 Skouspel PlusSaturday 13 March
13 March: 13:00 and 20:00, Grand West Arena
The You/Huisgenoot Skouspel Plus concert consists of popular local music and is conducted by Graham Scott  After studying with David Tidboald at Cape Town University, Graham Scott conducted opera and musicals for CAPAB and then spent five years in London with the National Theatre, the Chelsea Opera, the Royal Ballet School and commercial television. A highlight of this period was a performance of Troilus and Cressida with Sir William Walton in attendance. In 1985 he returned to South Africa as Resident Conductor of the newly-formed Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban and in addition was made Music Director of the NAPAC Department of Musical Theatre where he worked in close association with the late Geoffrey Sutherland. In May 1998 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra at the State Theatre. Since the dissolution of the orchestra he has returned to his freelance conducting career.Opera is his first love and his career includes seasons of La Boheme, Tosca, Gianni Schicchi, Dialogues des Carmelites, Albert Herring, Werther, The Barber Of Seville, L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Pasquale, and countless opera galas and concerts. Although he specialises in theatre work, he has conducted countless concerts, spanning symphony, pops, corporate and light music. Along with Elaine Ash, he founded the Pretoria News Proms, which ran for a fun-filled ten years. He was responsible for many seasons of the Johannesburg and Jacaranda Pops and annually conducts the hugely successful Huisgenoot Skouspel seasons, which appear regularly on TV. He appears regularly at the Oudtshoorn, Grahamstown and Aardklop festivals and has been instrumental in developing much innovative corporate entertainment, initiating cross-over of genres and commissioning new work from many SA composers. Highlights amongst these have been Nelson Mandela’s 80th birthday celebration, the crowning of the King of the Bafokeng, and the World Summit.
After many years he has returned to the art of arrangement and orchestration which he is finding extremely enjoyable and rewarding. He holds a Nederburg Opera Prize, 5 Vita Awards, a Gold Loerie Award and two Durban Theatre Awards for best Musical Direction. He has served as an Advisory Member of the National Arts Council and is on the Boards of Elsabe Laubscher’s Johannesburg Music Initiative and STTEP, an orchestral development project in Pretoria.
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