Arts, Culture and Environmental Affairs

In today’s show we heard from Michael Maas – Artscape CEO. We were talking about the National Classical Music Competition which will be held from the 5th to the 10th of October. The competition is open to all classical pianists and orchestral instrumentalists between the ages of 14 and 19 years. The closing date for entries is the 24th of April. The competition consists of four rounds and will take place at the Artscape Theatre Centre. All selected participants will play in the first two rounds after which the first elimination of the participants takes place. A competition brochure and entry forms can be downloaded from the Artscape website at www.artscape.co.za. Interested musicians can also write to the Secretariat, Artscape Youth Music Competition, PO Box 4107, Cape Town, 8000, or e-mail youthmusic@artscape.co.za, or fax: (021) 419 8756. A non-refundable fee of R150 per entry is payable and candidates are only allowed to enter for one instrument category. Previous overall winners may not enter this competition.

We were also joined on the line by Karien Thorine – Community TV Station Manager. Cape Town TV is dedicated to providing the people of Cape Town with a television service that is entertaining, informative and educational. The channel is run by a non-profit organisation and is licensed as a community television station. Tomorrow they will be staging a live show that will showcase the station’s capacity to broadcast live events from the newly completed AFDA studios. The performance lineup will consist of top Cape Town talent including dance acts, bands, DJs and poets. The entertainment on offer will appeal to a youthful audience and a variety of musical tastes including Soul, R&B, Hip Hop, House and Trance. Dance performances by Black Noise and Ubuntu and magician Larry Sofer will enthrall with his astounding feats. The doors will open at 19h30 and live performances will run from 20h30 to 22h30, after which time the DJs will take over until the event ends at 02h00. The actual broadcast will take place over three hours, from 20h30 to 10h30. Tickets for the event are sold at R100 each through StrictlyTickets www.strictlytickets.com or through the call centre on 073 725 7381 or 083 250 2690. For more information call or email Melanie@capetowntv.org at 021 448 0448.

We also heard from Nigel Vermaas with this week Arts update after that we played a feature produced by Sakhisizwe’s Producer Cindy Witten. Cindy attended the launch of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival that is happening in July.

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