Curated by Emma Farquharson, 'Herstory' is a concert-documentary on the lives and works of female composers past and present, local and international. The project champions the work of historically ignored female composers from the Western Art Music canon. to grow both the repertoire and the cast for this very topical issue and bring the music of female composers into the mainstream music curriculum of schools and universities. For more information, please contact the website administrator through the Contact section of this website.

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Clare Loveday, Monthati Masebe and Fiona Tozer are part of an international project that pays tribute to Jürgen Braüninger, a Durban-based composer who died last year. Initiated by the Sounding Cities team of Luke Newby (clarinet) and Naomi Sullivan (saxophone), 5 short movies 4 Jürgen 0 social contact (2020) involves composers and improvisers from South Africa and the UK, each writing a one minute response to Braüninger’s saxophone quartet saxophone and/or clarinet. The project launches online in September 2020.

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