Depending on the package you choose, we offer weekly conductor sessions, custom vocal training and development of your school choir, and strategic choral planning tailored to each school’s needs. With our hands-on approach, we combine mentorship, vocal coaching, and culture-building to enhance the discipline and confidence of learners as well as the school’s identity through music.

Xander Kritzinger is a South African conductor, tenor, vocal pedagogue, composer, and pianist, with a career rooted in both performance excellence and music education. A former learner and student conductor of the Drakensberg Boys Choir, he later completed his undergraduate, honours and master’s degrees in music at Stellenbosch University, where he currently lectures part-time in voice. His master’s research focuses on the adolescent changing voice (voice mutation).

Xander is the founder, former conductor, and managing director of the Cape Choral Academy—an institution dedicated to promoting holistic and inclusive music education. His strengths lie in strategic thinking and visionary leadership.

Before this, he served for over a decade as the full-time choral conductor and music teacher at Stellenbosch High School.

As a tenor, Xander specialises in early music and has performed with acclaimed professional ensembles such as the Cape Consort and the Cape Town Soloist Choir. A versatile musician, he is also an accomplished pianist and accompanist.

As a composer, he is known for his expressive choral and solo vocal works, including Sing ’n nuwe lied and In die Skadu’s van my siel.