The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music proudly presents
vocalist and songwriter, Keorapetse Kolwane on Wednesday 25 July 2018 at 18:00
Kolwane completed her fourth year (Btech) in the Jazz and
Popular Music Department of University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in 2017. Prior UKZN,
she Completed her National Diploma in Jazz and Popular Music at Tshwane
University of Technology.
Kolwane was selected at the annual Grahamstown National
Youth Jazz Festival, amongst the countries top youth jazz musicians to be part
of the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band of 2015. Together with the
Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band, the band performed at major festivals
like the Grahamstown National Arts Festival and Johannesburg Joy of Jazz.
Keorapetse also works well as a session vocalist and band
member in various ensembles led by the likes of Concord Nkabinde, Viwe
Mkhizwane, Nhlanhla Daniel Mahlangu, and other local acts. She has toured
throughout Egypt Cairo, New York, Washington D.C, Louisville, Orlando and
Western Kentucky.
Keorapetse aspires mostly to influence young artists to dare
to dream and pursue arts not only on a practical basis, but also educationally.
She will be doing her honours in music performance and research at The
University of Witwatersrand in 2018 and intends to continue furthering her
music studies in the coming years.
The body of work aims to give flowers to and honour the
South African musicians she has had the honour of either working,
collaborating, recording or performing with thus far in her career. Through
song and reflection she will pay tribute to individuals whom she believe have
shed light, groomed my musicality and also allowed me the space and courage to
find her own voice and tell her own story.
Tribute to the living will comprise of a couple of her own
unreleased compositions, which is a mixture of straight ahead jazz, fused with
South African sounds and ethnic nuances that are evident in our daily lives.
Join Keorapetse Kolwane on Vocals with Zibusiso Makhathini
on Piano, Nhlanhla Radebe on Bass, Stanley Matlou on Drums and Leon Scharnick
on Saxophones us at The Centre for Jazz and Popular music (CJPM), Level 2,
Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard College Campus on Wednesday 25 July
2018 at 18h00 The doors open at 17h30pm show starts at 18h00. R80 for
general admission // R50 pensioners // R25for students. Please contact Thuli on
031 2603385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
for more details.
