EMUSIC INDABA

Applications due before August 20 for Home Made – Hand Made workshops in September.

Presented by New Music SA and hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the eMusic Indaba and the accompanying Home Made – Hand Made workshops will take place in Durban in September and are open to all composers, electronic musicians, as well as instrumentalists.

eMusic Indaba offers two evenings of electro-acoustic music and three days of workshops for young South African composers and performers.

In the decade long tradition of NewMusicSA’s New Music Indabas, the musical creations/presentations and the workshops/master classes of eMusic Indaba will be very educational and will broaden the acoustic horizons of local practitioners and students as well as a general audience. Concert audiences and local performers and composers will be exposed to current global developments in electronic and computer music. Two emerging South African composers have been commissioned to create new works for what is essentially an international platform.

Previously disadvantaged composers and electronic musicians as well as instrumentalists and vocalists will share ideas and establish bonds through their common workshop experiences with relation to electronic composition, improvisation, and performance. The skills honed at the workshops together with the increased experience of a broader musical repertoire will help the participants to realize their full potential and enrich the local music communities.

The workshops will feature Nicolas Collins (USA); the POW Ensemble (Holland/South Africa), and Petra Ronner (Switzerland).

eMusic Indaba takes place at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Music in Howard College Theatre from September 23 to 25. Applications for the workshops need to be submitted before August 20, 2010. Contact Jürgen Bräuninger at brauning@ukzn.ac.za or Fiona Tozer at tozerkg@iafrica.com for an application form. Limited bursaries are available to assist applicants who need to travel to Durban.

Concert details and times to be announced. Sponsors include the University of KwaZulu-Natal; Samro Endowment for the National Arts; Business and Arts South Africa; ProHelvetia; Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Fonds Podium Kunsten NL, and Glenwood Village Music.