World premiere of His day is Done by Ed Sarath in Port Elizabeth

World premiere of His day is Done by Ed Sarath in Port Elizabeth

20.07.2016  Giving voice to the many musical languages of our world is quite an easy task if we treat each as separatist, purist or in isolation. But what happens when we merge and bridge gaps between them.

When classical meets jazz, and Africa meets the Americas; orchestral meets jazz solo meets choir - harmonies collide and resolve - then we have something exciting, something new, something as diverse as humanity itself.

His Day is Done, composed and conducted by Prof Ed Sarath does exactly that. The work for symphony orchestra, choir and jazz soloists with poem by Maya Angelou, will receive its world premiere in Nelson Mandela Bay on Sunday, 7th August, 15:00 at the NMMU South Campus Auditorium. 

The 75-piece ensemble will showcase many the of Port Elizabeth’s foremost teachers, performers, and community musicians alongside the NMMU Symphony Orchestra.

Prof Sarath is Director for the Centre for World Music Performance Studies as well as the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA. As teacher, scholar, composer, performer, recording artist, speaker he us an ardent advocator for diversity in music education as a tool for social justice and social cohesion.

The prelude to His Day is Done will feature Prof Ed Sarath (Flugelhorn) with the 2Tone band and Trombonist Kyle du Preez in exploring South African Jazz.

The music will include pieces by the former NMMU Jazz Lecturer, Errol Cuddumbey, as well numerous other well-known SA jazz composers.

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