CHAPEL TALK EPISODE 6 IRVIN MOLLO CHAUKE

Ingqayizivele Gospel Choir - ZingFam - A school choir turned into a community choir, we engage with Irvin Mollo Chauke the Music director and composer of Ingqayizivele gospel choir on his journey of how the choir moved Ingqayizivele secondary school into a community. His life as a child from Sthama hill section to Moteong section, from his kwaito dancing life, to the Sunday school conductor and church choir conductor.

He tells us how he was introduced to choirs and clap and tap in specific, he grew in Zion church and most people are still surprised how he landed in the clap and tap space. He speaks about people that played important roles in his life and also the people the helped him with the choir etc.

Mollo speaks about the challenges they encountered in the early stages of the choir after being a community choir . He plays a huge role in the community from taking the youth away from the streets and keeping them engaged in the choir activities. We learn more about the choir and how he composes his songs, his style of music and what inspires it.

We also get to speak to a few of the choristers from the choir and they had good words to say about Mr Irvin Mollo Chauke. You can learn a lot from the young man.