Wits Composers in Profile

Mokale Koapeng studied harmony and counterpoint with Carl van Wyk and Henk Temmingh and orchestration with the late Walter Mony. He studied composition with Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph. Mokale has also worked with musicians like Sibongile Khumalo, Phillip Tabane, Wendy Mseleku, Gloria Bosman, Khaya Mahlangu, Richard Cock, and many more. He was co-music director of the Transnet Sowetan Massed Choir Festival. He is the music director of SDASA Chorale. His collaborative work with Sibongile Khumalo, Motsumi Makhene Themba Mkhize and Hugh Masekela, 'Milestone; the Musical' won the 1999 SAMA Awards for best soundtrack. As a composer, he has composed for groups and festivals like Salisbury Community Choir (UK), Nightingale String Quartet (Denmark), Fitzwilliam Quartet (UK), I Fagiolini (UK), National Arts Festival, Grahamstown. Composer-in-Residence for the following festivals: Consonances: Saint Nazaire, France 2005, Ihlombe: South African Choral Festival 2010 and the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival 2011.

Performers:

• Ashan Peiris – Accompanist
• Gauteng Choristers Conductor: Sindiswa Mhlongo
• Kelebogile Boikanyo - Soprano
• Luke Newby - Clarinet
• Magdalena de Vries - Percussion
• The Diamond Quartet - String Quartet
• Thembinkosi Mavimbela  - Bass Player

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