Accredited |
No |
Duration |
2018-02-01 - 2018-11-30 |
Runs during school holidays |
N |
Related to WCED |
N |
Programme Description
Weekly in-school music education programs at government and LSEN (special needs) schools in the Western Cape: Vredenburg, Retreat and Khayelitsha. Students are involved in learning to sing, read music, acting and creating youth operas which are then performed for their peers. These students attend Cape Town Opera professional opera and musical productions in Cape Town. CTO also works with schools for visually impaired children by providing sign-language interpreted performances, and also co-opts NPO community arts organisations to provide partnerships between OMFL learners and youth visual arts programs practitioners, who jointly create theatrical scenery and costumes for OMFL school productions alongside CTO's EPWP (Expanded Public Works Program) design intern. All involvement with OMFL is provided free to beneficiaries, including all teaching and instruction, transport, performance and theatre attendance opportunities.
Programme Beneficiaries
100-300 - Learners