In response to pressing social issues such as passion killings, prostitution and child exploitation, the Arts Performance Centre (APC) in Tsumeb is set to host a music concert tomorrow.
The event titled ‘True Love Can’t Be Bought’ concert, will feature an evocative blend of music and drama designed to foster remembrance and inspire impactful change.
Gideon Eibeb, the spokesperson, told VIBEZ! music has the ability to inspire people, guide their actions and aid in the formation of identities.
He said the concert would help heal a ‘sick nation’ by reviving true love within societies, which can’t be bought by money or wealth.
“Attendees can expect a live musical journey to a different musical world, where everyone present will be graced with a variety of musical sounds and pieces they have never heard and experienced before. This will be a night every attendee will find new music to love. Performances will be from students and teachers from the Arts Performance Centre in Tsumeb, with instruments such as harp, violin, cello, marimba, piano, trumpet, traverse flute, drum and many more,” he said.
Eibeb said the concert aims to share awareness, and express through music that true love can’t be bought, but it is earned.
Moreover, the concert aims to create an intimate setting, where they will speak to the audience through musical performances, as music is a love language that instantly changes moods, human emotions, and views. He added that through such concerts, they aim to help evolve societies to better the men.
“As an arts and music institution based in one of the towns of Namibia, Tsumeb, we believe in addressing social issues and matters our communities are facing, thus we have placed our attention on speaking to the nation at large, looking at the accelerating high rate of passion killing, killing in general (murder) where it seems there is no existence of ‘True Love’ among humanity as if life doesn’t hold any value anymore,” he said.
Eibeb said the centre has groomed many artists over the years and some have started music schools, while several others have joined the police and navy bands.
“APC’s string band performs at all types of events. Students are educated at APC by volunteers, mostly from Vienna and Zürich. Music has the ability to create a sense of belonging between individuals, and it is linked to forming both social closeness and familial bonds. “When a subject listens to music that gives them the chills, it triggers a release of dopamine to the brain,” he said.
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