PostNewsGroup.com on Nokuthula Ngwenyama: 'Classical Star Performs at East Oakland Leadership Academy'

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, on stage at Regents Theater at Holy Names University in Oakland. Photos by Fluhrer/Chin.

East Oakland Leadership Academy students greeted the artists after the performance. From left to right: Miracle Sheperd, Sandra Rivers (pianist), Nokuthula Ngwenyama (violist, violinist), Kris Rivas, Rovijon Davis, and Lizeth Castillo-Simon.

Nokuthula Ngwenyama shares her story with students at East Oakland

Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama is President of the American Viola Society.  She is featured at AfriClassical.com and Ngwenyama.com 

The Post News Group

Middle school students from the East Oakland Leadership Academy had the opportunity last week to hear a performance by classical violinist and violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, who the L.A. Times called, “A Face to Watch,” hosted by Four Seasons Arts.

Ngwenyama played pieces for the students, discussed the viola and violin and answered questions about her struggle to become an international star. Born in Los Angeles of Zimbabwean-Japanese parents, Ngwenyama told the students, “I started playing the violin at age 5.  My father was initially opposed to my playing “the white man’s music’. Much later he became supportive.”

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A graduate of Curtis Institute and a Fulbright scholar, Ngwenyama earned a Masters in Theology from Harvard University.  Four Seasons Arts is bringing Music Share to East Oakland Leadership Academy, a program designed to expose students to classical music, which is strongly supported by the school’s principal Dr. Laura Armstrong.

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Ngwenyama performed with world renowned pianist Sandra Rivers on the piano, on Jan. 12 at Regents Theatre at Holy Names University in Oakland.

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