Cutt Glas

South Africa's best-loved female a capella group, Cutt Glas, released their sixth CD, Versnit - Blended, celebrating the group's fifteenth year in the industry.

The title of the album refers to the group's very own blending of different songs into new master pieces. Titles on the album include evergreens such as I can see clearly now (Nash) , Somer (Johannes Kerkorrel) as well as music from recent years. There is a touching classical rendition of Habanera (Carmen, Bizet), as well as Billy Joel's River of dreams and Anton Goosen's Klein bietjie wyn.

The group's history

1993 The release of their first CD, Singcopation
1994 Singcopation wins a Radio Artes Award
1995 Cutt Glas wins the category for vocal ensembles and a special award for their rendition
of Mango Groove’s hit song, Moments Away, at the Concourse Panafrican Musique et
des Artes.
1996 Cutt Glas performs at the opening function of the first democratically elected South African Parliament and was requested to sing their rendition of “Kwela vir Mandela” to President Nelson Mandela.
1997 Their second CD, One Voice, was released.
1998 Cutt Glas represents South-Africa at the Lisboa Expo in Portugal.
1998 SATOUR appoints Cutt Glas to be South Africa’s first Cultural Ambassadors.
1999 Cutt Glas wins a special award at the Tampere Festival in Finland.
2000 Snykant / Cutts is released.
2000 Cutt Glas celebrates her tenth birthday in the South African music industry.
2001 Slegs Glas - Glass Only is released by BMG Africa.
CUTT GLAS WON THE GERAAS MUSIEK TOEKENNING 2001 FOR: BEST COMIC ALBUM (SNYKANT / CUTTS) AND BEST TECHNICALLY PRODUCED ALBUM (SLEGS GLAS / GLASS ONLY).
CUTT GLAS and the AFRIKA MAMAS join hands and form an acapella group AMASIKO.
2002: Invited by the government to represent South Africa in Belgium. October 2002.
AARDKLOP 2002: Brand new show show MET ACAPELLA GESê. In this show CUTT GLAS uses backing tracks, sung by using only their own voices and by making use of body percussion. Therefore the end result on stage : 10 harmonies.
2003: KKNK, SEVERAL TOURS, HUISGENOOT SKOUSPEL in Sun City.
During 2004 Cutt Glas will be celebrating their 15th anniversary in the industry.
2004: Sixth CD BLENDED/VERSNIT is released.
2005: CUTT GLAS puts new meaning to a capella music by joining forces with NAVI REDD, HI -5 as wall as the AFRIKA MAMAS, in a production A KA PELLE STEMFONIE.
Their latest show: RECYCLE is a spectacle of cross over styles , from the classics, to easy Jazz tot pop as well as Rock ‘n Roll.
2006: The group travels the country and performs at various festivals and public holiday events.
CUTT GLAS WILL RELEASE THEIR SEVENTH CD IN SEPTEMBER 2007.
Two of the original members are still in the group. They are: Karen Meiring and Bondina Osterhoff. Rozelle Blackie and Karen Wessels joined in 2003 and 2004 and Mabet van Wyk joined the group in 2007.
2008: CUTT GLAS performs with AMANDA STRYDOM on her new album.