Mandla Modawu

The Soweto Gospel Choir were special guests for Johnny Clegg’s Final Tour shows at the beginning of July in South Africa. Below are some photos from rehearsals and the show shared on SGC’s facebook page. [...]

Shooting a music video and CD sleeve at Constitutional Hill in Braamfontein for the Wouter Kellerman album Symphonic Soweto. Coming soon! [...]

Canadian/International celebrity chef David Rocco was recently in South Africa shooting his upcoming Dolce Africa program. He spent the day with the Soweto Gospel Choir on May 3 at their rehearsal and also sat down and ate some local dishes with them. Pictures/videos below courtesy of the SGC and David Rocco facebook pages. Looking forward [...]

The Soweto Gospel Choir sing Ngiyeke Nsizwa during their sound check at the Teatro Colon on October 1 in Bogota, Colombia. This song is part of the Choir’s new concert and is a fun song led by the ladies that include some memorable interactions. [...]

This is an awesome video of the Soweto Gospel Choir during their sound check at the Town Hall in New York City, NY on March 2, 2012. In this video you will see the choir performing their entire version of Arms of an Angel which is such a treat. As well, you can see Bev [...]

Throwing it back to exactly 5 years ago … watch the Soweto Gospel Choir sing the famous Shosholoza during sound check on April 7, 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The tour was coming towards the end…and members were definitely having fun! 🙂 [...]

The Soweto Gospel Choir sing Kenang Bohle, a Brenda Fassie classic, during their sound check at the Teatro Colon on October 1 in Bogota, Colombia. Apologies that the sound quality is not the greatest–I hadn’t realized I shot the entire soundcheck with the wrong setting on my microphone.  Ooops! 🙂 [...]

What a great song!  Love it.  The official blurb below: Because You Are There is an ensemble piece with a total of six South African singers and the Soweto Gospel Choir. A classic spiritual, it has a repeating refrain, and a steady crescendo of various musical elements. Beginning with a simple lead vocal, it grows [...]

Trying to catch up on posting some additional videos I shot while I was with the Choir in Colombia. Here is the Choir starting their first soundcheck at the Teatro de Colon in Bogota on October 1, 2016.  They kick it off with one of their classic songs–Sefapano. Enjoy! (the audio is a bit muffled [...]

The Soweto Gospel Choir were back in the studio recording with South African flutist Wouter Kellerman. Look for their collaboration with Walter again on his next album! Photos below: [...]