Christine Lucia | Retrieving Michael Moerane, African Composer Event details Speaker: Prof Christine Lucia (University of Stellenbosch) Date: 25 January 2024 Time: 5.15 - 6.45pm. Venue: Alison House, Atrium (G10) Abstract Black classical instrumental composers and black popular or traditional music from the global north tend to dominate discourse around de-colonisation. This presentation offers a perspective from the global south on black classical composition from southern Africa, specifically through the lens of the composer, Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980). The emphasis will be on how such historical African figures who worked in obscurity and often in the poorest regions in the world can be researched, and their music retrieved and presented globally, especially in the absence of written documentation. Biography An Oxford graduate, Christine Lucia spent 41 years in South Africa from the 1970s to 2010s teaching and managing curriculum change at Rhodes, Westville, Wits and Natal Universities. Her publications include The World of South African Music: A Reader (2005) and articles on Kevin Volans, Abdullah Ibrahim, J.P. Mohapeloa and M.M. Moerane. She now researches and publishes works by neglected composers from Africa online at www.african-composers-edition.co.za. Lucia is currently working on a book on Moerane for Wits University Press, Johannesburg. Jan 25 2024 17.15 - 18.45 Christine Lucia | Retrieving Michael Moerane, African Composer Christine Lucia discusses her research into Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980), and the challenges this presents. Alison House 12 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9DF Find out more about the venue
Christine Lucia | Retrieving Michael Moerane, African Composer Event details Speaker: Prof Christine Lucia (University of Stellenbosch) Date: 25 January 2024 Time: 5.15 - 6.45pm. Venue: Alison House, Atrium (G10) Abstract Black classical instrumental composers and black popular or traditional music from the global north tend to dominate discourse around de-colonisation. This presentation offers a perspective from the global south on black classical composition from southern Africa, specifically through the lens of the composer, Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980). The emphasis will be on how such historical African figures who worked in obscurity and often in the poorest regions in the world can be researched, and their music retrieved and presented globally, especially in the absence of written documentation. Biography An Oxford graduate, Christine Lucia spent 41 years in South Africa from the 1970s to 2010s teaching and managing curriculum change at Rhodes, Westville, Wits and Natal Universities. Her publications include The World of South African Music: A Reader (2005) and articles on Kevin Volans, Abdullah Ibrahim, J.P. Mohapeloa and M.M. Moerane. She now researches and publishes works by neglected composers from Africa online at www.african-composers-edition.co.za. Lucia is currently working on a book on Moerane for Wits University Press, Johannesburg. Jan 25 2024 17.15 - 18.45 Christine Lucia | Retrieving Michael Moerane, African Composer Christine Lucia discusses her research into Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980), and the challenges this presents. Alison House 12 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9DF Find out more about the venue
Jan 25 2024 17.15 - 18.45 Christine Lucia | Retrieving Michael Moerane, African Composer Christine Lucia discusses her research into Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980), and the challenges this presents.
