Melting Pot National Choral Festival around the corner
Choirs battle it out for ultimate prize.
The third annual Ekurhuleni Melting Pot National Choral Festival, will be held from October 31 till November 1 at Carnival City.
The competition, a yearly tribute to the late OR Tambo, was launched at the Germiston Civic Centre on September 26 and promises to be a stellar festival of choral bliss.
October is OR Tambo Month in the metro and as an art and culturally astute freedom fighter, composer and former school choir conductor, the metro believes that the Melting Pot National Choral Festival is a fitting tribute to Tambo.
Choirs from across SA will battle it out for the R500 000 grand prize and one of the most sought after choral titles in the country.
“Choral music is food for the soul because it plays an important role in developing a sound fibre of the community,” said Executive Mayor, Mondli Gungubele at the launch.
“The discipline required to execute a collective mandate is a pivotal skill to learn and extends beyond the choral space, but also to life and the work place.”
The following choirs have qualified:
- His Majesty Choir (Swaziland)
- Zwelitsha Adult Choir
- Gauteng Choristers
- SA Singers
- Voice Of The Nation
- African Chorus
- Heavenly Voices
- Bagale (Lesotho)
- Serumula
- Transnet Port Terminal
Musicians Zakes Bantwini, Sibongile Khumalo, Black Coffee, Solly Mahlangu, Sally Silver, Njabulo Madlala and Nathi will also perform at the event.
Previous year’s events:
Top southern African choirs to compete in choral festival (2014)
Ekurhuleni melting pot choral festival winners (2013)
