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16 children took part in the East London Port Rex Eisteddfodd in May. We received 2 gold certificates, 9 silver and 1 bronze certificate. The children are now preparing for their Trinity exams in October. Our brand-new set of five marimbas, donated by the German Consulate, has arrived! African Music Instruments in Grahamstown, who made the marimbas, offered an initial workshop on delivery which was very exciting! Mpumelelo (Mpumi) Nyushman from Soweto is now teaching recorder full-time in Hamburg. He is a former pupil of the Melodi Music Trust in Pimville, Soweto, under the leadership of Nimrod Moloto. He started teaching in Hamburg at the beginning of March and already the children's progress is noticeably faster, now that they have daily lessons instead of only weekly access to their teacher. There are currently 24 students in the Music Academy. Mpumi will have another new intake of students in July. We said goodbye to Linda de Villiers, our first part-time recorder teacher, at the end of last year. She is now teaching in Stellenbosch. Eva Schäflein was helping out until the May Eisteddfod in East London. We have two young German volunteers working in Hamburg at the moment through Weltwarts, a German parastatal: Anne-Katrin Haase and Yannic Herrenknecht have helped with the refurbishing of our new rooms, help with admin, and do aural training and theory lessons. Some of our highlights last year included the children's performances at the East London Eisteddfod and the three silver certificates they won. They also loved attending the violin and harp recital at the Grahamstown Festival. The seven students who took the Trinity Initial Music Examination in November all passed with merit, and one student passed with distinction. (Trinity School of Music offers an internationally accepted assessment method for measuring proficiency on an instrument.) Four of the students performed at two benefit concerts in Johannesburg and at a prestigious concert for the Italian Embassy at the ZK Matthews Auditorium in Pretoria. As part of their performance they played two works with Claudia Antonelli, the visiting Italian harpist, which was a huge treat for the children. Mpumi is currently preparing the children for an Eastern Cape Concert Tour in July: Between 19 and 24 July, Helen Vosloo and the Rhodes Jazz Piano Trio will be performing "Baroque and Blue" in Port Alfred (19), Mosselbaai (21), George (22), Port Elizabeth(23) and Grahamstown (24 July). The children will perform with us in Port Alfred, Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown. Also in the pipeline is preparation for Trinity examinations in October.
Eastern Cape Keiskamma Music Academy benefit concert tour:Baroque and Blue: Helen Vosloo (flute), and the Rhodes Jazz Piano Trio: John Edwards (piano), Marc Duby (bass) and Steve Ellis (drums) performing cross over repertoire, a conversation between the classical and jazz styles. Baroque and Blue, touches on the Baroque, with Bach and Scarlatti, visits 20th century France, with composers such as Faure, Bizet and Bolling, some South American rhythms with Piazzolla etc… and all within a new sound landscape. 19 July Port Alfred *: Green Fountain farm 15h00
The Keiskamma Music Academy thank their donors:Sopranino donor (R500 up to R4 999)
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