Alet de Wet obtained her BMus Hons (Music Communication) and BSocSci Hons (Psychology) degrees at the University of Pretoria. She has been involved in various aspects of the music profession during her career that spans more than 25 years. She started her musical studies by learning to play the piano at a young age and eventually went on to also study church organ and singing. In addition to teaching music, she has worked as musical director, vocal coach, musical arranger, composer, singer and accompanist in various professional, corporate, as well as amateur productions. She worked as a church organist for many years. She has been involved in various capacities with choirs such as the Leeukop Prisoner’s Choir, Ad Libitum Choir and the Unisa Choir. In recent years, she has combined her background in psychology with her musical experience in her work with mentally and physically disabled people and children with learning difficulties and emotional problems. She runs an annual musical project which involves mentally disabled as well as non-disabled people, drawing them together in unique and inspiring musical experiences. She received a vocational award in the category music, arts and drama from Rotary International in June 2011 for her work in this field.

She founded the Irene Singers in 2009. Under her direction, the group has recorded two CD’s and presented several successful shows.

Alet was appointed as the Assistant Accompanist for the Welsh Male Voice Choir of South Africa in September 2010 and was appointed their acting Musical Director in September 2011.

Born in Johannesburg, Denise attained her Bachelor of Music degree at the Potchefstroom University immediately followed by a Higher Education Diploma. Following lecturing in music at the Rustenburg Technicon from 1980 to 1981 she went on to teach at Hoërskool die Kruin, the Art, Ballet, Drama and Music School, between 1983 and 1992, serving as Head of the Music Department from 1985.

Appointed as Chief Examiner to the Transvaal Education Department in 1989 in the subject of Music Performance, she was further responsible for setting Matriculation examinations as well as performing as an examiner for the subject Music HG.

Having joined the Welsh Male Voice Choir of South Africa as Assistant Accompanist in 1995 and toured with the choir to Germany, England and North Wales, Denise was appointed official accompanist in 1997. She accompanied the choir on its tour of the United Kingdom in 2000, where it performed at the Millennium Festival of Male Voice Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall (Festival of A Thousand Voices) and thereafter in South Wales.

In recognition of Denise’s valued contribution to the Choir, she was accorded Honorary Life Membership in 2004.

Denise not only runs her own very successful music business, Nebula Music Studios, in Benoni, but she will take up a the position of Director of Music with St. Dunstans College early in 2012.

Don is a retired banker, having worked at First National Bank of South Africa Ltd., for 37 years and then consulting and training for a further 7 years to the financial industry. He attended Stutterheim High School and took music for 8 years from the age of 7 at St. Dominic’s Convent in Stutterheimbefore becoming a scholar and boarder at Dale College in King William’s Town in 1961.

He started singing in church choirs in Grahamstown in 1971 and, after being transferred to Johannesburg in 1973, sang in and, from 1978, trained and conducted a number of church choirs in The Roodepoort and Johannesburg area. He joined the choir in 1997 as a 2nd Bass and from 2000 assisted in conducting the choir for a number of concerts in the absence of the Musical Director before being appointed Assistant Musical Director of the choir in 2004. In recognition of his services to the choir he was awarded Life Membership of the choir in July 2007.

He resigned as Assistant Musical Director in July 2007 when he moved to the Bela Bela (Warmbaths) district. He was subsequently re-appointed Assistant Musical Director in July 2009 and travels to Johannesburg twice a month to conduct rehearsals and also conducts a number of the choir’s concerts. He is married to Avis, and they have 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren.