For the past 27-years, The NWU Boulevard Harmonists, a 6-voice (mixed) a cappella ensemble, have been celebrating music and the joy of singing. In the OFM Art Beat, Mid-Morning Magic’s Yolanda Maar.
Inspired by a specific play in the 1970s, Maishe Maponya decided to write and stage works of his own. He would later go on to collaborate with, and inspire, many others, even beyond South Africa’s borders.
The soundtrack of the happiest memories of my life
Kay Mosiane pays tribute to Sibongile Khumalo
My relationship with Dr Sibongile Khumalo is one I’ve mostly imagined in my head the soundtrack of the happiest memories of my childhood and early life is mostly her voice. And then I started getting older and decided to maybe take this singing thing a little further. Training classically but knowing I wanted to sing something else. So naturally, my obsession with her went further than just listening to her music because it was so bloody good. But now I was analysing every breath, every vowel, every note. I would imagine her in my practice room, advising me on everything from technique to performance. I told you, mostly in my head. But I learned so much from her, before I even met her.