WHAT'S ON – Music –
Jazz / Popular / African
Motown Memories
Silence of the Music
David Kramer's Breyani
South African College of Music
African Music
The "Our Music" South African Jazz Legends Concert
Alistair Izobell Productions presents
MOTOWN MEMORIES
10 and 11 September (Concert Hall)
A review of Motown hits!
Date and Times: Friday 10 and Saturday 11 September at 20:00
Price: R120
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Desert Rose Music presents
SILENCE OF THE MUSIC
22 September – 3 October (Theatre)
Directed by Basil Appollis
Music composed and produced by Lynne Holmes-Ganief
Written by Anne Woodborne and Basil Appollis
Set and lighting design by Patrick Curtis
Featuring Michele Maxwell, Loukmaan Adams, Farouk Valley-Omar, Keenan Arrison, Antoinette Blyth, Yusuf Ganief, Nobuhle Ketelo, Asmina Aleker
In a world of diversity comes a classic tale of intercultural love united through music. Leading world-music composer and producer Lynne Holmes-Ganief teams up with renowned theatre director Basil Appollis to create a new magical and exotic world-music drama. The star-studded cast includes Michele Maxwell (Isidingo, Scandal), Loukmaan Adams (District 6 The Musical, Kat and the Kings, Keenan Arrison (Shooting Stars), Farouk Valley-Omar (10 000 BC), Antoinette Blyth (soprano), Yusuf Ganief (Arabic vocalist), Nobuhle Ketelo (traditional African vocalist), Asmina Aleker (Indian Bollywood singer), Belinda Silbert (mezzo soprano), Bienyameen Camroodien (Spanish guitar), François Arzul (violin) and Tony Paco (Tucan Tucan – percussion).
The original music includes rich and angelic opera voices, Sufi Arabic prayers, romantic ballads and African chants, all set in a diverse world-music arrangement of epic orchestration, flamenco guitar, Indian tabla and African rhythms.
Dates and Times:
Preview on Wednesday, 22 September, at 20:00
Opens on Thursday, 23 September, at 20:00
Thereafter Tuesday–Sunday at 20:00
Price: R120
Discounts: (Tuesday–Thursday only)
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more: R100
For discounted block bookings (entire house), charities, schools, corporate bookings and fundraisers, please contact one of the following:
Sharon Alexander 021 680 3962 or sharon.alexander@uct.ac.za
Carmen Kearns 021 680 3993 or carmen.kearns@uct.ac.za.
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David Kramer Productions presents
DAVID KRAMER'S BREYANI
7–31 December (Concert Hall)
In Breyani, David Kramer celebrates the rhythm, instrumentation, vocal styling and language, to create music that is unmistakably and uniquely from the Cape.
Earlier this year, the original version of David Kramer's Breyani was performed at the KKNK in Oudtshoorn, where David received a Kanna award for Exceptional Contribution to a Contemporary Music Production. It had originally been commissioned by the Suidoosterfees in 2009 and was then called Kaapse Breyani.
A 10-piece band includes Camillo Lombard on piano accordian and Gammie Lakay on acoustic lead guitar. Donveno Prins, who wowed audiences in The Kramer Petersen Songbook and 3 Wiser Men, plays saxophone. Former member of DNA Strings Jacques Steyn plays mandolin and bass. Veterans of klopse bands Howard Links and Charlie Rhode play banjo, mandolin, and guitar, taking the moppie, the vastrap, the ghoemaliedjie and the tiekiedraai to new heights. From the stages of musical theatre and Malay Choir competitions, Loukmaan Adams sings and beats the ghoema drum. The much loved Sonskyn Sisters, Ruth Hector and Elspeth Davids sing their hearts out with a combination of cherished Cape standards and folk songs as well as material written especially for this production. David Kramer plays MC and drops in a song here and there!
"Kramer is brilliant at making points about this country without confronting his audience" Pretoria News
"Ek stap uit en lek nog my lippe" Krit
"Dazzling array of musicians" The Star
Dates and Times:
Monday–Saturday at 20:15
No performance on 25 December
31 December to be confirmed
Prices:
Monday–Tuesday R125 and R95
Wednesday–Saturday R140 and R110
Discounts:
Senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more less 10%
Early Bird Special: 10% off all tickets booked before 31 October for performances from 7 to 11 December only
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South African College of Music presents
AFRICAN MUSIC
Thursday, 26 August, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Dizu Plaatjies presents a concert showcasing the students from the African Music studio.
Price: R50
Discounts:
UCT staff: R45
Students and senior citizens: R35
Learners R25
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THE “OUR MUSIC” HERITAGE DAY CELEBRATION
A celebration of the Cape Town and South African Jazz Heritage
R.Y.T.H.M. (Reaching Youth Through Music) is an initiative that was started by a vibrant team of students from the SACM. They are determined to explore and learn more about their local jazz musical heritage. This has manifested itself as a proactive project called “Our Music”, an initiative that creates an opportunity for young people, both high school students and university students, to learn from the South African Jazz Legends.
The "Our Music" South African Jazz Legends Concert
Thursday, 23 September, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Ffeaturing Sibongile Khumalo, Feya Faku and the Ngcukana Brothers.
Price: tba
For more information contact Monique van Willingh on 072 1777 441 or e-mail monique.vanwillingh@gmail.com