Tim Roberts is currently the principal conductor of the Johannesburg Bach Choir and the South African Ballet Theatre Sinfonia. As well as his commitments to Work in South Africa in 2012 he is conducting a touring performance of Mozart’s Così fan tutte which is visiting cities in Southern Africa, Spain and the U.K. He is also involved in recording the works of Ludwig August Lebrun. While in Johannesburg he is a member of the Music Department of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, and a presenter of Classic Notes for Radio Bakgat. He is married with a young and noisy family. In his waking hours he is preparing a Zuckermann Harpsichord to be brought back to a life of live music making!
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Owen Franklin grew up in Pietermaritzburg and started piano lessons at the age of six. He was a choirboy at St Alphege's Church, Scottsville, and later studied organ with Errol Slatter in Durban and Barry Smith in Cape Town, where he sang with the St George's Singers. An Anglican priest, he was also Organist & Choirmaster at St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley, for seven-and-a half years, and while working in the UK he occasionally acted as Precentor at Lichfield Cathedral. He has been actively involved with the Royal School of Church Music for over 40 years and has written hymns and composed service music for the church. He is currently one of the organists at the German Lutheran Church in Bryanston, Johannesburg.