National Youth Orchestra performing with top SA artists

The Wits School of Arts is supporting the National Youth Orchestra in this concert designed to go from classical to kwaito and everything in between.   The audience can expect to be taken on a journey from baroque to boeremusiek, classical to kwaito, and so much more. Before the Wednesday event, National Youth Orchestra will share the stage with Shortstraw, Bombshelter Beast and Goliath and Goliath at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden. On Monday 12 Decemberthe National Youth Orchestra will again perform with Bombshelter Beast at the SABC M1 Studios in Johannesburg. The concert at the Linder Auditirium on Thursday 14 December will be the National Youth Orchestra's final concert for the year.

 

Earlier this year, the National Youth Orchestra Foundation partnered with the University of Witwatersrand to host an instrument-specific workshop. The event featured some of the country’s top viola playersists who invested their time and musical knowledge into master classes and workshops for the selected participants. 

  National Youth Orchestra concerts are made possible by the National Lotteries Commission, the Department of Arts and Culture, the SABC Foundation, the Academy of Sound Engineering, the Wits School of Arts, the SAMRO Foundation and SAfm Radio.   Founded in 1964, the first National Youth Orchestra camp was held in South Africa’s Gauteng province under the auspices of the South African Society of Music Teachers. With a history of  over 50 years of orchestral development, the foundation of the National Youth Orchestra supports the training and development of South Africa's young musicians through National Courses and National and International Tours within its annual programme.    For more information about these concerts, please contact Sophia Welz team@sanyo.org.za or +27832722117.   Tickets to the events can be purchased online at Plankton.mobi or Computicket for R150 per person online and R170 at the gate. Children under 12 can enter for free.