The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will
present vocalist and songwriter, Keorapetse Kolwane on July 25, 2018, at 18h00
Kolwane completed her fourth year (Btech)
in the Jazz and Popular Music Department of University of KwaZulu-Natal in
2017. Prior UKZN, she completed her National Diploma in Jazz and Popular Music
at Tshwane University of Technology
Kolwane was selected at the annual
Grahamstown National Youth Jazz Festival, amongst South Africa’s top youth jazz
musicians to be part of the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band of 2015.
Together with the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band, the band performed at
major festivals like the Grahamstown National Arts Festival and Johannesburg
Joy of Jazz
She also works well as a session
vocalist and band member in various ensembles led by the likes of Concord
Nkabinde, Viwe Mkhizwane, Nhlanhla Daniel Mahlangu, and other local acts. She
has toured throughout Egypt Cairo, New York, Washington DC, Louisville, Orlando
and Western Kentucky.
Kolwane aspires mostly to influence
young artists to dare to dream and pursue arts not only on a practical basis,
but also educationally. She will be doing her honours in music performance and
research at The University of Witwatersrand in 2018 and intends to continue
furthering her music studies in the coming years.
The body of work aims to give flowers to
and honour the South African musicians she has had the honour of either
working, collaborating, recording or performing with thus far in her career.
Through song and reflection, she will pay tribute to individuals whom she
believe have shed light, groomed her musicality and also allowed her the space
and courage to find her own voice and tell her own story.
Tribute
To The Living will comprise of a couple of her own
unreleased compositions, which is a mixture of straight ahead jazz, fused with
South African sounds and ethnic nuances that are evident in our daily lives.
Join Keorapetse Kolwane on vocals with
Zibusiso Makhathini on piano, Nhlanhla Radebe on bass, Stanley Matlou on drums
and Leon Scharnick on saxophones on July 25, 2018, at 18h00 (doors open at
17h30) at The Centre for Jazz and Popular music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone
Building at UKZN Howard College Campus
General admission R80 (R50 pensioners, R25
students). For more information contact Thuli on 031 2603385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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