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MokaleKoapeng

1963 -

MokaleKoapeng, pianist, conductor, and composer, is enjoying a fulfilling career in South Africa, where he is a lecturer in music theory and choral composition at the Wits School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg. He has taught at and been an administrator at several community-based schools in South Africa and has composed music for a variety of ensembles and international festivals.

Mokale was born in and spent his childhood in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Tukisi Samuel and Maleshane Elizabeth SekgaphaneKoapeng.

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He recently wrote about the importance of music in their home and his early training:

There was a lot of singing in our home. My parents had met in a church choir whilst they were Anglicans, and my father and brother were members of the acclaimed Ionian Choir, which was conducted by professor K.V. Mngoma.

My oldest brother was my first teacher.

I started on the recorder and then proc MOKALE KOAPENG - SAMRO Scores JAHUQ