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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 MoreAndrea 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 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 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.
Read MoreKate de Gruchy graduated with a B.Mus. from the University of Cape Town in 2019 where she specialised in composition, music technology and piano. She is a classical pianist by training, although her own music tends towards contemporary and jazz styles.
Read MoreKeitumetse Joyce Moholoagae is a South African vocalist and educator. She has performed in venues across South Africa, and from the Royal Festival Hall to the Globe Theatre in London. She is based in Johannesburg where she works as a singer, choir director and educator.
Read MoreKirsty Adams is a South African composer/songwriter, singer, violinist, philanthropist. She released her debut EP The Wings Beneath My Feathers in April 2019 which combines her love for classical, pop and jazz. Kirsty has been accepted to New York University to study a Masters in Music Composition specialising in Songwriting.
Read MoreLynn Rudolph, M.Mus. performance student at Nelson Mandela University under the tutelage of David Bester, is a resident violist in South Africa. She is an activist and philanthropist seeking to address systemic issues within the South African classical music industry. She performs regularly in ensembles and orchestras, and been the recipient of numerous bursaries and awards.
Read MoreMaretha is a South African musician, music teacher and composer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, she was educated at the University of Pretoria where she completed a BMus, BMus Hons and MMus. Her fields of specialization are flute and music theory.
Read MoreNicola is a product designer and a musician. She plays cello and piano, and is a founding member of the Night Light Collective, Goldfox duo, and the Betwixt Music series. Her current musical interests include found sound, improvisational and experimental composition and performance, and extended cello techniques with electronics.
Read MoreBorn in Pretoria, Nina Fourie-Gouws maintains an active concert schedule throughout Southern Africa. Since 2013 she has been guitar lecturer at Stellenbosch Konservatorium where she teaches pre-undergraduate, undergraduate and postgraduate practical music studies as well as accompaniment, repertoire studies and teaching methodology.
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