NEWSLETTER

SOWETAN (Monday 14 June 2004)

South African National Defence Force, together with the South African Music Education Trust (SAMET), have chosen the Field Band Foundation as the first beneficiaries of the unused musical instruments stored in various army bases.

EXAMS
Twelve pupils from our Learnership project in Mafikeng, Northwest Province, participated in Trinity College Examinations for the May session. Seven obtained Distinctions (!!!) and five Merits! Learnership pupils are on a 4-year programme with SAMET and will be sent back to their regions as Music teachers upon completion of this course. Tuition is offered in Violin, Viola, Cello, Theory of Music, General Musicianship (Aural Training) and Applied Music (Chamber Music, and Teaching experience on Tuesdays!)

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Shadrack Bokaba has been invited by the International Chamber Music Festival to be a guest speaker. The festival is held annually @ Stellenbosch University. It opens on the 22nd July 2004. MTN project will also perform during the lunch hour concert on the same day.

ORCHESTRA IMBIZO
A meeting of all major South African Professional Orchestras has been confirmed for June 24, 2004 at the Convention Centre, Sandton. Shadrack will chair this important historic gathering which will also include the Department of Arts and Culture and the National Arts Council. Issues on the agenda include transformation within Orchestras and funding. Agreed guidelines and targets for transformation will be set @ this meeting.