Prospective Music Students please direct all enquiries to Ms Neliswa Mtselu at 031 260 2377 or mtselun@ukzn.ac.za

The School of Music hosts NewMusicSA's eMusic Indaba Home Made - Hand Made 2 evenings of electro-acoustic music and 3 days of workshops for young South African composers and performers Nic Collins (USA) - POW Ensemble (Holland/RSA) - Petra Ronner (Switzerland) 23 to 25 September 2010 http://www.newmusicsa.org.za/emusicindaba2010.html

Senior Lecturer in the School of Music and Director of the Centre for Jazz & Popular Music, Dr Mageshen Naidoo performed and lectured at the 11th Annual International Jazz Festival & Seminar in Puebla, Mexico, May 2010. Dr Naidoo lectured in Jazz Guitar Techniques, Jazz Harmony and Advanced Concepts for Jazz Improvisation at the University of Puebla. Students were selected by audition from all over Mexico. At the festival, Dr Naidoo coached and conducted a student ensemble. The students performed a programme of Dr Naidoo's original compositions as well as works by other South African composers such as Winston Mankunku and Cyril Magubane. The highlight of the festival was a professional performance by the international jazz faculty that included Dr Naidoo on guitar, JoAnne Brackeen (piano), (Stan Getz, Joe Henderson), Yoron Israel (drums), (Assistant Chair of Percussion, Berklee College), Marco Pignataro (saxophone), (Director of Global Jazz Institute, Berklee College), Matt Marvuglio (flute), (Dean of Performance: Berklee College of Music) and Israeli bassist Tal Gamlilie (Danielo Perez).

UKZN BMus graduate (2010) Vanessa Moodley has won the USA Songwriting Competition USA Songwriting Competition is an annual global competition that has been running since 1995. Vanessa entered in four categories: Pop, R&B, Jazz, and World Music. She won the Jazz category for her ballad entitled 'Your Eyes'. Vanessa was also a finalist in the World Music category for her South African composition 'Liyana' (It's Raining). Vanessa received literature on recording, song writing and branding, two types of recording software as well as a free online course with some of the world's leading songwriters where she is able to submit her songs and receive feedback. Along with these prizes, the competition organizers have asked Vanessa to submit all of her current music and publicity material which they will forward to relevant people in the music industry. Vanessa Moodley said, ''It was an honour to receive the recognition and to know that my expression of life has a place in the world. More than the prizes, the gift that came with this opportunity so early in my career gives me the assurance that there is a purpose in my desire for creating music''. www.songwriting.net/winners

Now available from our PhD graduate Imani Sanga SOUNDS OF MUZIKI WA INJILI Temporal and Spatial Aesthetics of Contemporary Church Music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ISBN 978-3-8383-6325-7 Lambert Academic Publishing Colon 240 pages, Paperback

Dr. Clare Loveday

2010 ISCM World New Music Days: 'Living Music' Sydney, Australia Sydney's hosting of the ISCM World New Music Days Festival from 30 April to 9 May heralds the first time in the 88-year history of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) that the prestigious event will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. It will also be the largest festival of contemporary music ever held in Australia. In putting together the programme for this festival, more than 700 works from 52 countries were assessed, with over 82 works being selected. These reflect a broad spectrum of innovative musical practice, covering traditional chamber groups and choirs to cutting edge multimedia and sound installations. Music has been sourced from Australasia and Asia; Western and Eastern Europe; North, South and Central America, and South Africa. On Monday 3 May, the Sydney Conservatorium Saxophone Orchestra (Michael Duke director) performed Duodectet I and II by UKZN's postdoctoral scholar Dr. Clare Loveday  at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. http://www.worldnewmusicdays.com.au

La Mission feature film directed by Peter Brett music composed by our graduate Mark Kilian http://www.lamissionthemovie.com/

REWIND a cantata for voice, tape, and testimony by Philip Miller THURSDAY MAY 6TH, 2010  -  7:30 PM LONDON  | ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL | SOUTHBANK CENTER FEATURING VOCALISTS: SIBONGILE KHUMALO FIKELE MVINJELWA AUTHUR SWAN BRONWEN FORBAY http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Dr. Elizabeth Oehrle attended the First International Conference for Music Education from February 9-11 under the auspices of the Faculty of Music Education at Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt. She was the only delegate from southern Africa. Dr. Oehrle spoke on the topic: Music Education: a vision for the Future. Her presentation analysed the state of music education in different countries with a view to coming up with a model for the future. Concerts presented at the Conference included World Premiers of music from the Middle East such as Zikkrayat's World Premier for Qanun solo. A second conference is under discussion for 2012.

Bronwen Forbay has been selected to participate in the 2010 Seoul International Voice Competition to be held in South Korea April 16 to 24. 67 singers from 20 countries were selected from an original pool of 191 applicants from 22 countries in the preliminary screening. In March Bronwen Forbay, Randall Umstead (tenor, Assistant Professor of Voice at Baylor University), and Christopher Duigan (piano) performed recitals at UNISA, Northwards House (JNB), and at UKZN's HCT. Bronwen Forbay also performed as the soprano soloist in Schubert's Mass in G and the Mozart Vespers K 339 with the Durban Symphonic Choir and KZNPO at the Marianhill Cathedral on March 28th. In October, Bronwen Forbay will perform the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Cape Town Opera.

Last updated on 26 July 2010  by Jurgen Brauninger

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