FREE LUNCH-HOUR CONCERTS
and other events
March to June 1996
Music Department
University of Natal
FREE LUNCH-HOUR CONCERTSHoward College Theatre12.15pm - 12.55 pmIn addition to our regular Monday concerts,our series of FREE WEDNESDAY lunch-hour concerts features mainly our own Music Department students. Watch press for details.MONDAY 4 MARCHSOUL-CENTRIC.Winner of the 1995 Indian Ocean Jazz Festival Competition, this hot jazz outfit consists of Dusty Cox (saxophone), Mitos Cox (vocals), Melvin Peters (piano), Lex Futshane (bass) and Shaun Petersen (drums). MONDAY 11 MARCHSTEELBAND IN THE PARK.From the West Indies to Africa - NPO percussionists Bryan Clarke, Dobri Paliev and the band from Sacred Heart Secondary School bring us the unique vibe of steel drums - instruments made out of 44-gallon oil drums which have been said to sound "somewhere between a guitar, a piano and an organ". VENUE: Jubilee Gardens - bring your own chair/cushion. (In the event of rain, venue will be Students' Union Hall) MONDAY 18 MARCHPopular singer VIJAY LUXMI BALAKRISHNA in a programme of South Indian classical, light and popular vocal music, with instrumentalists and a dancer. MONDAY 25 MARCHFOCUS ON CAGE.A recital of 20th-century music including John Cage's Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos (CHRISTINE LUCIA & DAVID SMITH) and Aria (SUZI STENGEL). MONDAY 1 APRILSKOKIANA: Afro-Jazz. Special township brew of everything from traditional to avant-garde jazz, by Sazi Dlamini (guitar), Feya Faku (trumpet), Mfana Mlambo (sax), Bongani Sokhela (bass) and Chris Mashiane (drums).VACATIONMONDAY 15 APRILTHE BLACK NOTES sing "African Blues". A six-member male a capella vocal group, singing their own and others' songs in Zulu and English. Still to be confirmed : please watch press or phone the Music Dept (260-3353) two weeks in advance to confirm details and avoid disappointment.MONDAY 22 APRILJazz giant JOHNNY FOURIE, one of South Africa's top guitarists, with a local trio/quartet. Still to be confirmed : please watch press or phone the Music Dept (260-3353) two weeks in advance to confirm details and avoid disappointment. WEDNESDAY 24 APRILSTUDENT RECITAL : Sarah Bonsignore (voice) accompanied by Jonathan Oshry (piano).MONDAY 29 APRILNPO IN THE STUDENTS' UNION - The Natal Philharmonic Orchestra's annual university concert in the Students' Union Hall. MONDAY 6 MAYVIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL: GÉZA KAYSER (violin) & RUTH GOVEIA (piano). Works by Webern, Lutoslawski and Prokofiev. MONDAY 13 MAYKWAZULU NATAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA, conducted by Naum Rousine. The cream of the province's young performers in a programme of popular classics. VENUE: Students' Union Hall MONDAY 20 MAYTo be confirmed. (Tel 260-3353 for details nearer the time). MONDAY 27 MAYKITSCHFEST - a concert in the worst of taste! Presented by David Smith and a variety of performers, this is a chance to reflect on the values we attach to music and to reclaim the 'garbage'! MONDAY 3 JUNEHot off the computer! - a programme of recent works by the Music Department's own composer, JRGEN BRUNINGER. PLEASE HELP US UPDATE OUR MAILING LIST!Send advice of your change of address, or of any errors on our current list, to: The Concert Organiser, Department of Music, University of Natal, Pvt Bag X10, Dalbridge 4014 or telephone Sally Hodges on 260-3353. If you would like to receive up-to-the-minute news of Music Department events via electronic mail please send your e-mail address to hodges@mtb.und.ac.za |
OTHER EVENTS
M Mus Examination Recital Colleen Philp(soprano) with David Smith(piano) also featuring Ashley Ross (clarinet) an ad hoc chamber group & the Durban Chamber Choir Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock" Arias by Puccini, Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Debussy and others Saturday 2 March 7.30 pm Howard College Theatre Tickets at the door R10/Students R5 Enquiries: 2603353 The Universities of Natal & Durban-Westville and the Oude Meester Foundation for the Performing Arts present ANDRE HOWARD(baritone)with ALBIE VAN SCHALKWYK(piano)
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