October 2024
Brandon Chamber Players Concert: On the Brink of Peace
CONCERT STARTS at 7:00 p.m., with a pre-concert talk scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Jazz pianist and composer Witness Matlou presents a suite of original music informed by his upbringing in South Africa’s townships. These areas on the periphery of a town or city have historically been used to uphold racially segregated living arrangements. There, outside of Johannesburg, Witness was surrounded by the sounds of Marabi, Mbaqanga, and gospel music. Protests songs echoed into South Africa's political transition period into the…
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