The Horizons Project aims to not simply stimulate the creation of new choral music written by young South African composers but aims to facilitate the creation of a new generation of South African composers who write for the genre of choral music The choir consist of 24 hand picked singers from a various fields, but share to love for singing and performing choral music. About the composer: Composer Franco Prinsloo creates in a diverse variety of styles including choral, classical contemporary, new music, cabaret and theatre as well as pop music and electronica.   He has composed and directed extensively for the stage including Maanmond (2009) Boegoe vannie liefde (2010) Pygmalion (2011) A Dolls House (2012) Skroothonde (2013) A Clockwork Orange, Marat/Sade (2014) Kind(s)(2015), CODE (2015) and Mosioua (2016) to name but a few highlights.  For the past three years he has been the Musical Director for the Nedbank Arts and Culture Trust performing arts Scholarships.  He is an active composer in the new music scene in South Africa including The Horizons Project choir and the Paz Consort. He has commissioned by prominent choirs including The Akustika Chamber Singers, The University of Johannesburg Choir, The Potchefstroom University Choir, The University of Pretoria Camarata, The Jacaranda Childrens choir, The Molen Kórus and the University of Pretoria Youth Choir. Prinsloo is also the conductor of his own three choirs. More notably his choral piece Pula, Pula! (from his musical “Naledi - an African journey”) was commissioned by the NWU PUK Arts for the Kings Singers to be performed in their programme in 2017. His compositions are frequently chosen as prescribed works at choral eisteddfods and competitions.   ​His own discography include: "Prima Materia" with his duo Duo Solvtio, an avant garde exploration with fellow composer Andre van Rensburg; "Die Ryke dwaas" a solo album of piano contemplations, "Sonder merkwaardige klank" a series of art songs with Netanja Brink, "mosiuoa" a stage soundtrack of an multi-lingual adaptation of shakespeare's hamlet and "Nokturnes" a collection of art songs performed by soprano magdalene minnaar. His album "the imaginary musical"  is the and choral album "South African Choral Music Vol. 1" are the newest additions to his colection of original recordings. The composer also features on the "Horizons Project Choir's latest release of new South African Choral music; Ritornar! ​Prinsloo extends beyond the boundaries of his own expressive medium and in 2015 had a sold out solo photographic exhibition at the Artlovers1932 gallery in Pretoria. His sound installations has been featured in notable South African galleries including the Johannesburg Art Gallery in Richardt Strydom's solo exhibition 'Bleek' and his sound work for found sound, poets, voice and marimba "Sunnyside Suite" during the 2016 Aardklop National Arts Festival.  He seeks to create through interdisciplinary collaboration and exploration. Prinsloo explores sound possibilities and often builds his own instruments (the XENOPHONE - a bowed metal instrument) or de-constructs/modifies/destroys old instruments,especially old found piano's notably as part of the experimental spoken word trio "Dooie Diere" Recently he composed a musical "Naledi an African journey" which had its debut in February 2016 both at the South African State Theatre and at the Choralies festival in France.