VIDEO: French horn takes Nomusa to Germany
Nomusa Sibanda, who is part of the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra Company, started learning music in Grade 2.
She has taken on one of the world’s most difficult instrument to play and came out victorious. Protea Glen’s Nomusa Sibanda will be heading to Germany this month due to her talent and skillset in playing the French horn.
Sibanda, who is part of the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra Company, started learning music in Grade 2.
“I always used to see kids who looked more privileged than I was playing these instruments at school but I couldn’t join them because of the financial situation at home. Their music teacher noticed that I was always looking and she offered to pay for my classes and teach me so that’s how my journey with music began,” she said.
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She started by playing the flute and then moved to the French horn when she was in grade five.
“Being honest, I didn’t like the instrument because it has a mirror so when you play you can actually look at yourself and when they gave me the instrument the case was ugly and the instrument didn’t look appealing,” said a reminiscent Sibanda.
She explained that it took her two months to blow the first note and then she was inspired to continue with this instrument after going to see the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra and noticing that there was only one woman in the horn section and she was leading the section.
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Sibanda was one of six of her 58 member orchestra chosen to go play at the year-end function of a German orchestra that played with the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra Company when they came to South Africa earlier this year.
“I’m really excited about it!” she said.
The benefits of playing an instrument or joining an orchestra are plenty according to Sibanda. She notes that it requires a lot of concentration and that has helped many children improve their concentration in their academics.
“We’ve had kids who were very slow and couldn’t concentrate at school but immediately when they joined the orchestra their concentration improved and even their pass rate went high,” she elaborated.
Not only is she a talented horn player, but she is also a singer with a very big voice. She describes her voice as her first instrument and comes from a family of vocalists and musicians.
Sibanda has recently done her grade eight in music with Trinity College in London and is currently awaiting her results. Sibanda hopes to one day have her own music school in Soweto.
“I really love working with children so I want to give them the same opportunity I got,” she concluded.
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