After a successful choral music at the packed Carnival
City’s Big Top Arena in October, music connoisseurs and lovers commended the
Ekurhuleni Melting Pot Choral Festival.
A number of choral music ground-breaking events have been
lined up as a build up to the National Competition in Ekurhuleni in October
2014. These will include the, KZN Melting Pot Choral Festival on April 27 followed
by Mpumalanga Melting Pot Choral Festival on June 1.
“It is exciting to be back with this massive festival, the
workshop will be an eye- opener for a lot of choirs in Mpumalanga because they
will be working with top choral specialists and they can learn a lot and be
competitive to match the standard of other professionals in the country” said Gcisa
Mdlulwa, CEO of Melting Pot Arts Festival.
Celebrating 20 years of our democracy, through sound,
that’ll melt your heart is the theme of the massive choral music festival that
will be held in the Durban City Hall on Freedom Day, April 27, 2014. It will
feature the crème de la crème of
choral music in honour of one of South Africa‘s greatest sons O R Tambo,
himself a former school choir member at St. Peters. He was first introduced to
formal music at Embhobeni, which became a lifelong activity and a hobby. He was
also a renowned choral music composer. Tambo will be honoured in style with
choirs such as Durban Serenade, African Chorus, SA Chorus and Mayibuye IAfrica
to mention a few.
The sounds of joy chorale and last year’s National Melting
Pot Choral Music Festival inaugural winners, the Clermont Community Choir, will
add to the potpourri of sing and dance that will feature the acclaimed KwaZulu-Natal
Philharmonic Orchestra. Also in the blend to add further entertainment will be the
raved Zakes Bantwini, Abanqobi and I Grandi Tenori.
The KZN – Melting Pot Choral Festival Tribute to OR TAMBO will be held on April 27 at the Durban City
Hall from 11h00 till late. For more information: contact Otto Moloto of the Melting
Pot Arts Festival on 082 220 0332 or email: otto.moloto14@gmail.com
The National Ekurhuleni Melting Pot Choral Festival
‘’Tribute to O R Tambo will be held in Carnival City in Ekurhuleni on October
18 and 19, 2014.
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