THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (UKZN) and iSupport Creative Business will host the Voices against Gender-Based Violence fundraiser concert, that will feature more than 20 vocalists, as part of the regular Unlocked Music Sessions on Wednesday, 26 August from 6pm.
The event will see 25 vocalists join together to raise funds at a time when many survivors of abuse and violence are trapped and vulnerable to perpetrators.
The online experience features a unique diversity in terms of genres and generations.
Durban jazz favourites Zoe The Seed, Thulile Zama, Debbie Mari, Natalie Rungan, and Xolisa Dlamini will be part of the line-up, but also the popular NOSIHE, Zethe, Sam Landers, Skye Wanda and Toya deLazy, currently based in London, are raising their voices.
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Singer-songwriters Haylea Heyns, Simthandile and Chloe Clark also form part of the line-up, which includes the Canada-based sisters Vanessa Moodley and Jessica Chaz and South African born Fullbright scholar Opera vocalist Bronwen Forbay, now based in the USA.Joining this impressive line-up are also Mimi Mtshali, Maya Spector, Thandeka Ndlovu, Thandeka Dladla, and Shelly McLean.
Male vocalists that complete the line-up are Rob Warren, Rene Tshiakanyi, Kwena Ramahuta and opera lecturer, Lionel Mkhwanazi.
Funds raised from the event will go to the KZN Network on Violence Against Women.
“The funds will be used to empower women and young girls in communities through structured information sessions. Providing such women and girls with reliable information, support and expertise to maximise their safety and meet their needs is imperative,” said the network director, Cookie Edwards.
The KZN Network on Violence against Women was established in 1996 and is a provincial coalition working together with all key stakeholders to take action to prevent the prevalence of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and HIV.
Tickets cost R80 and available from Webtickets.
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