Neo Muyanga, The Flower of Shembe, Extract

A link to a recording of a composition by Neo Muyanga in advance of the composers’ panel on Tuesday.

Film and Concerts open to Public

Sunday, 8 September, 17h15-18h20

Film: Aryan Kaganof’s ‘The Exhibition of Vandalizim’

Monday, 9 September

Lunchtime Concert (12h15-13h00): Marietjie Pauw (flute), Fiona Tozer (guitar), Hans Huyssen (cello), and Benjamin van Eeden (piano) perform compositions by Fiona Tozer, Stanley Glasser, Bongani Ndodana-Breen, and Hans Huyssen.

Evening Concert (20h30-21h30): Kyle Shepherd (jazz musician) performs in response to District Six film footage.

Tuesday, 10 September

Lunchtime Concert (14h00-14h50): “Songs of Soil and Water: An Exploration of Music of Protest, Love and Transformation” by Neo Muyanga (composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist).

Wednesday, 11 September

Lunchtime Concert (14h00-14h50): “Silence where a Song Would Ring” (for baritone, violin and percussion) by Hans Huyssen, and “Sand, was daar” (an electronic composition) by Theo Herbst.

Confirmed Speakers and Artists

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Richard Taruskin (Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley)
Prof. Cherryl Walker (Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University)

Confirmed speakers and artists:

Jonathan Cross (Faculty of Music, University of Oxford)
Jessica Dubow (Department of Geography, University of Sheffield)
Angela Impey (Department of Music, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London)
Christine Lucia (Stellenbosch University)
Winfried Lüdemann (Stellenbosch University)
Edwin Cameron (Constitutional Court justice, South Africa)
Willem Boshoff (Visual artist)
Aryan Kaganof (Filmmaker)
Kyle Shepherd (Multi-instrumentalist and composer)
Neo Muyanga (Performing artist)
Fiona Tozer, Neo Muyanga, Hendrik Hofmeyr (Composer panel)
Hans Huyssen, Theo Herbst (Composer round table)