Milton Academy for Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
Joining Milton Academy is special guest Durban pianist Melvin Peters, as well as the Durban High School jazz students led by Natalie Rungan.
THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music presents the next Twosday gig with Milton Academy on Tuesday, 12 March at 6pm.
Milton Academy is a private high school near Boston, USA. With students from 21 countries and 26 states, the 240-year-old school has an outstanding academic focus and Its alumni include TS Eliot, Buckminster Fuller, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Governor Deval Patrick and James Taylor.
Upon hearing the group perform his compositions, South Africa’s beloved jazz musician, Abdullah Ibrahim invited the Milton jazz group to tour South Africa in 1992.
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Milton Academy jazz students are now touring South Africa for the 12th time and have several ongoing connections with South African township music programmes. On these tours, the Milton jazz groups have delivered over $230,000 of music materials to South African schools.
Joining Milton Academy is special guest, Durban pianist Melvin Peters, as well as the Durban High School jazz students led by Natalie Rungan.
The Centre for Jazz and Popular music is at Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard College Campus. Doors open at 5.30pm. Entrance is R80 for general admission, R50 for pensioners and R25 for students. Contact Thuli on 031 260 3385 or Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za.
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