ABOUT

UP Arts supports the Department of Music of the University of Pretoria by providing a home for the University of Pretoria Symphony Orchestra (UPSO). The Music Department of the University of Pretoria has maintained a symphony orchestra for most of the now more than forty years since the Department was founded. The Orchestra achieved prominence in the 1990s under the direction of Alan Solomon. It was reorganized in 2002, giving performances of both well-known works and rarities under the baton of Lance Philip and Walter Mony. It has further expanded under the direction of Eric Rycroft and the appointment of an orchestra manager, Philippa Kotzé in 2003. From 2008 the orchestra functions under the auspices of the Department of UPArts.

The University of Pretoria Symphony Orchestra is today the only large-scale orchestra in Pretoria that performs the symphonic repertoire on a regular basis.