The KwaZulu-Natal Youth Wind Band is a prestigious band of talented young music students. The band consists of 61 musicians between the ages of 13 and 25, from diverse cultural backgrounds, who attend high schools and tertiary institutions throughout KwaZulu-Natal.

The band offers these young, gifted musicians the opportunity to perform challenging music in an orchestral environment, and thus develop their skills to play in major professional orchestras at a later stage. For most of the players, music will become part of, if not the whole of, their careers.

In today's AGM the previous committee was unanimously re-elected. Congratulations and good luck! We look forward to great things in 2007...

The band principals were interviewed by the Mauritian newspaper Le Matinal. They were kind enough to send a copy of the article (in french). Click Read More to view the article and to download the PDF. !!Les jeunes virtuoses KwaZulu Natal L'orchestre à vent du KwaZulu Natal avait autrefois le statut de provincial, ce qui signifie que les jeunes musiciens qui en faisaient partie avaient tous en commun un Etat, celui du KwaZulu Natal. L'orchestre s'appelait alors le Natal Youth Wind Band.Depuis 1995 et la chute officielle de l'apartheid, ce n'est plus exactement la même chose avec tous ces changements

The band is hard at work preparing for the tour to Mauritius 23-30 September.

During their concert today, the band bid farewell to tenor saxophonist, Maxine Matthews. Maxine left the band on rather short notice in April this year, but is back in Durban for a few days.

The reason for her hasty departure was that she had been accepted to study with renowned classical saxophonist Theodor Kerkezos at the Athens Conservatory. This is a great achievement and a great honour! We wish Maxine all the best in her future endeavours.

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Maxine features in the July 2006 edition of Classic Feel magazine.