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Monday, July 22, 2024

SIKI JO-AN FOR CENTRE FOR JAZZ

 


The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music proudly presents Siki Jo-An- An Intimate Concert with the African Queen. Siki Jo-an features for the opening Twosday concert in the second semester at UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music, on Tuesday July 30, 2024, at 17h30.

The Inaugural Intimate Concert with The African Queen is a series of concerts where Siki Jo-An travels in small venues across South Africa, and Brazil from July to October 2024.

Sikelelwa Jo-An Qwazi, also known as Siki Jo-An, is a multi-talented artist hailing from Kwa-Zakhele, South Africa and now based in Johannesburg. Siki Jo-An is a versatile singer who plays the guitar and piano. She has been part of various productions, such as, The Voice South Africa, The Remix SA, broadcast on SABC 1, and the Mzansi Insider, where she sang a Tribute song for Winnie Mandela.

Siki Jo-An will perform live at University of KwaZulu-Natal on July 30, 2024, where she will transport audiences to an imaginable world of beauty as she treats tthem with Xhosa songs and music from her album Chapter 30 which is a window into Siki Jo-An’s soul, some popular English Jazz standards, and a touch of Bossa-nova and Samba Portuguese music that she was introduced to during her previous tour in Brazil.

This is a musical experience you do not want to miss.

The concert takes place on July 30, 2024, at the UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music. Doors open at 17h00, Music starts at 17h30.

Tickets: R110 (R80 for pensioners, R50 for students). Book at Webtickets:

webtickets https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1549011847

 

The Centre for Jazz is situated at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Dennis Shepstone Building, Level 2 in Durban.

For more information, contact zamat1@ukzn.ac.za