The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music is
proud to present piano maestro Melvin Peters at the Centre for Jazz and Popular
Music on March 27.
Melvin Peters holds Master’s degree Music
in Jazz Performance from The University of Natal. He was appointed lecturer in
Jazz Studies at the University of Durban-Westville in 1990. He taught here for
ten years and during this time was awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard
University in 1998/9. He has performed locally and internationally in France,
Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United
States South African jazz musicians, including Winston Mankunku, Barney
Rachabane, Tandie Klaasen, Sandile Shange and Gloria Bosman.
Personal highlights include performances
with such luminaries as guitarist Herb Ellis and drummer Ginger Baker, as well
as the opportunity to share the stage with the legendary jazz pianist Dave
Brubeck at Harvard University in 1999. He has also collaborated with Abdullah
Ibrahim in the formation of the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra, for which he was also
appointed Music Director.
Melvin Peters is the regular jazz
accompanist for the Samro competition held in August every year. He has taught
and performed at the National Schools Jazz Festival in Grahamstown. He is
currently the organist and Choir Director at St Pauls Church, Durban, and was
recently appointed as an examiner for UNISA. More recently, he performed with
the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere of Mandela Trilogy at the Playhouse in July
2011. In November 2011, Peters was invited to present workshops for the
Nigerian branch of the Royal Schools of Church Music Summer School in Lagos. In
April 2012, he performed with a string quartet for the Freedom Day celebrations
at the South African Embassy in Addis Ababa.
Melvin currently performs with several
bands including Platform Jazz, the Melvin Peters Quintet as well as Quattro
Fusion. He has featured on several jazz and gospel albums.He will be joined by
Bruce Baker (drums), Philani Ngidi (bass) and Jonathan Judge (sax)
Melvin Peters appears at the Centre for
Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard
College Campus at 18h00 on March 27. Entry R35 (R20 pensioners/R10 students). For
more details contact Thuli on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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