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VOLUME 4
ISSUE 1
Kronendal Music Academy
January to June 2010
ooff H Hoouutt B Baayy
Hello all! Looking back at the last 6 months of 2010, it is astonishing to notice how quickly it has sped by. This year kicked off with our “New Pupil’s Concert”, featuring pupils who had joined us at the end of 2009 and the new pupils from first term this year. At the same we also saw the debut of the new KMA Jazz Band members who raised the roof with their renditions of Herbie Hancock pieces and other Jazz Standards. As new pupils keep joining KMA regularly, we wish you all the best and most importantly, wish you LOTS OF FUN! Before we move on with news from this year, there are a few wonderful bits that simply must be shared… In November KMA was down to its last penny but, thanks to previous supporters’ belief in what we are doing, we were able to continue:
Eisteddfod and Music Exam Results January to June 2010 Ella Hall received Distinction for her Grade 1 Royal Schools Piano exam Thomas Sanders received Honours for his first Eisteddfod entry Good luck to our 15 exam entrants in this second half of the year! We are holding thumbs for you
Top right: The KMA Jazz Band at the Beginners concert Top right below: Beginner Yennie Cheng performs Middle left: The KMA Chamber Orchestra debuts Below right: Ella Hall performing on our baby grand Far right: Thomas Sanders performs at the Lions Club
Thanks to facilitation by Prof. Denis Goldberg and the Sentinel Experience, Community H.E.A.R.T ev continued its generous support of KMA by donating a further R30 000 towards our teachers’ fees and tuition costs and the Charlie Heyes Fund gave R15 000, making its total contribution to KMA to date, over R80 000. Our deepest thanks to both for helping us in our time of need
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Instruments from the UK… Richard and Julia Clarke from the UK have been avid supporters of KMA ever since their involvement in the Charlie Heyes Fund. Having financed the building of a
NAC Grant
crèche in Imizamu Yethu, Hout Bay, they were in South Africa in December 2009 to officially open the
National Government Supports KMA… Blessed with a grant from Provincial Government in
building. However, also bringing with them over 15 second hand and new instruments they had collected from their church congregation in England, which they
2008, as well as a total of R128 000 in non-government
donated to KMA. Each and every instrument has been
funding through 2009, we had built up a track record of
used since and our heartfelt thanks goes out to Richard
reliability and sustainability, which we were able to show
and Julia, and all the individuals who opened their
in our National Arts Council Proposal. As a result, we
hearts to our needs.
received our first grant from National Government of R75 000 in December 2009. This is a big milestone for us, not only in terms of much needed funding but also as a show of commitment from Government. Many thanks to Lindi Ngcobo for guiding us through the proposal process and beyond.
Featured Pupil Denecia Muller Denecia is one of KMA’s “oldest” pupils, having joined us in July 2007 for cello lessons. She was also our first sponsored pupil and was supported through her lessons for 3 years by Lois and Craig Strachan of Lakeside, Cape Town. Denecia truly loves music and takes the opportunity whenever she can to learn a new instrument. Through the wonderful efforts of volunteers in her
Top: Ondela Mposi plays on one of the instruments donated to us by the Clarkes and their congregation in the UK. Below: Denecia Muller and her cello
church she has learnt guitar and recorder and is now learning trumpet and flute. She loves singing also, and is a member of her church choir and the KMA Youth Choir and plays cello in the KMA Chamber Orchestra. “My dream is to one day play in a real orchestra,” she says. Denecia is in grade 11 at the Hout Bay Secondary School in Hangberg. We are so proud of
Are you interested in continuing Denecia’s sponsorship
you Denecia – well done! You are a true example to
for her music lessons this year? Please contact the
us all, of the love of music.
KMA office for more information…
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Thank you to committee member Darlene Miller for
So what else have we been up to so far this year…? In March Director Dwyn Griesel again braved the Cape Town winds to take part in the 2010 Argus Cycle Race. Unlike last year, the winds only got up to 55km, Chapmans Peak remained open and Dwyn was
organising this for us, and for passing the “MadHatter Hat” around for donations. The delegates were tired after a heavy evening of talks, but still gave generously to the fund and each band member was able to take home their FIRST EVER “earned” gig pay ☺
able to make it to the finish line, 108 km later. Aching legs, feet, buttocks, arms, hands, neck and shoulders were the worst of it, but all worth it as sponsorship for this race brought KMA over R25 000! Thanks to Dot Canham who every year, faithfully stands on the side of the road waiting with a Red Bull or two as her daughter skids in for a pick-me-up before the dreaded Chappies and Suikerbossie inclines…! Our gratitude
Later on in the year the jazz band went on to perform Brasilian melodies at Darlene’s birthday party – on the night of the Brasil vs Ivory Coast soccer match and, as a result, Brasil won! ☺
goes to all those who so generously sponsored this
In May our Jazz Band was very blessed to receive
race in aid of KMA.
musical guidance in the form of a jazz workshop by various Cape Town Musicians, including Brasilian
The KMA Jazz Band Sizzles!
musicians Rodrigo Galvão and Gabriel Nascimento, percussion and guitar respectively. Instructing on piano
In April KMA was invited to take part in the first “Community Life Expo” in Hout Bay, organized by
was Argentinean born Muriel Marco, on keyboards and sax final year students Thandi Ntuli and Justin Bellairs
the Shoreline Church.
respectively and our Jazz Band leader, Trinidad born Ernesto Vialva on bass.
Intended to inform the locals about the good community efforts taking place in Hout Bay, the expo also served as a bridge between those organisations in need and those who have the time, resources or skills to assist. The KMA Jazz Band thrilled the crowd with their lively blues and funk and went on to perform
the next week at the Human Sciences Research Council’s Round Table Discussion held at Cape Town’s Centre For The Book.
Catch the KMA Jazz Band playing in various restaurants in Hout Bay through the next 6 months! PHOTOS BY: Ana De Oliveira http://anadeoliveira.mosaicglobe.com/page/1543
Gabriel, Jonathan and Harison; Rodrigo and Cameron; Robin-Sue and Thandi; Justin and Kieren.
PAGE FOUR In May this year KMA was very proud to present some of
KMA Roars for the Lions Club
our beginner musicians at an inter-club Lions Club dinner
Hout Bay’s demographics provide interesting opportunities
our newly formed Chamber Orchestra sporting 3 violins,
for integrating the various socio/economic and cultural
cello, recorder, guitar, clarinet and flute.
in Hout Bay. Making their second only appearance was
dynamics of its people. 60% of the community is Black (including a large number of refugees from other parts of Africa), the majority living in extreme poverty in Imizamu Yethu: an informal settlement dating back to the 1980’s. The “Hangberg” informal settlement, located above the Hout Bay harbour, is more than 30 years old and its mainly “coloured” residents are fourth generation fisher folk, who no longer have access to their livelihood strategies due to the introduction of the fishing quota system. The
Mr Horst Tabel, the newly appointed chairman of the Hout Bay Lions Club, later presented KMA with a cheque for R2 000 which will help to continue individual lessons for one of our sponsored pupil this year and aid in the feeding scheme KMA provides for the recorder quartet at their weekly lessons. We would like to send our deepest thanks to all at the Lions Club for their interest, encouragement and generous donation.
remaining 15% of the Hout Bay population constitutes the
“As a Lion, you will make life better for others while
affluent, mainly white community (including foreign
enriching your own life in the process.” Want to
residents mainly from the UK, the USA, Germany and
know more?
Holland).
Membership is by invitation and if you're interested in being invited to join an existing Lions club look
Not surprisingly, Hout Bay has many organisations focused on community building and upliftment, one of the oldest being the Lions Club. Founded in 1917 and with more than 1.35 million members in more than 45,000 clubs worldwide, the Lions
for a club near you and express your interest in attending a meeting to learn more about the club and its service projects. Horst Tabel (Hout Bay): horsttabel@yahoo.co.uk or http://www.lionsclubs.org
Club is best known for fighting blindness – still part of their work today. But they also volunteer for many different kinds of community projects – including caring
Our First Carols By Candlelight
for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors
In December 2009 KMA held its first ever Carols by
and the disabled. These community projects often support
Candlelight at the Cultural Community Centre. It was an
local children and schools through scholarships, recreation
uncharacteristically grey and blustery December evening but
and mentoring. The Lion’s motto is "We Serve." Lions are
folks from all over Hout Bay came to join in the singing
part of a global service network, doing whatever is
fun… Look out for our next one this year!
necessary to help local communities.
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With Many Thanks To‌.‌ all those who support KMA and continue to see the potential of a growing musical environment in Hout Bay.
To date we would not have been able to survive without the support of companies and individuals locally and internationally, but in order for KMA to continue to expand and be a valuable contributor to society we need increased sponsorship... As we continue to grow, our vision is to create a building for Hout Bay containing everything from practise rooms and recording facilities to a versatile performance space. For this we need the assistance of the Hout Bay community and those with diverse skills. If you are interested in being part of this vision, please contact the KMA office.
KRONENDAL MUSIC ACADEMY OF HOUT BAY PO Box 26292 Phone: from abroad: (00) (27) (82)3314062 or in
Hout Bay, Cape Town
SA: 082 331 4062
South Africa 7872
Fax: (0) (21) (790 5454) E-mail: dwynne@intekom.co.za
Kronendal Music Academy of Hout Bay
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