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Amanda is a South African flautist who graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a degree in Chamber Music in 2019. She has participated in several renowned festivals, such as the SICMF, the Raffaele Trevisani Summer Flute School (Italy), the Galway Flute Festival (Switzerland), the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany) and at the Dublin National Concert Hall as part of Sir James Galway’s 80th birthday celebration.
Read MoreAmanda is one of Cape Town’s best-loved vocalist-pianists, and a respected Musical Director/Arranger, orchestrator and composer. She is Head of Jazz Studies, and runs the Jazz Singing section at the University of Cape Town.
Read MorePort Elizabeth-born Amy Crankshaw is a composer based in London, UK. Her music has been described as ‘highly engaging’, ‘inventive’ and ‘distinctive’. She is studying for her Doctorate of Music in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Andrea Hobson is a brass performer, music educator and composer. She is based in Jena, Germany, and teaches lower brass, band and theory at the Orchesterschuler KLANGwelt. She is the principal euphonium for Brass Band BlechKLANG, plays trombone and euphonium for the Brass Band BlechKLANG Soloist ensemble and plays tuba for the Show Brass Band VielKLANG.
Read MoreDr Avril Kinsey is a commissioned composer and award winning internationally acclaimed concert guitarist. She received her Masters in Music (cum laude) and in April 2018 she was awarded a Doctor of Music degree in Composition for her portfolio of orchestral and chamber scores.
Read MoreBongile Lecoge-Zulu works across the disciplines of music and theatre education, facilitation, performance, writing and curating. She is involved in experimental collaborative interdisciplinary endeavours where she investigates possibilities of merging music with other art forms. Hence, much of her work follows a multidisciplinary trajectory where she plays diverse artistic roles.
Read MoreDr Bridget Rennie-Salonen, flautist, and practitioner and researcher in Performing Arts Health, is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Africa Open Institute for Music Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch University.
Read MoreCara Stacey is a South African musician, composer and researcher. She is a pianist and plays southern African musical bows (umrhubhe, uhadi, makhweyane). Cara holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town and SOAS (London). Her doctoral research investigated practice and innovation in the music of the makhweyane musical bow in the Kingdom of eSwatini.
Read MoreCarla Ferreira is a clarinettist with a passion for promoting contemporary clarinet repertoire. She is an active freelancer, educator and a passionate arts activist.
Read MoreChantal Willie-Petersen is one of South Africa’s most accomplished jazz musicians. She has performed all over the world, including at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl in L.A., the Blue Note in Japan and has worked with performers such as Zap Mama, Erykah Badu and Tania Maria. She is currently a lecturer at Wits University
Read MoreChloe is a dynamic presence in South Africa's entertainment industry. She is no stranger to the stage and loves being part of the local show and corporate scene.
Read MoreClaire Röntsch (neè de Kock) is a saxophonist, session musician, composer, arranger and music educator. She graduated with a BMus in Jazz Performance at the South African College of Music (SACM) in 2014 with distinction and is busy completing her Masters degree at SACM with a scholarship in Jazz Composition and Arrangement.
Read MoreClare Loveday is one of South Africa’s most active and internationally acclaimed new music composers. Striving to convey through music the complications of life in an post-colonial society, her works have been described by critics in turn as 'obstinate and fierce, big-boned and raw', 'subtle' and 'elusive'. She is best known for her ‘straight’ saxophone compositions and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Read MoreDaisy “Mama Dee” Mangwato (born Daisy Mashianoke Mangwato) in 1986, hails from Sekhukhune, Limpopo Province, currently resides in Pretoria. She is a South African Singer, Guitarist, composer, music teacher and a cofounder and a project manager of Jazz Camp for Female instrumentalists -Mamelodi (JCFI-Mamelodi), an organisation which enhances females from disadvantaged areas with art skills (Music,Drama,Dance,Visual Art and Poetry)
Read MoreEmma is a freelance Opera & classical performer, focusing on performing women composers. and runs a private vocal coaching studio. After graduating with Distinctions in Music and BA Honours. she will now be pursuing a Masters of Education, specialising in the teaching of WAM Female Composers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2020/21.
Read MoreEmma Luyendijk is a Cape Town-born pianist based in Boston, USA. Emma’s commitment to Collaborative Piano is driven by a passion for the dialogical potential in chamber music and vocal arts.
Read MoreEmma van Heyn is a South African actor, musician and songwriter. She has released a vast kaleidoscope of musical creations from a 16 track self-produced album, to recent singles and theatre sound design. She has just completed a successful live tour to London and New York City with her new upcoming releases.
Read MoreFiona Tozer has recorded five albums of original music; her latest project with the duo Quark sees her move on from her folk/acoustic-rock roots to the fusion of different genres. She has had works performed by the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet from Sweden and the Schubert Ensemble from London, and has had works commissioned by performers in Lithuania, Britain and the Faroe Islands, as well as by the South African Music Rights Association.
Read MoreBorn in 1976 in Kagiso, Johannesburg, and raised in Qumbu in the Eastern Cape, Ghetto Queen is a musician, writer, vocalist, teacher and Nal'ibali Funder Leader.
Read MoreJill Richards is a South African pianist specialising in late 20th and 21st century music. Versatile and dynamic, her interests range from Bach to free improvisation. She works as a soloist and chamber musician, collaborates with visual artists, dancers and actors, and travels regularly to Europe to work as a live improviser in concerts and festivals.
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