(KZNPO second violin cadet player, Zos
George Ntuli, introduces his violin to learners from iThemba Academy in
Hillcrest after a schools’ performance.
Pic by Val Adamson)
Making Music
Together, an exhibition of 30 black and white prints journalling the extensive
community, education and outreach of the busy KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, comes
to the end of its presentation the Durban Art Gallery on April 30, 2016.
“So often one
associates the orchestra with performing sublime concerts in our magnificent
Durban City Hall during our Symphony Seasons, not realising that although the
Symphony Seasons are our flagship programme, they represent a fraction of the
overall activities of the orchestra. The majority of the orchestra’s time is
spent presenting 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 KZN
province,” says Bongani Tembe Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the KZN
Philharmonic.
Working closely
with the Durban Art Gallery, an exhibition was created to give gallery-visitors
special insight into some of these activities. The Print Room in the gallery
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 during December last year and February
this year, 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 community engagement programmes.
Making Music
Together runs at the Durban
Art Gallery in the Durban City Hall until April 30 and is curated by Illa
Thompson; designed by Peter Court and photographic consultant is Val Adamson.
For more
information about the KZPO, visit kznphil.org.za
or contact 031 369 9438 or email bookings@kznphil.org.za.
(To link direct to the
KZN Philharmonic’s website click on the orchestra’s banner advert on the top
right hand of the page above the National Arts Festival banner)
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