School of Music post-graduate student Sibu Mashiloane and his band Unlocked Keys present innovative arrangements and original compositions. The ethos of the band is to transcend limits of musical rules, styles and instruments.
8 August
Contemporary Piano Meditations
Celebrated pianist, Christopher Duigan plays a selection of modern music by popular piano composers, including Michael Nyman, Yann Tiersen, Ludovico Einaudi and South African composer Richard Guinness.
15 August
Miriam Erasmus
Folk singer and songwriter, Miriam’s repertoire reflects the traditional British folk songs of her English heritage, through the protest songs of the ‘60s and ‘70s to the present day where she writes songs about life in her home in KZN.
22 August
Strings Attached
Since mankind first discovered that a plucked string under tension produces sound, musical instruments based on the concept have evolved in disparate cultures around the world. This concert presents the music of just a few of these instruments, including violin, cello, bow, guitar and piano.
29 August
Young Pianists
Ewan Slabber, Rashalia Pather, Kathryn Stanex and Romy Allen - students of Dr. Liezl-Maret Jacobs - performing solo piano pieces by Beethoven, D. Scarlatti, Chopin, and others.
5 September
KZN Youth Wind Band
The KZN Youth Wind Band is made up of 50 talented young music students from diverse cultural backgrounds. In 2009 they won first prize in the prestigious music competition and youth music festival in Vienna.
Taking place at Jubilee Hall (OSCA), Princess Alice Avenue.
12 September
Richard Haslop
Durban's Richard Haslop - musician, writer and radio music show host - will be presenting a programme of blues, as well as traditional and traditional-sounding folk music on slide guitar, dobro and mandolin.
19 September
KZNPO Campus Concert
The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra will be premiering Sihle Manana's 'Tango Fantasia' and perform with UKZN School of Music soloists Busisiwe Shazi (voice – winner of the 2010 Classical Performers’ Competition), Romy Allen (piano – winner of the 2010 Classical Performers’ Competition), Samantha Goldblatt (recorder), and Lloyd Blackbeard (piano).
Taking place at Jubilee Hall (OSCA), Princess Alice Avenue.
Monday 26 September
University Vacation - No Concert
3 October
Music Without Walls 11
A free improvisation experience with Ulrich Süsse (electronics), Jürgen Bräuninger (electronics), Neil Gonsalves (piano), Sazi Dlamini (guitar and traditional instruments), Jeff Robinson (woodwinds), Toine Scholtz (turntables) & Siphesihle Manana (electronics).
10 October
THE LONELY PAINTER
A collaboration project between two music students, Sizwe Ngcobo and Siyabonga Mazibuko. With their band, they combine the contradictory forces of tradition and technology, and present them in a dramatic story involving music and visual imagery.
17 October
Opera and Choral Ensemble
The ensemble is comprised of students from the Opera Studio and Choral Academy, conducted by Mr. Lionel Mkhwanazi. They will perform operatic works that form part of their current studies.
Taking place at Jubilee Hall (OSCA), Princess Alice Avenue.
24 October
African Music and Dance Ensemble