Introducing: Nairobi Children’s Orchestra – First Session
The Nairobi Children’s Orchestra is the main initiative of Music Education Services Kenya Limited, MES-K. MES-K will also run instrumental teacher education programmes, advanced ensemble workshops and support systems for teaching resources, academic discourse and general instrumental performance education. The mission of the Nairobi children’s orchestra is to develop a social, cultural, economic awareness and cohesion through music. Its core mandate is to develop high standards of instrument education and performance in Kenya by building strong musical foundations and instrument discipline from an early age. The orchestra, open to children between 5 and 13 Years old, will also consist of an Orchestra Director, Consultant Conductors and Instrument Tutors. It will run for 3 sessions in a year. Each session will have ten rehearsals, one per week for ten weeks. There will be a break after five consecutive weeks and a concert at the end of the term. Rehearsals will be every Saturday morning between 9 am and 12 noon. The tutorial rehearsals will be 90 minutes long; however, there will be a break before sectional rehearsals and workshops, these will last for one hour. The First session will run from 12th January 2013 to 23rd March 2013. The final Date will also constitute a public concert. The Costs per child is Ksh1500 per week, which amounts to Ksh 15000 per term. This amount takes into account all the costs incurred in the training of the children and preparation of the concert at the end of the term. Registration is ongoing.
Interested parties are requested to fill the application form attached herewith. http://www.musiceducation.co.ke/register.html.
For further information please send an email to info@musiceducation.co.ke
Song Recital by Zak K Njoroge, Jan. 13 2013 @ Kenton College
Date: January 13, 2013
Venue: Kenton College
Time: 3 pm
Tickets: Kshs 500 [Kshs 300 with students ID]
There was a tremendous response from the Nairobi Music Society Christmas concert audience on hearing Zachariah Kariithi’s glorious voice. Zak has been part of the Adler-Buchmann International Program for Outstanding Foreign Students since 2008 and has won many prizes since then, also appearing as soloist with professional orchestras.
The Nairobi Music Society are delighted to announce that he will be giving a recital at Kenton College at 3.00 pm on Sunday, 13th January, with pianist Paul Nduati. It is a wonderfully varied and unusual programme, with items from the classic lieder repertoire such as Schumann’s Dichterliebe, as well as songs by Schubert and Brahms and arias from operas by Mozart, Verdi and Stravinsky. Much more rarely heard are songs from Ravel’s Don Quixotte and two works modern composers.
Not to be missed especially as he will be leaving Kenya again soon, to continue his singing studies in Europe.
Word Up Live!, Jan 19 2013 @ Dass, Westlands
WORD UP LIVE! takes place every 3rd Saturday of the month at Dass The Ethiopian Restaurant in Westlands.
The main purpose of the event is to give exposure and market both upcoming and established Poets, Musicians & all other forms of artistic arts. Established artists are given an opportunity to come and talk about their Video, CD launchs, their next Concerts and also mentor upcoming artists.
Theme: Afro-Jazz Night
Date: 19th January Time: 6:30-9:30pm Entry: 300 ksh
Featured Artists & Poets: Jemedari Muziki, Makeeda & Band, RixPoet, Teardrops, Raya Wambui, Ricardo Benon, Blaq Hawq, Chagala, Gazlum Mfalme. Mc: Pierra Mackenna
For Advance Tickets or Directions Call: Ricardo Benon on 0701606346
Dance: Trip en Masse, Jan 16-17 2013 @ Sarakasi Dome & Jan 19 @ Fisherman’s Camp (Naivasha)
Dance performance ‘TRIP en masse Kenya’ at the Sarakasi Dome (Nairobi) 16-17 January and Fisherman’s camp (Naivasha) on 19 January.
The performance ‘TRIP en masse Kenya’ is created to remember the Kenya post-election crisis of 2007/2008 and promote peace.
The contemporary dance performance ‘TRIP en masse’ explores human emotions in group behavior After winning an award for best dance performance in the Netherlands, the choreographers of ‘TRIP en masse’ have come to Kenya to work with nine Kenyan dancers in Nairobi to adapt ‘TRIP en masse’ and incorporate elements of the Kenya post-election crisis, resulting in a non-political dance show called ‘TRIP en mass Kenya’.
You can win two free tickets by sending an email to tripenmassekenya@gmail.com and explain why you should be the one to win the tickets. We will give away 5×2 tickets and only the winners will receive a message before the 15th of January.
Opening night Gala: January 16, 2013
Venue: Sarakasi Dome, Nairobi
Tickets: Ksh. 1000,-
Performance starts at 19.00
Date: January 17, 2013
Venue: Sarakasi Dome, Nairobi
Tickets: Ksh. 500,-
Performance starts at 19.00
Date: January 19, 2013
Venue: Fisherman’s Camp, Naivasha
Tickets: Ksh.500,-
Performance starts at 19.00
Tickets are Ksh. 500 (for the gala night premiere tickets are Ksh.1000) and can be bought at the door or via M-Pesa telephone number: 0722-814133. Please remember to keep your confirmation code.
Sculpting Workshop by Philips Nzekwe, Jan. 16-21 2013 @ Kuona Trust
A sculpting tutorial and demonstration of contemporary Nigerian sculpting methods instructed by Phillips Nzekwe
Dates: January 16 – 21, 2013
Venue: Kuona Trust Centre for the Visual Arts
Time: 10 am-4 pm daily
Location: Denis Pritt Rd, Hurlingham
Registration fee is Ksh 500-booking by ADVANCE PAYMENTS only.
Contacts: 0720121277 RSVP before January 15, 2013 [Mpesa accepted]
About
Nzekwe uses a variety of materials including gravel and sawdust to produce a series of sculptures that aim at creating a link between our past, present and future through an exploration of the formal elements.
Workshop materials and lunch included in workshop fee.
Electrafrique 2013 Season Premier, Jan. 12 2013 @ Tree House
Date: January 12 2013
Venue: Tree House Club, Museum Hill Westlands
Time: 9 pm – 5 am
Tickets: Kshs 500
Age: +21
Join the movement and witness the marriage between Native and Contemporary Instruments as THE BEAT PARADE BAND injects The African Rhythm to the best of Deep, Soulful, Disco and Tribal House Tunes courtesy of DJ CORTEGA and THE ELECTRIQUE DJS.
MC: Coco Rasta Ngori
It will be a night of non-stop dancing to thumping beats, rhythmic drums and the melodious Sax.
The ELECTRAFRIQUE family, is a worldwide network of Artistes & Deejays fusing African and Electronic sounds.
Music Policy
AFRO HOUSE | DEEP HOUSE | SOULFUL HOUSE | TRIBAL HOUSE | TECH HOUSE|AFRICAN SOUL |FUNK|DISCO|NU DISCO|COUPE DE CALLE |KUDURO
More details:
www.djcortega.com
www.soundcloud.com/cortega
www.facebook.com/electriquedjsonline
www.soundcloud.com/elecetriquedjs
Exhibition: Dreams of Nairobi – Re Imagining Nairobi City, Jan. 19-Feb 15 2013 @ Goethe Institut
Opening Date: January 19, 2013
Venue: Goethe Institut
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free
Exhibition Dates: January 21 to February 15, 2013
Entrance: Free
Nairobi is the largest city in East Africa with a population of more than 3 million people. The city faces rapid urbanisation which requires an urgent need for the development of architectural and urban design solutions that seek to inform the planning and architecture of future Nairobi.
Dreams of Nairobi is a themed architectural research and design initiative that culminates in an exhibition of 10 exemplary projects that offer the best responses to the specific urban design issues of Nairobi City. All projects were chosen according to their sensitivity to principles of Green design and sustainability. In addition, all projects offered a direct response to economic needs and aligned themselves with the plans considered by Vision 2030.
The exhibition is organised and curated by African Urban Futures, a think tank based in Nairobi. Its key focus area is based on the research and development of actionable scalable architecture and urban design projects that are informed by the idea of sustainable design and Green architecture.
For more information visit: www.dreamsofnairobi.wordpress.com
GaluLonga 2013 – Tango Festival in Galu, Jan. 23-27 2013 @ Diani Beach
GaluLonga 2013 — Argentine Tango Festival in Galu, Diani Beach! 4 evenings of daily workshops (including classes offered specially for total tango beginners) and social dancing at Galu Beach Retreat, with passionate international Tango teachers Alex y Natalia (Ukraine), the resident Patamango Association teachers Mario Marion, and with the enthusiastic and growing Argentine Tango community in Nairobi and other places in East and Central Africa.
There will be two daily Tango Workshops, one starting at 4:00 and one at 5:15 every day, from Wednesday 23 January to Saturday 26 January, and followed by a Dinner Milonga (tango dance party) each evening, to great traditional tango music, on a superb dance platform caressed by the ocean breeze, just metres from the beach!
A truly unique opportunity to get a taste of the sublime traditional art that is Argentine Tango, inscribed in 2009 by UNESCO as “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”!
Limited space! Please contact us to reserve your spot:
Patamango Association: nairobi.tango@patamango.com, 0715 357 507
Galu Beach Retreat: marketing@destination-adventures.com, 0733 435 341
GaluLonga 2013 is being organized “con mucho gusto” by The Patamango Association, a non-profit association of passionate volunteers with the mission of developing Argentine Tango culture in Kenya, in collaboration with Galu Beach Retreat.