Head for the UKZN Centre of Jazz &
Popular Music at 18h00 tomorrow (August 29) for some beautiful music from
Sheila Khumalo & Sheila da Blue Note, accompanied by some poets.
Some of the international speakers from the
KZN Music Imbizo will be present before they attend the conference which starts
on August 31 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
Sheila Da Blue Note is a singer; composer;
actress and a dancer. She started her career in 1996 as a gospel singer like
any artists. She worked with Lucky & friends and Clermont Merry Singers. Through
the love and passion of arts in 2004; she moved to Bat Centre in Durban where
she was part of a programme called Artist in Action Residence Programme. She
studied composition; ensemble, music theory, voice and music business. She also
learned under the jazz legendary Theo Bophela; where she was advancing herself
in music theory. She is now in studio recording her debut album. In 2008, she
started her solo career under the name of Sheila Da Blue Note. She specializes
on Afro Jazz; Pop and Blues; at the same time became a product of Gcugcwa
Creative Productions where she learned stage presentation.
Sheila Khumalo began her music career at an
early age and was discovered by John Shawman of the Sheperds Music Group when
she was 19. In the 1980’s and 90’s she got more involved in the music scene as
a back-up singer for many famous musicians in Johannesburg such as Joyce Thabe
and the Boots, and Sophie Mgcina. She did many productions and toured all of
South Africa, growing her horizons and experimenting with her acting skills. She
has been very giving of her skills, participating in many of the HIV/AIDS
drives, as well as through the passing down of her performance skills to young
children from her community of KwaMashu.
Tickets R70 at the door. The Centre for Jazz &
Popular Music is housed on level 2 of the Dennis Shepstone building on the
Howard College campus.
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