The Blue Devils, the internationally acclaimed show band and performing arts youth development organisation from California, and System Blue Education, will be marching in tandem with SA’s Field Band Foundation (FBF) to provide unique lifeskills and active citizenship education to young South Africans. Frequent winners of America’s prestigious Drum Corp International Championships, the Blue Devils […]
Chilly days in July and August did nothing to subdue the exuberance of the thousands of people who took part in, or attended, Field Band Foundation regional championships held in the Northern Cape’s Kuruman, Gauteng’s Soweto, Eastern Cape’s Dordrecht, and Limpopo’s Thabazimbi. With substantial financial and other supported provided by the Department of Arts & […]
Herman Mashaba, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chairman of the Field Band Foundation, was honoured last night at the prestigious Business Day BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard, with the Arts Champion of the Year Award. This is one of four Special Awards selected at the discretion of the BASA Board, and is given to an individual for […]
Annual regional championships of the Field Band Foundation were held in Thabazimbi’s Regorogile township on Saturday, 11 July 2015. Field Bands from Thabazimbi, Blouberg, Musina, Rustenburg, Cullinan, and Hammanskraal showcased the results of their consistent endeavour in creativity, performance design, field movement, and musicality (see pics of the Black Like Me Hammanskraal Field Band and […]
The Foundation’s 84-page 2014 Report to Society is available for reading and download on the homepage of our website at www.fieldband.org.za. With professional editorial direction by WHAM! Media, artwork and production by Ogilvy & Mather (Durban), and oversight by the Foundation’s directors, auditors and management, this Report to Society strives to public accountability of the […]
Paula Levin on being editor of Jewish Life; Ilan Godfrey on his photo-documentary, Legacy of a Mine and Paul Pereira on The Field Band Foundation. Read the rest of the article here.
Norway’s Stavanger Brass Band, including former Field Band Foundation tutor Ndabo Zulu (24) from Durban, has won the Norwegian national brass band championships. Zulu is currently studying jazz at the University of Stavanger, teaching school bands in that town, and performing with a variety of jazz bands in the area. He has received a bursary […]
A group of around 30 musicians and dancers of the Field Band Foundation from South Africa will tour in Flanders from June 18th to 26th upcoming. They are all students of the Field Band Academy that were selected for this tour based on their accomplishments in the FBF. DrumSpirit percussion ensemble will host the group. […]
A message from our Chairman, Mr Herman Mashaba: “Sadly, our beloved Retha lost her battle with cancer this morning. I know you will all join me in mourning the passing of this great South African.
The South African Field Band Foundation has posted a video on YouTube paying tribute to Nelson Mandela. The video features a photo montage of Mandela accompanied with music performed by SAFBF members. Watch the video here.
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