NewMusicSA News

Concert To  - Sasol Art Museum, 52 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, 25 May – 8 June 2013
 
Opening: Michael Blake on Saturday 25 May 2013 at 11:00am

New Music Indaba 2013

The Indaba will be held in Johannesburg in September/October curated by Angie Mullins and with a special focus on local performers and composers. A resident NewMusicSA ensemble will be launched at the Indaba and composers will be given an opportunity to propose new works for the ensemble along the theme of “The Riot of Spring”, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Stravinsky’s iconoclastic work which celebrates the centenary of its controversial premiere this year.
 

NewMusicSA is currently on a membership drive, as our membership cycle runs from March to February annually. We are contacting South African composers locally and internationally, and welcome any new members particularly those who may not yet have had an opportunity to join.
 
Benefits of membership include: 
 

NewMusicSA is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Andile Khumalo to the board of directors. In addition, a small cabinet reshuffle has seen the portfolio of Vice Chair allocated to Mr Chris Jeffery (previously secretary) and the Secretary portfolio taken over by Dr Cameron Harris.

2012 is coming to an end, and from NewMusicSA we wish all the best of the festive season and a prosperous New Year 2013.
 
Many opportunities for composers are being publicized internationally and we reproduce a few that we have received over the past month for your information.
 

Dear NewMusicSA Members

Some of you did not receive our December e-newsletter because of technical hitches, so here it is again. We wish all members a happy Christmas and a prosperous and music-filled New Year.

All the best from the NMSA board

Our new website (sporting our new logo) is now live and will be launched officially in early 2013. Please browse to www.newmusicsa.org.za for a preview. Members' feedback on the new site will be appreciated.

A reminder about the October 31st deadline for applications for the Sterkfontein Composers Meeting. The Centre for Music Transformation and Research is organizing the second Sterkfontein Composers Meeting at the Nirox Foundation, Cradle of Humankind, 15 - 25 February 2013. The artist in residence will be Friedrich Gauwerky. Young and emerging composers who are interested can apply to:

Michael Blake (Director)

Sterkfontein Composers Meeting

P O Box 2305

Dennesig

7601

South Africa

Applications should include a short motivation and two recent representative scores and recordings (CD or mp3).

Further information and updates can be found at www.michaelblake.co.za/sterkfontein-composers-meeting.

Unyazi III: More than one way of skinning the electroacoustic cat

by Cameron Harris (all photo credits: Joker Nies)

Unyazi III, “Lightning Strikes Thrice” was, I can truly say without irony, an electrifying listening experience for all. This included many people indeed, as I’m glad to say audience numbers were extremely good throughout the four days of the festival in mid-September. The range of approaches to electronic music was striking, which I guess is to be expected when one considers the different times and places that the music came from.

Centre for Music Transformation and Research announces the second Sterkfontein Composers Meeting at the Nirox Foundation, Cradle of Humankind, 15 - 25 February 2013

Artist in residence: Friedrich Gauwerky (cello) - www.gauwerky.de

Young and emerging composers who are interested can apply by 31 October 2012 to Michael Blake (Director), Sterkfontein Composers Meeting, P O Box 2305, Dennesig 7601, South Africa. Applications should include a short motivation and two recent representative scores and recordings (CD or mp3).

Unyazi 3 (12th – 15th September at UKZN, Durban) was a great success! A full report will follow in next month’s newsletter.

Please see the following information for concerts by members of NewMusicSA: Jill Richards in collaboration with Marcus Neustetter performing new music at the Market Theatre from Tuesday 02 to Sunday 14 October; and the forthcoming première of Gamboge by Ross Dowkins, on Signal Hill in Cape Town — additionally, please see www.thesometimes.co.za/here/gamboge.php, as Ross Dowkins’s performance planned for 29 September 2012 has been postponed.