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Feel the Music celebrates the sounds of the orchestra and beautiful voices

Young talent and advanced professionals come together for an engaging evening.

The Feel the Music concert recently celebrated the rich, exotic sounds of orchestral music – bringing together strings, woodwinds and brass in a way that captivated the crowd of music lovers in attendance. The event featured the talented youth of the Lowveld, who proudly displayed their skills at Laerskool Laeveld.

Concert-goers were given a chance to experience familiar, beloved melodies performed on instruments they may have been seeing up close for the very first time.

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Hilda-Mari Gerber.
Hilda-Mari Gerber.

Young instrumentalists and singers from a number of schools stepped up as soloists with the Lowveld Community Orchestra, directed by Lizanne Barnard, while the Lowveld Youth Choir, conducted by Elet Kruger and the Lowveld Development Orchestra, conducted by Monique Christie, added their voices to the already memorable experience.

Everyone enjoyed a diverse and engaging programme performed by talented young musicians, some as young as six, alongside more advanced players and professional artists.

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Zane Botes

Zané joined the Lowvelder editorial team in 2026, bringing with her an Honours degree in Journalism and Media Studies from NWU. She covers community and sports news, with broader interests in crime and politics. Zané’s career is driven by a simple conviction: journalism exists to give people a voice, and that begins in your own community.
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