Presenters & Choirs (IFCM Track)
PRESENTERS for the IFCM track sessions include the following persons:
Lennart Andréasson
(Sweden), Philip Brunelle (USA), Rudolf deBeer (SA), Marian Dolan (USA), Lizl Gaffley (SA), Kåre Hanken (Norway), Joy Hill (UK), Mzilikazi Khumalo (SA), Benjamin Locke (USA), Ncebakazi Mnukwana (SA), Rochelle Oelofse (SA), Barry Smith (SA), Branko Stark (Croatia), Teriso Tsambo (SA), Annemarie van der Walt (SA), Romans Vanags (Latvia), Beverly Vaughn (USA), Tembela Vokwana (RA)
IFCM Session Topics / Workshops:
• Introduction to South African Choral Music (van der Walt)
• The South African Venda Tradition (Vokwana)
• The South African English Tradition (Smith)
• The South African Malay Tradition (Gaffley)
• The South African Xhosa Tradition (Mnukwana)
• The South African Afrikaans Tradition (Oelofse)
• The New is Old: Theories Surrounding South African Extemporisation (deBeer)
• South African Freedom Songs & the Church of Sweden: A Global Handshake
(Andréasson)
• Notation, Authenticity and Heritage in the Xhosa Hymn "Noya Na?" (Locke)
• SAMRO: "South Africa Sings" Collections (Khumalo)
• Meet the Composers: Khumalo, Tsambo
• The Score is the 'Door' (Dolan)
• Gullah Music: Spanning the Ocean (Vaughn)
• The Evolution of the African-American Composer (Brunelle)
• The Influence of Croatian Folk Music on Croatian Choral Music (Stark)
• Choral Traditions of the Baltic States (Vanags)
• Scandinavian Choral Music (Hanken)
• Cross-Cultural Choral Coachings ... Morning Sings ... and more!
CHOIRS for the IFCM track concerts include the following ensembles:
East Rand Youth Choir
Cape Peninsula Univ. of Technology Choir
URC Choir Stellenbosch
Kensington Chorale
Tygerberg Childrens Choir
Stellenbosch Madrigal Singers
UWC Choir
Pro Cantu Youth Choir
Canticum Novum
Bloemhof Accelerando Choir
Siyacula Youth Choir
Louis Botha Technical High School Choir
St. Michaels School Choir
Florida High School Choir
Schola Cantorum Stellenbosch
Metro Rail Choir
Drakensberg Boys’ Choir
