The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will present Pietermaritzburg
jazz vocalist Thobeka Langa tomorrow (August 6).
Thobeka developed her love for music at a very young age and
started singing at grassroots level with a community gospel group called Change
in PMB. She later enrolled for her studies in Performing Arts at the Mbongeni
Ngema Academy. After completing her Matric, she further pursued her music studies
the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Thobeka Langa completed her BPrac MUS degree from UKZN
earning a merit in performance. In her final year of study, she was a part of
the group of students selected to represent the University Of KwaZulu-Natal
School of Arts at the Virginia Common Wealth University (Virginia, Richmond)
for an ongoing Music Exchange Programme. Her other achievements include being
offered a scholarship to study towards her Master’s Degree at the North
Carolina Central University.
Joining Thobeka Langa will be her band which comprises Ndumiso
Ndlovu (piano), Ildo Nandja (contra bass), Njabulo Shabalala (percussions),
Devon Hore (drums), Delani Mbokazi (sax), and Thabang Mavimbela (sax). They
will present some of Langa’s compositions as well as her favourite jazz
standards
The concert takes place on August 6 at 18h00 at the Centre
for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM) Level 2, Shepstone Building. UKZN Howard
College Campus. Doors open at 17h30 and music starts at 18h00. Entry fee is R40
(R20 pensioners and R15 students). For more information contact Thuli on 031
260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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