Marimba Concert
4 October 2025
Our team played at a marimba concert held at St. Joseph’s Theological Institution, Cedara. They had such fun playing as well as participating in various musical activities. Here’s a little snippet…
2025 Heritage Day
24 September 2025
What an incredible Heritage Day celebration we had at Music in the Meadows La Petite France.
A huge thank you to every performer who made the day so special:
🎻 Music Voyage Marimba band & Violin Players from Lions River Primary School
🎵 Choir from Hawkstone Primary School
🎶 Dinky Choir from Howick Prep School
🎺 Howick High School Band
🎼 Howick Choristers
🥁 Pietermaritzburg Caledonian PIPE BAND
🎤 Kath & Crew Band
To everyone who performed, attended, or supported the event in any way — you helped make this Heritage Day one to remember. ✨
Percussion Workshops
23 September 2025
🥁✨ Percussion Workshops for schools ✨🥁
What an inspiring few days! Together with the talented Justice Hakata, we presented percussion workshops at Corrie Lynn Primary School and Hawkstone Primary School.
From Grade R through to Grade 7, the children had an absolute blast exploring rhythm, movement and music. 🎶 Their energy and enthusiasm were contagious!
It was also wonderful to see teachers observing, learning, and even joining in — discovering new ways to bring music into their classrooms and everyday teaching. 🌟
Thank you to both schools for welcoming us so warmly — and to Justice for sharing his skills and passion with our community. ❤️
Piggly Wiggly
20 September 2025
On Saturday we had another opportunity to play at Piggly Wiggly – Midlands. Thank you for the pizzas and for having us. Always such a treat. Thank you Piggly Wiggly Coffee Shop for the milkshakes.
2025 Eisteddfod
5 August 2025
2025 Eisteddfod Prep
1 August 2025
It’s Eisteddfod season. These recorder players from Lions River Primary are entered, so a trip to PMB is in order. Yesterday we enjoyed a little accompaniment session in preparation.
Piggly Wiggly
1 July 2024
Always so great playing at Piggly Wiggly. Thanks again to Piggly Wiggly – Midlands and Piggly Wiggly Coffee Shop for all the spoils, pizzas and milkshakes – such a treat!
Welcome Philippa!
23 May 2025
It was all happening at Lions River Primary School Supporters this week. We welcome the wonderful Philippa Kerr to our team who will be teaching violin 
Manic Marimba
18 May 2025
Instrument Donations
12 May 2025
Some excited children unboxing and trying out instrument donations! The trumpets from Lucky Beans EU and a whole box of recorders from Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Siyabonga kakhulu!
Piggly Wiggly
10 May 2025
Piggly Wiggly
01 March 2025
The Maritzburg Show
18 October 2024
Wow! What an experience! This is the reason. Marimba kids were invited to play at the Maritzburg Showgrounds main stage. They played their hearts out with so much joy. The audience loved them! Incredible. Thank you to all involved. Wish I could post more than one video. 
SJTI Marimba Event
15 October 2024
Such fun to be part of this marimba event last week, held by SJTI in Cedara. Playing alongside and with so many other bands from different schools and organisations is always a highlight for our marimba players. Thank you to the organisers. The first of many, we hope!
2024 Eisteddfod
30 July 2024
And it’s that time of year again. These violin & Recorder students from Lions River Primary School took a trip to The Wykeham Collegiate in Pietermaritzburg to participate. Their results were amazing!
Suzuki National concert
8 June 2024
We took some students to play at the Suzuki National Concert!
Thank you again to all who donated to make this possible. And to all the teachers who do all they do. 🎶🎻🎶🎻
Asibemunye High School
6 April 2024
Easter In Lions River
19 March 2024
Easter is in the air 
Our Music Voyage team delivered hundreds of Easter eggs to the children at Lions River Primary School Supporters.
Thank you The Wykeham Collegiate for the kind donation
Karkloof Farmers Market
24 February 2024
Another lovely morning spent at The Karkloof Farmers’ Market.
Piggly Wiggly
3 February 2024
Thank you Terri from Piggly Wiggly Coffee Shop and Cath from Piggly Wiggly for the delicious milkshakes and pizzas.
Thank you to our sponsors who make this possible, especially N3TC – N3 Toll Concession Pty Ltd and PMB & District Community Chest
Karkloof Farmers Market
2 November 2023
Braving the cold weekend for a morning of marimba playing at Karkloof Farmers’ Market.
Thanks for having us again. 
Karkloof Farmers Market
4 September 2023
Saturday morning at Karkloof Farmers’ Market. What a vibe! Thanks for inviting us to play. Such a lovely day.
SASMT Eisteddfod 2023
1 August 2023
ROUND 2 – Recorders! A trip to PMB and a well earned set of results. Our Lions River music kids are doing so well!
SASMT Eisteddfod 2023
28 July 2023
Suzuki National Concert
29 May 2023
Workers Day Gigs
1 May 2023
First at St John’s Village Lifestyle Centre in Howick and then down the road at The Quarry in Hilton. What a fun day!
Wedding Gig At The Barn Owl
29 May 2023
Light up uMngeni Festive Season launch
2 December 2022
We get to see such beautiful places through our music. We played for the LUM Festive Season launch up at the Karkloof Falls. Gorgeous scenery all around us.
Grand Opening of Hilton Siding
30 November 2022
The grand opening of the Hilton Siding Shopping Centre was an event not to be missed. We love being invited to community events such as this because we get a chance to connect with prominent members of the community as well as our own friends and supporters. We met up with the mayor of uMngeni – Chris Pappas, Makhubalo the Storyteller, and many more. Makhubalo had his picture taken with us. He said, ” They are truly a soundtrack of a community growing, passionate and inspiring.” What a wonderful event!
NCT Forestry CO-OP LtdEnd of Year Function
19 November 2022
What a privilege it was to be invited to play at the NCT end of year function. It was held at Bushwillow Caravan Park – a beautiful venue in the Karkloof. We played our hearts out and had such fun! Afterwards we had a lovely picnic in the gardens.
Wedding Gig Spring 2022
22 September 2022
It seems Berg weddings are our thing these days! This time we stayed over at Dragon Peaks – what a lovely experience! Thank you to Andre McClelland and Helen Thompson for being our chaperones.
SASMT Eisteddfod 2022
25 August 2022
Our recorder group and violin students from Lions River Primary School, travelled to The Wykeham Collegiate in Pietermaritzburg to participate in the SASMT Eisteddfod. These kinds of excursions are so exciting for the children. We are so proud of their results! Our groups received 2 silvers and a gold, while our private violin students went away with golds all round! Of course the event was was followed by the obligatory ice cream treat on the way home. What a wonderful experience for all!
Autumn Wedding In The Berg
21 May 2022
Reflecting on the last few years and how our marimba band has gone from beginner to professional reminds me why we do the work we do. Being booked to play at a wedding is an honour and at this one in the Drakensberg, we played our hearts out. No rainy weather could put a dampener on our performance or the day. What a beautiful wedding it was and blessed with a rainbow at the end. I am so proud of these fine young musicians! Thank you Nicky and Adrian for having us be part of your special day. Thank you to our sponsors for making these experiences possible.
Autumn Arts Camp
8,9 April 2022
A cold April weekend saw us involved in an Arts Camp at The Old Mushroom Farm outside Howick. We joined the Super Troupers Dance group from PMB and together with some attendees from the public we enjoyed a packed programme of activities including worskshops in vocals, marimba, ballet rip, Izinganekwane (folktales) among others. The two highlights were a choreographed piece accompanied by our marimbas and the Izinganekwane, which we all acted out and showed such confidence and imagination. Howick and the Midlands really has so many amazing people, places and things going on, we are truly blessed.
Busking Gigs
26 March & 2 April 2022
We love playing gigs. They give us a chance to meet people in our community, play our music and of course, raise money for the Music Voyage project. The Karkloof Farmers’ Market is an iconic Midlands must for locals and visitors, offering everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to delicious home-baked treats and organic products. The month of March was dedicated to live music and we were priveleged to be invited to play on Saturday 26 March. We met people from all over, even from the USA! St John’s Village Lifestyle Centre was next on our gig schedule. We played for appreciative passers by who stopped, listened and generously donated into our tip box.
Bambisanani Banquet – Love Howick
23 February 2022
It was wonderful to be part of this community event in Howick, which hosted many local projects and supporters. The marimba band entertained the visitors outside and then quickly moved their instruments into the auditorium to perform as an item during the presentation. Love Howick is a local organisation whose aim is to bring about positive change in our community. Their motto is, “Together for Transformation”. We are so pleased to be working closely with such a remarkable and inspiring project.
uMngeni Tourism Launch event
24 February 2022
When our marimba band was invited to play at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site as part of the launch of uMngeni Tourism and the “Midlands My Way” campaign, we were naturally honoured and very excited. The various municipality members had been inspired by their performance at the December “Light the Falls” event and wanted them back! The band played their hearts out and the crowd loved the energy and vibe the band created for the visitors. Subsequently, Estelle Sinkins from the Village Talk published an article in the newspaper about the event and used a beautiful photo of the band. A proud moment!
Some comments from the public:
“Always so good to have the marimba vibe. Quintessentially Midlands. No fabulous function should be without Music Voyage energy,” Nikki Brighton. Our Mayor Chris Pappas said, “Awesome as usual, thank you!” Mr Gcumisa had this to say, “I have a great admiration for your work, you may not know this but it means a lot to be given an exposure especially for some of us coming from communities with so limited resources. I truly adore your work.”
Photo credit: Louis R Pictures
Light The Falls
18 December 2021
The marimba band ended the year on a high note by being invited to perform at the Umngeni “Light the Falls” event in December. This was a huge compliment to the band. It was a wonderful and uplifting experience for the whole community and the Music Voyage team were thrilled by the appreciation they received from their huge audience.
