Local music for heritage month
Johannesburg - Indigenous music will feature in a month-long celebration of African heritage, the department of Arts and Culture said on Saturday.
"This unique and innovative project highlights our rich cultural heritage. It is about the identity of the African people and, most importantly, preserves, transcends and elevates our heritage," said Minister Pallo Jordan.
Jordan referred to the African genre of music which merges choristers, marimba and jazz into Chorimba.
"When you listen to Chorimba you are bewitched by the clicks, whirrs and oscillating hums of the choristers, the gritty jazz sounds and thumping Marimba sounds. When I made contact with Duke (Ngcukana, founder of Chorimba), I wanted a concert that would showcase dignified choral songs. The works had to be presented in a format that pushed the creative envelope and paraphrased choral music."
Ngcukana, a choral master, trumpeter and jazz educator said he developed the genre more than 25 years ago.
"I want to celebrate the composers of the songs, those that have come before us and keep their legacies alive, so that musicians of today should tap into their songs, using them in their contemporary repertoires."
His vision is to take Chorimba into households across South Africa, go on tour and celebrate the great choral masters of the past was his firm ambition.
"It is our social responsibility as musicians to be exploring and developing new South African music forms."
News source: www.news24.co.za
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