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Melodi Music Ensemble
Melodi Music Ensemble 
is part of Melodi Music Project which was founded by Nimrod Moloto in 2002, its purpose is to specifically provide the children in and around Soweto with an opportunity to read and play music. The music project is based in Pimville Soweto. The aim is to bring joy and happiness into the lives of the children, by giving as many children possible, the opportunity to express themselves through music. This music project is "....an opportunity for the South African youth to grow through music".
Since its concept five years ago Melodi Music Project has been able to produce a Recorder Ensemble well known for its captivating sound produced on a consortium of recorders.
The Recorder Ensemble consists of Descant to Sub-Bass Recorders, and the Wind Ensembles consisting of Woodwind instruments, Horn and Double Basses. Both Ensembles have played at a number of cooperate functions in and around Johannesburg. They were part of a Mozart Festival presented by Apollo Music Trust and for the second time they have been invited to play at Baroque in the Bush this year, a weekend of Baroque music in Kruger National Park with Richard Cock [a Trustee] and the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra. They will also be performing their own concert during the Mozart international Festival in Johannesburg at the end of this month.
In December 2007 Melodi Music Ensemble was invited to perform at The Hague Conservatoire and Amsterdam Bachzaal School, and also toured the UK giving concerts in Manchester, London [South Bank Centre] and Wiltshire. They will be making a tour again to Europe in December 2009. Now, after seven years Melodi Music Project Trust has been able to extend its hand to 1296 children via eight Primary Schools in Soweto, with a mission to increase this into as many schools as possible.
Social skills are helped by working in groups, where team-work and interpersonal relationships are paramount. These are the very skills that employers look for in later life. The experience of performing teaches children to develop individual responsibility and professional standards which equips them for later in life...