28 March – Arts, Culture and Environment

In today’s show, we played a feature produced by Tina George. On Wednesday Tina and I attended the Cape Town International Jazz Festival’s ‘Free Community Concert’ at the Greenmarket Square. Hundreds of jazz lovers made their way to the concert where they were entertained by the likes of the UCT Big Band, Jonathan Rubain and the Well-known Jimmy Dludlu. In the feature we heard what the attendants thought of the concert which was staged a day prior to the main festival.

We also spoke to Philip de Villiers - Award-winning singer-songwriter and director of Vivacious Voice. Philip formed South Africa’s first Songwriting Academy in the Western Cape with “The Songwriter’s Toolkit” course, which empowers songwriters creatively and financially. He will conduct workshops at the Katilist Theatre in Observatory. The workshop is tonight at 7:30 pm and admission costs R30. For more information and for bookings contact the Katilist on (021) 447 0710 or 076 314 6529 alternatively email katilist@gmail.com. The Academy is giving away scholarships for talented musos and songwriters, for more information contact Colette on 082 621 1305.
PIC:Tina George

Nigel Vermaas was also in today for the Arts update and focused on the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and will be reporting back on the Festival and other arts events next Friday.

We closed off the show with an interview with Ilchen Retief - PR, Events and Fundraising Manager for the Amy Biehl Foundation. The Amy Biehl Foundation will be hosting Performance and Art Workshop at the V&A Waterfront from the 31st of March till the 4th of April. The Amy Biehl Foundation is a non-profit organisation whose programmes are designed to develop and empower youth in the townships and contribute to community building efforts as a mechanism to reduce the levels of crime and violence in these areas and to give these children a brighter www.amybiehl.co.za

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