Andrew-John Bethke FBShttps://www.burgon.org.uk/events/online-talk-and-garden-party/ is a South African composer, conductor and organist.

Biography

Bethke did his first degree at the

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, he followed that up with a master's degree in sacred music from the American

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. He later completed a doctoral degree at his ''alma mater'',

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. Bethke was a trainee conductor at the

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. Bethke was the director of music and

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at the St. Michael and St. George Cathedral in

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as well as being the conductor of the

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Chamber Choir. He was previously a lecturer at the

College of the Transfiguration The College of the Transfiguration in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, is the only Province (Anglican), provincial residential college of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, offering a Contextual theology, contextual approach to theology studies. The co ...

. He currently works at the School of Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Bethke does research in Performing Arts, Musicology and History of Religion.

Publications

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Compositions

His compositions include: * ''In tender contemplation'', premiered at the

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on 10 May 2015. * ''Sing, O heavens'', an entrant in the King James Bible Composition Competition.

Awards

Bethke was a recipient of the Cape Organ Guild Barrow-Dowling Scholarship in 2004.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bethke, Andrew-John Living people South African organists Male organists South African conductors (music) 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century organists 21st-century male musicians Year of birth missing (living people)