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Training on African music instrument making

Violet Maila

The Music in Africa Foundation (MIAF) is implementing its Instrument Building and Repair (IBR) project; in which it trains participants on building and repairing African musical instruments, while exploring ways in which they may professionalise the art. 

  The programme will comprise a seven-day workshop facilitated by experts in Johannesburg, from 19 to 24 September.

  Twenty participants will be selected this year and the workshops will culminate in a concert featuring some of the instruments at Wits Theatre on 25 September.

  Certificates of participation will be given, and participants will leave the workshops with the instruments they made. The training is aimed at enabling instrument makers to train others in their communities.

  The instruments considered for the training are kamale ngoni, mbira and marimba. The application deadline is 6 July 2020.

  The MIAF will support costs for participants; travel costs within Gauteng; accommodation and meals for the duration of the workshops.

  Successful applicants will be notified by 31 July 2020.

  The project is funded by the National Lotteries Commission; and implemented in partnership with Siemens Stiftung, Goethe-Institut, Wits Theatre and Kaya FM. 

  For more visit: https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/call-applications-instrument-building-and-repair-training-sa.

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