(Kirsten
Sayers (front) with three of her pupils who will be performing in Young
Performers Concert: Kenton Leslie-Smith (17) from Clifton College; Lydia Weber
(16) from Westville Girls High School and Rachel Luyt (16) from St Marys DSG
Kloof. Photo by Illa Thompson)
A highlight for budding music and vocal
students is the annual KZN Young Performers Concert with the KZN Philharmonic
Orchestra which takes place on May 12, 2018, at the Playhouse.
For the past decade, the KZN Philharmonic
Orchestra in association with the South African Society of Music Teachers once
more presents its annual very special once-off concert to showcase the solo
skills of some of the region’s most promising young orchestral performers and
vocalists in a variety concert-type format performing an eclectic repertoire of
classical highlights, opera arias, and even crossover opera/pop.
The concert features the sublime KZN
Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Naum Rousine. It is a red letter day
for many of the orchestra players, who have the opportunity of performing
publicly with their music students. The KZN Philharmonic, in association with
the South African Society of Music Teachers, held open auditions to
talent-scout for young soloists, facilitated by a judging panel of respected
musical professionals.
Music teacher, co-principal clarinet and
bass clarinettist with the KZN Philharmonic, Kirsten Sayers, is proud of three
of her pupils who have successfully auditioned and are eagerly preparing for
the concert. “My studio has been buzzing with excitement since the audition for
the Young Performers Concert. With much happiness, the youngsters have taken to
the task at hand and have diligently applied themselves in their practice. We
work as a team and most of the kids from my studio will be at the concert to
show their support to our three little stars. As a teacher, I feel it is
important to encourage my pupils to get involved in such opportunities.
However, as a performing musician, I feel it my responsibility to ensure that
they perform from a solid musical foundation.
“Just playing an instrument is one thing,
but playing the music is totally different. With the latter, the instrument is
more like a vessel from which the music comes and the musician and instrument
are one. For me and my pupils, this is the ultimate goal of our musical
adventure,” she adds.
The KZN Young Performers Concert takes
place in the Playhouse Drama on May 12, 2018, at 19h00. Tickets available
through Computicket /
www.computicket.com / 0861 915 8000 / Shoprite Checkers Money Market
Counters.
Many
of the young performers will also be playing in fourth Michaelhouse Festival of
Music – an eclectic feast of multi-genre music including an astonishing line up
of classical music in different forms, taking place at Michaelhouse School from
May 11 to 13, 2018. For more info visit the festival’s Facebook page or William
Silk on musicfestival@michaelhouse.org. For ticket pricing and tickets visit
www.tickethut.co.za and search for Michaelhouse.
The
KZN Philharmonic presents its World Symphony Winter Season weekly from June 7
to 28, 2018, every Thursday evening in the Playhouse Opera. Tickets from
Computicket.
For
more information click on the KZNPO advert at the top of this page.
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