Tea in the Trees Forest Theatre hosted the students from the Keiskamma Music Academy on Sunday 3rd Feb, in Chintsa. The 16 learners who performed in Chintsa are a part of a larger project based in Hamburg where young people are offered the opportunity to take part in a musical education and encouraged to express themselves and enjoy the personal development that comes from this education. Hamburg historically offers few programs like this one and has a high rate of teenage youth social problems like alcoholism, unemployment and teenage pregnancy amongst others.
These young musicians have access to a range of instruments and musical genres and at this concert we enjoyed recorder music, percussion and a brilliant performance from a young flutist. The musical genre passed easily from classical Western music to popular music and traditional Xhosa. What an great experience!
Watch this short youtube clip of the concert...
Thank you to all members of the project who performed in on Sunday and to everyone involved in the Keiskamma Project. To find out more visit www.keiskamma.org.
To read more about Tea in the Trees and what's coming up in our Forest Theatre visit www.teainthetrees.com/whats-on-east-london.html
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