4th Len Van Zyl Conductor’s Competition
4th Len van Zyl Conductor’s Competition announced
South Africa’s only competition for young conductors, the Len van Zyl Competition, will take place in the Cape in 2018/2019.
New Format for Cape Town Fringe 2017
Organised by the same team that puts together the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown every year, the Cape Town Fringe will be back in the Mother City from 21 September to 8 October 2017 in a brand new format.
SAMRO and ACT pay tribute to late trumpeter Johnny Mekoa
“Where there is music, you find no evil” – Dr Ramakgobotla Johnny Mekoa. SAMRO and the Arts and Culture Trust joins the South African music industry in celebrating the extraordinary life and legacy of jazz musician and arts educator Dr Johnny Mekoa, who died this week aged 72.
Photo Credit: Debbie Yazbek
Call for applications: Music Mobility Fund 2017
Concerts SA, a joint South African-Norwegian live music development project housed within the SAMRO Foundation, is calling on South African musicians to submit their Music Tour Funding applications.
ACT | UJ unlearns how to conference
#CreativeUprising, the 5th ACT | UJ Creative Conference will engage with South African Art Education in its current state and possible future. This iteration of the conference is about unlearning and rethinking how we do things and present things. From curating a conference to how we talk about art education in South Africa, the aim of ACT | UJ Conference has been to share knowledge with the view of enabling, advancing and inspiring creative South Africa.
Call for applications: Music journalism internship
The Music In Africa Foundation’s website www.musicinafrica.net is easily the fastest growing information and exchange web portal dedicated to the African music sector, reaching thousands of people every day. With hundreds of contributors across the globe and thousands of musicians registered on the website, the publication has a reputation of providing reliable and useful information for fans and music professionals on the continent.
