Goducate held its second summer music workshop last week (May 10-14). The 63 people who registered came from the music and feeding programmes that we hold in several villages. They were taught largely by members of the Goducate Orchestra. This is part of the Goducate philosophy—those who have been taught by Goducate in turn teach others. Many of the teachers at this year’s workshop were teaching an instrument that they had learnt to play at last year’s workshop, while also learning a new instrument this year.
The camp was held in a spa resort whose kind owner does not charge us for the use of the premises for orchestra training. We ferried some of the students back and forth to their villages each day while others camped out at the resort.
Thanks to the generosity of a South African who visited us recently, we were able to add a cello and a double bass to our stock of instruments.
