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Musicians urged to adhere to national music strategy

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Music Consultancy Society vice director for education Tinomutenda Chihora addressing music trainers at CJR in Gweru

MUSICIANS should adhere to the national music strategy to make the industry reputable and professional, a music expert has said.

The drive of the national music strategy is to create a robust, adaptive and economically sustainable music sector in Zimbabwe by helping the sector operate efficiently, profitably on national, regional and international music markets.

Some of the strategy’s pillars include ethics, intellectual property, financing, research, media and training.

Speaking at a composer training of trainers’ workshop on Monday in Gweru, Music Consultancy Society deputy director for education Tinomutenda Chihora said musicians were taken advantage of because they failed to stick to the national music policy.

“Music is an industry and there are aspects which we should adhere to,” Chihora said.

“We are taken advantage of because we don’t adhere to the policy. As an industry, we should be orderly and safeguard from being abused even by unprofessional people who end up adjudicating, for example in national music competitions. We need to standardise our operations.”

Chihora, who is also a music specialist teacher at Cecil John Rhodes Primary School in Gweru, said players in the music industry should shun corruption to guarantee the sector’s integrity.

The training workshop drew participants from across the country to train them ahead of this year’s National Association of Primary School Heads music competition sponsored by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority.

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