Welcome to our first newsletter for 2025!
Welcome to the Uncorked Music Academy newsletter! We are thrilled to share with you the latest developments in our mission to make a positive impact in our community.
Firstly, we would like to express our continued gratitude to our main sponsor Rickety Bridge Wine Estate and friends of the academy. Your contributions helps us to successfully continue the work at our growing Academy
Private Performance: Franschhoek Pass Winery
We kicked off our year on January 17 2025 with a performance for a special delegation from the Montreux Jazz Festival arranged by Franschhoek Tourism. We brought together a group of advanced players for this special event Preparation for the event was as challenging as the high standard of music this group produced on the day. The event served as a proper goodbye to 2024 and kicked of our year at UMA with a bang. We would like to thank all roll players for the opportunity.
Lessons
New learners were tested from grade R
Individual lessons for 12 primary schoo time stared during January 2025.
Lessons continued every Monday and F
Primary school learners are grouped ac
Some grades have two groups due to g big to accommodate in one session. Lesson duration 20-30 minutes
Sound & Production
We started with sound & production: Elements we are covering:
Sound engineering
Music production
Video production
Audio recording
Photography
Assessments: We ended Term 1 with progress assessments for all High School learners.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Asher Jefthas Aphiwe Mtyhobile
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Kusasa has a very sp Grade 4 individual lesson students are i en they reach Grade 5. The intergration has been seamless and they are indeed a very strong addition!
NEW STUDENTS
We had a very solid start with the 12 new students (selected through testing) at Kusasa during term 1. The previous year we only had students as a pilot programme during term 4 and we are very excited to see what’s in store for the new group who will have a full academic year of music with UMA!
We ended the term with a group session. Click HERE to watch!
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