by Admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Arts Education, Music
ACT AND SAMRO PRESENT A MASTERCLASS BY SOUTH AFRICAN ICON AND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WINNER DOROTHY MASUKU.
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) invites SAMRO members to attend an afternoon masterclass with the legendary singer/ songwriter Dorothy Masuku.
Tapping into a wealth of knowledge, Masuku will speak to South African musicians about her experiences, sharing wisdom gained from an extraordinary life in South African music. Her songs have been performed across South Africa, forming a staple part of the repertoire of her contemporaries Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba. Now a new generation embrace and sing her music.
Masuku, or Mum D as she is affectionately known, was presented with an ACT Lifetime Achievement Award by Nothando Migogo, CEO of SAMRO, at an exclusive event held at the Maslow hotel in November last year. ‘We are very humbled to be able to honour the joy that Dorothy Masuku has brought to us all,’ said ACT Chair David Dennis. Invited guests were treated to an impromptu performance by Masuku when she broke into song mid interview and later joined Lira on stage.
DOROTHY MASUKU
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by Admin | Aug 22, 2017 | Arts Funding, Music
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.
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by Admin | Jul 11, 2017 | Live Performance, Music
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.
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by Admin | Jul 4, 2017 | Advocacy, Arts Education, Arts Management, Heritage, Music
“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
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by Admin | Jun 26, 2017 | Arts Funding, Music
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.
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by Admin | Jun 21, 2017 | Advocacy, Arts Education, Arts Management, Craft & Design, Heritage, Literature & Publishing, Live Performance, Music, New Media, Visual Art
#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.
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