From our travels in South Africa and the USA, we have found that there has been a real curiosity about our process and relationship as musicians and people. Our concerts are punctuated by anecdotes and brief contextual snippets that provide a glimpse into our lives, music and process. We have found this to be a wonderful starting point for our workshops, lectures, talks, masterclasses and discussions. – Tagg Petersen
Both Kathleen and Andre have extensive teaching experience, and enjoy conducting joint workshops, discussions, and talks. Kathleen holds a DMA from the Manhattan School of Music, where she taught for four years, and served on the faculty of SongFest at Colburn in LA for the past three years. She also taught at the University of Cape Town prior to moving to the USA.
She has presented workshops, talks, and masterclasses throughout the USA and southern Africa and India, and in the past season was the inaugural artist in Residence at Brown University, presenting a talk on South African music alongside concerts and classroom visits and presentation with David Krakauer. She was also an artist in residence with the 92nd St Y’s Music for Tomorrow Program, at the Ecole Internationale in Geneva, Switzerland, and was co-artistic director and composer of the large-scale collaboration between the Sejny klezmer band, her duo project, and leading Syrian and Ukrainian musicians at the Borderlands Foundation in Sejny, Poland. In 2018 she spent a month at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) working to create a performance of collaborative multi-genre works with the composition students inspired by and presented by the WITS Art Museum.
Andre is currently on the faculty at WITS University in Johannesburg, having previously served on the faculty of Stellenbosch University following his return to South Africa from studies in Belgium. He has presented workshops and lectures throughout South Africa and Europe. He facilitated the Training and Development Component (Workshops/Master classes) at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and conducted and workshops masterclasses at the Norwegian Jazz Forum Summer Seminar and Oslo Academy of Music.
Workshops can range from an hour presentation to a small group of students to a week-long college residency, collaborating with multiple academic departments. Possible inter-departmental collaborations can include events built around related areas and interests of the hosting community.
OFFERINGS:
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
Both Kathleen and Andre have extensive teaching experience, and enjoy conducting joint workshops, discussions, and talks. Kathleen holds a DMA from the Manhattan School of Music, where she taught for four years, and served on the faculty of SongFest at Colburn in LA for the past three years. She also taught at the University of Cape Town prior to moving to the USA.
She has presented workshops, talks, and masterclasses throughout the USA and southern Africa and India, and in the past season was the inaugural artist in Residence at Brown University, presenting a talk on South African music alongside concerts and classroom visits and presentation with David Krakauer. She was also an artist in residence with the 92nd St Y’s Music for Tomorrow Program, at the Ecole Internationale in Geneva, Switzerland, and was co-artistic director and composer of the large-scale collaboration between the Sejny klezmer band, her duo project, and leading Syrian and Ukrainian musicians at the Borderlands Foundation in Sejny, Poland. In 2018 she spent a month at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) working to create a performance of collaborative multi-genre works with the composition students inspired by and presented by the WITS Art Museum.
Andre is currently on the faculty at WITS University in Johannesburg, having previously served on the faculty of Stellenbosch University following his return to South Africa from studies in Belgium. He has presented workshops and lectures throughout South Africa and Europe. He facilitated the Training and Development Component (Workshops/Master classes) at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and conducted and workshops masterclasses at the Norwegian Jazz Forum Summer Seminar and Oslo Academy of Music.
Workshops can range from an hour presentation to a small group of students to a week-long college residency, collaborating with multiple academic departments. Possible inter-departmental collaborations can include events built around related areas and interests of the hosting community.
OFFERINGS:
- Workshops with jazz students and/or classical students on creating new work, the art of collaboration, and retaining a unique voice inside collaboration. How to create something new without compromising who you are, while bringing everything you have to offer to the table
- The Neighbor Down the Road: Perspectives on Music in Cape Town Talking about how the geographical layout of the city has influenced the musical output
- The “How and why” of Where Worlds Collide Motivators for us, the art of collaboration, plus the practicalities of putting together a project like this without dulling either’s input
- Career advising within the context of creating new projects that cross traditional boundaries, and how to present it to the world
- Masterclasses in jazz piano and/or classical piano
- Andre’s Dissertation & Field: Talk on South African jazz
- Kathy’s Dissertation & Field: 20th & 21st century South African classical music
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
- Two concert grand pianos (1 will need the lid removed in the traditional 2- piano way).
- Two piano benches.
- Basic lighting and sound.
- Very simple, non-invasive piano preparations that have been developed in conjunction with leading piano technicians are used (Full list available).