The University of Pretoria (Tuks) Camerata, which celebrated its 56th anniversary in 2024, has received many national and international accolades through the years. The choir’s mission is to contribute towards the cultural development of the student body, enrich the lives of the students and the broader community through choral singing, and act as cultural ambassadors of the University of Pretoria. The Camerata falls under the auspices of the School of the Arts (Faculty of Humanities) and consists of 76 full-time students from a variety of study fields, including medicine, engineering, theology, law, education, economics, accounting, plant sciences and music.

In July 2017, Tuks Camerata successfully defended the title won in July 2014 when they were declared the winners of the prestigious Grand Prix of Nations for Best Mixed Youth Choir in Riga, Latvia. During the same month, the choir performed at the 11 th World Symposium of Choral Music hosted by the international Federation of Choral Music (IFCM) in Barcelona, Spain. In recent years, the choir has recorded four critically acclaimed albums, namely Written in the Stars (2021), Indodana (2017), Love and War (2016), and Phoenix (2014), three of which were nominated for South African Music Awards. uJehova (2024) is the fifth album under the Direction of Dr Michael Barrett and a sequel to the award-winning Indodana – the Camerata’s first album dedicated to Traditional South African Choral Music. In March 2025, the Tuks Camerata will have the honour of performing as the headline act at the National Conference of the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) in Dallas, Texas.

Cantate Cordibus, Cantate Oribus, Cantate Moribus.
Sing with the Heart, Sing with the Mouth, Sing with Life.