After hosting a Pakhonde Ethno-music camp recently, aimed at preserving traditional instruments among others, Music Crossroads Malawi continues its programmes of propelling the creative industry with the latest being a youth empowerment drive.<\/p>\n
Music Crossroads Malawi, which also runs a music academy, will at the end of this month bring together close to 30 youth from across the country in the spirit of music and youth empowerment.<\/p>\n
Music Crossroads Malawi Executive Director, Mathews Mfune has since called on youth who value arts and have a passion to participate.<\/p>\n
If you are a musician of any sort, or an appreciator of the arts, you know the life changing ability of music. Now imagine yourself, if you can, as a young musician living in rural Malawi where instruments are scarce and support for the arts is limited.<\/p>\n
The programme, he said, is targeting youth especially those in the rural areas who have the talent but have never had a chance of being trained in the basics of music.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Music Crossroads Malawi, we are inviting these young people to come to our school for a week to learn about music, practice with each other, perform and record an original song,\u201d said Mfune.<\/p>\n
He said these students would study music theory, song writing, traditional music, hip-hop, how to share a message through music and many other topics.<\/p>\n
He also said that during the training, the students would compose an original song.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe original song each of the six bands will write and compose will share what they have learned about HIV throughout the week, including health safety, the larger social implications and their role as messengers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these young musicians to come together and have uninhibited freedom to pursue their passion. More information can be accessed on www.youcaring.com,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mfune also said that for this programme to be successful, they were looking for support from well wishers.<\/p>\n
This Malawi Music Project is a partnership between the United States Peace Corps and Music Crossroads Malawi, which began in 2008.<\/p>\n
The project brings 15 youth from Lilongwe and 15 youth from rural communities around Malawi together for week-long training in the biology, prevention and social implications of HIV\/ Aids as well as the history of Malawi music, songwriting, music structure, theory, stage presence and music entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
The students are then put into bands and asked to arrange an original song around the chosen themes.<\/p>\n
Mfune said, at the end of the project, the bands have an opportunity to record their respective tracks and that there is a battle of the bands\u2019 performance open to the community on the last day of the camp.<\/p>\n
According to information on the website, the 2016 project seeks to raise U$5,000 for students\u2019 participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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