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Jazz vocalist Thobeka Langa at Seaman's Corner

Jazz vocalist Thobeka Langa at Seaman's Corner

Date: 2016-04-29
Seaman's Corner, Hammarsdale: Sunday 1 May

Thobeka Langa, a 27 year old Jazz vocalist from Pietermaritzburg, will be performing at Seaman's Corner, Hammarsdale, on Sunday 1 May.

Thobeka Langa developed her love for music at a very young age. She started singing with a community gospel group called Change, in PMB. It was therefore no surprise when she enrolled for her studies in Performing Arts at the Mbongeni Ngema Academy, immediately after completing her Matric. She further pursued her music studies the University of KwaZulu Natal - Howard College School of Arts where she specialised in Jazz and Popular Music.

In Hammarsdale Langa will be performing some of her compositions and favorite jazz standards, but she will also perform some pop songs by her favorite vocalists.

Langa has shared the stage with quite a number of high profile Artists: Lira, Judith Sephuma, Ronnie Jordan, MiCasa, and Ernie Smith. She has also worked with a number of musicians like Change Gospel Group, Victory Sonqoba Arts Company, Beat-Route Jazz Band, Soul Force Jazz Band and Unlocked keys. Langa has over the years also performed at a multitude of festivals: Durban Vodacom July, MTN Durban Jazz festival, Ballito Prawn and Jazz Festival, SAIFTA Awards, KZN Department of Arts and Culture High Tea Party and Pam Golding Awards.

As part of her Bachelor of Practical Music degree, Langa passed Performance cum laude. This as well as her performance at the launch of the UNISA School of Music; earned her a scholarship to study towards her Master's Degree at the North Carolina Central University. She was also privileged to be selected as a lead vocalist for a student band that represented the University Of KwaZulu Natal School Of Arts Music

Exchange Program at the Virginia Common Wealth University Music School (Virginia, Richmond) in October 2013.

Langa's band for this performance will be: Ndumiso Ndlovu on keys, Senzo Mdamba on bass guitar and Stanley Matlou on drums and Thobeka Langa on vocals.

This concert is supported by Concerts SA and the eThekwini Municipality and brought to you by iSupport Music Business. Concerts SA is a joint South African/Norwegian initiative that aims to stimulate live music in South Africa by finding and implementing ways to create regular, sustainable performance platforms. It also aims to develop an interest in and appreciation of live music by showcasing music performances and conducting workshops at schools. Additionally to this performance Thobeka Langa and her band will performing at Sansikane Primary School in Cato Ridge.

Sunday 1 May

Thobeka Langa

Seaman's Corner, Unit 3, Hammarsdale, Mpumalanga

Doors: 18.00pm - R30

Tickets available at the door