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Monday, June 29, 2009

HERE AND NOW

New Music by South African Composers at UKZN on June 29.

The South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), in conjunction with its 3rd annual conference, presents a concert of works by South African composers, including Jürgen Bräuninger and Ulrich Süsse, Sazi Dlamini, Clare Loveday, Mageshen Naidoo, Phelelani Mnomiya, Roelof Temmingh and Fiona Tozer.

The programme includes :Roelof Temmingh's A Musicological Striptease; Clare Loveday's Untitled for saxophone quartet; Fiona Tozer's Nevergreen for clarinet quartet and marimba; Sazi Dlamini's Destiny for an ensemble of indigenous instruments; Jürgen Bräuninger and Ulrich Süsse's ja-ja-ja@ for solo clarinet, and Phelelani Mnomiya's Umthwalo for soprano.

There will also be a selection of songs by Arnold van Wyk and S. le Roux Marais performed by Bronwen Forbay, a work performed by the Mageshen Naidoo ensemble and a solo marimba work performed by Ilse Minnie.

The concert will take place at 19h30 on June 29 at Howard College Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Entrance is free.

SASRIM gratefully acknowledges the support of the South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) and the assistance of the UKZN School of Music.