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SUMMARY:The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music Presents “Lost & Found” by Siyanqoba Mthethwa
DESCRIPTION:Press release: \n\n\n\nThe Centre for Jazz and Popular Music Presents “Lost & Found” by Siyanqoba Mthethwa \n\n\n\nThe Centre for Jazz and Popular Music is proud to present “Lost & Found”\, a live performance by acclaimed musician Siyanqoba Mthethwa\, taking place on Wednesday\, 13 May at 17:30 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Howard College campus. \n\n\n\nRenowned for his vibrant and genre-blending sound\, Mthethwa seamlessly fuses jazz\, gospel\, and African musical traditions. This performance follows the recent release of his EP Lost & Found\, as well as his album Inevitable Jazz Edition\, further cementing his place as an exciting voice in contemporary South African jazz. \n\n\n\nJoining him on stage is the dynamic vocalist Unathi Mzekeli\, alongside a talented band featuring Sbu Zondi on drums and Qhubekani Mthethwa on bass. Together\, they promise an engaging and memorable live music experience. \n\n\n\n\nEvent Details \n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 13 MayTime: 17:30Venue: The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music\, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: R130 – General Admission\, R100 – Pensioners\, R70 – Students. Tickets available at the door (cash).
URL:https://coh.ukzn.ac.za/event/the-centre-for-jazz-and-popular-music-presents-lost-found-by-siyanqoba-mthethwa/
CATEGORIES:Music,School of Arts
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SUMMARY:Science with Jazz Seminar Series – 2026
DESCRIPTION:Following on from the very successful 2025 Science with Jazz Seminar Series\, the Centre for Quantum Computing and Technology presents a stimulating May 2026 programme: \n\n\n\nDATE:  Thursday 21 May 2026 \n\n\n\nVENUE:  Howard College Theatre\, Howard College Campus \n\n\n\nTIME:  From 17h00 \n\n\n\nFEATURING:  Chemist Professor Beatriz G. de la Torre and Jazz Artist Dr Sibusiso ‘Mash” Mashiloane. \n\n\n\nTOPIC:  When Green is not Simple:  Water as a Solvent \n\n\n\nTHEME:  Sounding Home:  A Practice-Based Dialogue with Bheki Mseleku’s Harmony Cycles. \n\n\n\nSYNOPSIS:  Over the past two decades\, growing concern about climate change has influenced the chemical industry’s practices. Regulatory agencies have imposed restrictions and bans on certain solvents\, prompting the industry to replace those that are hazardous to human health and the environment with safer\, more sustainable alternatives. \n\n\n\nGuidelines for identifying green solvent options often highlight water as the most environmentally friendly choice. This is well justified: water is not derived from fossil resources\, is non-toxic and non-flammable\, and does not emit volatile compounds that could harm workers. However\, additional factors need to be considered\, and these will be explored in this talk. \n\n\n\nSounding Home: A Practice-Based Dialogue with Bheki Mseleku’s Harmony Cycles \n\n\n\nThis presentation explores the concept of home as a sonic and embodied experience in South African jazz\, through a practice-based engagement with the music of Bheki Mseleku (1955–2008). \n\n\n\nMseleku’s compositions\, particularly his Meditation Suite (1992)\, are structured around harmonic cycles: recurring chord sequences that move through all twelve keys\, each shift producing a distinct emotional and tonal quality. These cycles are not merely formal devices. They enact a process of spiritual and musical searching\, a way of moving through sound toward something felt but not fixed. Taking musical practice as the primary site of inquiry\, this presentation argues that home\, in South African jazz\, is not a place to be described but a condition to be sounded. It is realised through the act of playing\, through rhythm\, repetition\, feel\, and the bodily knowledge that musicians carry from the communities and traditions that shaped them. \n\n\n\nWhile Mseleku’s work articulates home through a cosmological and spiritual framework\, this presentation places that orientation in dialogue with a township-informed\, lived South African musical practice. By foregrounding musicking\, the act of doing\, as method\, it positions performance as a site where memory\, identity\, and belonging are negotiated in real time. \n\n\n\nIn the context of this seminar’s shared focus on cycles\, the presentation invites a cross-disciplinary reflection: just as water cycles through states of transformation\, Mseleku’s harmony cycles move through keys and emotional registers\, returning and renewing without arriving at a single fixed point. Home\, like water\, is not static. It circulates. \n\n\n\nABOUT BEATRIZ G. DE LA TORRE:  Beatriz obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Barcelona (Spain). After a dilated career in Spain\, she is presently a research Professor at KRISP\, College of Health Sciences\, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban\, South Africa). She has been working extensively on glyco\, nucleo-\, and lipopeptides. Her scientific interests are focused more on the discovery of new antimicrobial peptides\, including those for fighting tuberculosis\, peptide-based vaccines\, and peptide based drug-delivery systems. Lastly\, she is also deeply involved in developing GREEN Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis Strategies. \n\n\n\nABOUT SIBUSISO ‘MASH’ MASHILOANE: holds a PhD in music\, with his research centered on the coincept of “home” through the lens of South African jazz. A Cum Laude graduate with a Masters degree in Jazz Performance from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.\, he serves as a lecturer at the same institution. Not only is Mash a great artist in this very vibrant time in South African jazz music\, he also is a teacher with a focused goal to help grow talent form a firm foundation of African Roots. \n\n\n\nAs a pianist he appeared with many different groups around the world and is initiating projects of his own. He has now become an integral part of the South African and international jazz scene. Mash and his band have played not only the main stages on the South African circuit\, but also many major jazz festivals\, such as Cape Town International Jazz Fesitval and his live performances brought him as far as USA. A highlight was a performance at the African Sauti Za Busara Festival in Zanzibar. \n\n\n\nAside from the strong jazz influences\, his performances are also inspired by funk\, hip hop\, gospel and traditional music from South Africa\, attracting music fans of all genres as well as straight ahead jazz aficionados. Mash has also built a career in South Africa as a musical director. At the same time he has explored in depth the repertoire of composers such as Bheki Mseleku\, Moses Molelekwa\, Abdullah Ibrahim\, McCoy Tyner\, John Coltrane\, Hugh Masekela and Bud Powell. He is known to be both a virtuoso player and conductor with his live performances being the drawing card that have garnered him audiences worldwide. He is an integral performer of Africian Jazz music and has built an enthusiastic fan base whilst touring South Africa\, USA\, Mozambique and Tanzania. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE SCIENCE WITH JAZZ SEMINAR SERIES: The Centre for Quantum Computing and Technology at UKZN presents a series of science seminars combined with Jazz concerts\, that informs about relevant concepts in science and technology and their societal impacts. This monthly series intends to inspire inter-disciplinary discussions and synergies\, in particular between the sciences and the arts. \n\n\n\n\nDownload PDF
URL:https://coh.ukzn.ac.za/event/science-with-jazz-seminar-series-2026/
CATEGORIES:School of Arts
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SUMMARY:A Vocal Masterclass by Dr Lisa Engelbrecht\, Vocal Coach and Répétiteur at Opera UCT
DESCRIPTION:A VOCAL MASTERCLASS BY DR LISA ENGELBRECHT\, VOCAL COACH AND RÉPÉTITEUR AT OPERA UCT\, SATURDAY 30 MAY FROM 10H00-13H00 AND CONCERT AT HOWARD COLLEGE THEATRE 15H00 – 16H30\, FEATURING THE AWARD-WINNING SOUTH AFRICAN BARITONE SANDILE ZITHA \n\n\n\nA Vocal Masterclass will be presented by Dr Lisa Engelbrecht\, Vocal Coach and Répétiteur at Opera UCT\, on Saturday 30th May from 10h00-13h00 in the Howard College Theatre. Six senior students from the UKZN Opera Studio and Choral Academy (OSCA)\, have been selected to participate in the Masterclass. We encourage students and the larger Durban public to attend the Masterclass since Dr Engelbrecht is highly regarded as an international Vocal Coach and Répétiteur. Entrance is free of charge. \n\n\n\nThis will be followed by a Concert in the Howard College Theatre from 15h00 – 16h30\, featuring the award-winning South African baritone Sandile Zitha from the SA College of Music at the University of Cape Town\, accompanied on the piano by Dr Lisa Engelbrecht. In addition to their exciting and varied programme\, including Zitha performing the Pearl Fishers’ duet by Georges Bizet with our very own tenor Nonkanyiso Khumalo\, the OSCA Ensemble under the direction of Lionel Mkhwanazi\, the Head of OSCA and accompanied by Senzekile Biyela\, will perform excerpts from Carmen by Georges Bizet. Tickets are available at the door from 14h30 at R50 per adult and R20 for pensioners. UKZN students will be allowed free entrance. A gem of a concert not to be missed!
URL:https://coh.ukzn.ac.za/event/a-vocal-masterclass-by-dr-lisa-engelbrecht-vocal-coach-and-repetiteur-at-opera-uct/
CATEGORIES:Music,Upcoming events
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