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Presentations

Playing the Changes: Jazz and Education in South Africa

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
Darius and Catherine Brubeck
5:00pm

Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory

Event Description

In this presentation, Darius and Catherine Brubeck will take us to apartheid-era South Africa, where in 1983 they established a pioneering jazz curriculum and performance program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This resilient program brought black and white musicians together to explore and expand the landscape of South African jazz, providing a soundtrack to the freedom struggle and its aftermath.

Hosted by: University of Illinois Press

Darius and Catherine Brubeck

Co-founders, Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa)