Music Together: an
exhibition of 30 black and white prints journaling the extensive community,
education and outreach of the busy KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, will be on
display at the Durban Art Gallery from March 17.
“So often one associates the orchestra with performing
sublime concerts in the magnificent City Hall during our Symphony Seasons, not
realising that this represents a fraction of the overall programme of the
orchestra. So much of their time and talent is spent doing performances,
workshops, master-classes and mentoring programmes which take place in
community venues, school halls, rehearsal rooms, old age homes and informal
spaces across the length and breadth of the province,” says Bongani Tembe,
Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the KZN Philharmonic.
Working closely with the Durban Art Gallery, The Print Room
has been transformed into a mock orchestra rehearsal room, with 30 carefully-chosen
black and white prints displayed on music stands. The photos have all been
taken over roughly a two-month period by photographers Val Adamson; Gcina
Ndwalane and Rogan Ward to create a storyboard which begins to capture some of
the special moments, connections and nuances of these programmes.
Music Together will
be on display at the Durban Art Gallery until April 30, 2016.
For more information on the KZN Philharmonic, link to the
orchestra’s website through the advert at the top of this page.
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