Workshops

The workshop format has been extended significantly this year, becoming the vital hub for encounters between audiences and artists, between composers and performers, between seasoned pros and aspiring musicians. There will be an organ improvisation workshop and a one-week vocal masterclass in collaboration with the UNISA Music Foundation. Michael Blake will lead a series of workshops for young South African composers under the auspices of the NIROX Foundation. The symposium of the past two years, held in conjunction with the Goethe Institut, has been slightly modified as a central Improvisation Weekend (11-12 February) to place more emphasis on performance contexts, along with the usual presentations and open panel discussions.