An evening of musical delight waits concert goers who will be beating the winter chill with a joint concert by the Valley’s own Zolani Youth Choir and the well-known Delta Soetstemme this Saturday (25 July).
The event will start with a late-morning workshop at Montagu’s KWV Binnehof ending in a late afternoon concert at the Montagu Museum.
The Zolani Youth Choir is known for its electrifying South African sounds, with a distinctly African perspective, including hymns, freedom songs, traditional and popular music.
The choir was created in 2012 by the formidable Odwa Mvunge, who was born in Zolani, schooled in the Eastern Cape and returned to Ashton as a school teacher after completing a Music Diploma (Vocal training) at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU).
Inspired by his experience with the NMMU choir, with whom he travelled internationally, he founded Zolani Youth Choir to educate youngsters in the performing arts and to demonstrate to the local community the value of dedication.
Concert-goers can also look forward to a mixture of traditional songs, some written in Cape vernacular style, by the Delta Soetstemme who will be backed by a four piece band.
Over the last decade or so the Franschhoek wine farm Solms Delta’s unique empowerment programme has turned the farm into one of South Africa’s most progressive wine estates, where the workers’ trust now has a 33% equity stake.
There is also a parallel trust creating projects in education, cultural heritage, social upliftment, sport and recreation. This has spawned several musical ensembles including the Delta Langbroeke, a brass band, and the Delta Soetstemme, an exciting 20-piece choir ensemble, which has acquired a reputation for really getting people’s feet tapping.
Apart from the afternoon concert which starts at 16:00, a free workshop will be held at 11:30 at the KWV Binnehof, where local choirs will each present a song.
Concert tickets cost R100 for adults (includes a complimentary muscadel) and R20 for children.
For bookings call 023 614 1511 during business hours or email kwvartgallery@gmail.com, or they can be made at the Art Gallery (at the KWV Binnehof)
