have toured much of Africa, singing in Egypt, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland. The boys have also undertaken tours to England, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Australia, Japan, Turkey, Finland and Scandinavia.

School Phase:

• Primary
• Secondary

Lowest Grade: Grade 4
Highest Grade: Grade 9
Boarding: Yes
Boarding From: Grade 4
Number of Pupils: 109
Founding Year: 1967
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Lowest Tuition Fees Per Annum (2008): R75400
Highest Tuition Fees Per Annum (2008): R75400
Lowest Boarding Fees (inc. Tuition): R75400
Highest Boarding Fees (inc. Tuition): R75400
Examinations or Curricula:

• General Education and Training (GETC)

Postal Address: Private Bag X20, Winterton
Postal Code: 3340
Telephone: 036 468 1012
Fax: 036 468 1709
Website: http://www.dbchoir.co.za/
Suburb: Winterton
City/Town: Winterton
South African Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Country: South Africa