Music Makers Present Sounds Of Durban
Date: 18- 04- 2009
Place: Botanic Gardens
Donation: R20-00
Music Makers is the name of a concept that comes from the poem by O’Shaughnessy. What we are about is empowering performers to realise their potential as “movers and shakers” and to use and share their skills acquired through music to empower others. Through music we aim to create events that generate the spirit of interconnectedness, bringing together diverse groups of people and sharing the spirit of music-making: that of equality, listening to each other, community, and unity.
This concert is the culmination of work that has taken place over the past month and a half: starting with and ending with Street Children using the “Safe Space” created by the UMthombo. The nucleus of the idea is embedded in the concert in which street kids will be performing with musicians giving the opportunity for them to be visible and audible in a positive context other than the usual and allowing them the possibility to connect and vice versa with musicians.
The event was set up to celebrate the amazing response that we have had to this idea amongst the musical (and related artistic) community of Durban mostly through being around the wonderful BAT centre. Many performers have offered to participate. So many in fact that this event is something that can be repeated in some form at least quarterly.
We have musicians and performers of all ages and stages – uniquely mixing professional and amateur and many types of music.
Addington School Choir
UMthombo Street Children
Belly Dancers
Cartoon Chaos
Richard Ellis’s Drum Circle
Gum Boot Dancers and Steel Band from Ottiwa Boys Haven and
Ithemba Labantwana
Inspiring and uplifting poetry from all over Durban and beyond including: Thule, Sbu, Topaz, and children from Umthombo: rapping and singing
The Music Makers Big Band fun catchy interactive music with participation
Members of Batuka, Durban Afro Jazz Ensemble, Thulile Zama
and others TBC
Money raised will be going directly to UMthombo to generate income for similar events of a participatory, inclusive and community based nature, and to help Mxolisi Sithole the arts co- ordinator at UMthombo to try set up a solid music program within the organization. We have approached the amazing Clowns without Borders South Africa to work with us.
Suggested ticket price (by donation) R25 adults R20 concessions.
Future: schools interested in our band visiting the school, and or participating in future events please contact
It is possible to organise a tour of the Botanical Gardens to appreciate
To Musicians and performers inspired by this work are invited to join Facebook group “Sympathetic Vibrations”. Thanks to Liz Prize and Brian Watts for making this event possable.
Your Support will be Appriciated
Date: 18- 04- 2009
Place: Botanic Gardens
Donation: R20-00
Music Makers is the name of a concept that comes from the poem by O’Shaughnessy. What we are about is empowering performers to realise their potential as “movers and shakers” and to use and share their skills acquired through music to empower others. Through music we aim to create events that generate the spirit of interconnectedness, bringing together diverse groups of people and sharing the spirit of music-making: that of equality, listening to each other, community, and unity.
This concert is the culmination of work that has taken place over the past month and a half: starting with and ending with Street Children using the “Safe Space” created by the UMthombo. The nucleus of the idea is embedded in the concert in which street kids will be performing with musicians giving the opportunity for them to be visible and audible in a positive context other than the usual and allowing them the possibility to connect and vice versa with musicians.
The event was set up to celebrate the amazing response that we have had to this idea amongst the musical (and related artistic) community of Durban mostly through being around the wonderful BAT centre. Many performers have offered to participate. So many in fact that this event is something that can be repeated in some form at least quarterly.
We have musicians and performers of all ages and stages – uniquely mixing professional and amateur and many types of music.
Addington School Choir
UMthombo Street Children
Belly Dancers
Cartoon Chaos
Richard Ellis’s Drum Circle
Gum Boot Dancers and Steel Band from Ottiwa Boys Haven and
Ithemba Labantwana
Inspiring and uplifting poetry from all over Durban and beyond including: Thule, Sbu, Topaz, and children from Umthombo: rapping and singing
The Music Makers Big Band fun catchy interactive music with participation
Members of Batuka, Durban Afro Jazz Ensemble, Thulile Zama
and others TBC
Money raised will be going directly to UMthombo to generate income for similar events of a participatory, inclusive and community based nature, and to help Mxolisi Sithole the arts co- ordinator at UMthombo to try set up a solid music program within the organization. We have approached the amazing Clowns without Borders South Africa to work with us.
Suggested ticket price (by donation) R25 adults R20 concessions.
Future: schools interested in our band visiting the school, and or participating in future events please contact
It is possible to organise a tour of the Botanical Gardens to appreciate
To Musicians and performers inspired by this work are invited to join Facebook group “Sympathetic Vibrations”. Thanks to Liz Prize and Brian Watts for making this event possable.
Your Support will be Appriciated
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