This is the second event of a five-concert series in partnership with the Fallbrook Music Society. Join us for a free concert open to kids of all ages!
Nomsa Burkhardt has been teaching and performing Zulu dance, drumming, and singing for the Center for World Music since 2019. She is an extraordinary dancer, singer, and percussionist of Zulu heritage. Born in Soweto, South Africa, she spent most of her formative years in KwaZulu, Natal, a region famous for its rich Zulu heritage and culture.
Nomsa is a distinguished teaching artist for the Center for World Music’s hands-on schools program. Through the study of the traditional music and dance of South Africa, Nomsa’s classes focus on the importance of history and culture in the creation of music, the use of musical instruments, and the expression of community unity and collaboration through the performing arts. Students learn the geographical origins of musical instruments, increasing their global awareness and providing an international context to the music and dance of Zulu and Xhosa cultures. Nomsa integrates the science of making musical instruments in her program, and her students enjoy a diversity of music-making through singing and games that involve stories and simple songs, enhancing the connections to other disciplines such as literacy and math.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library.
