Contact the Composers' Workshop Regarding the programme, call Mac McKenzie on +2721 637 3695 Regarding funding, alliances and strategy, call Iain Harris on +2721 424 3572 or email harris@coffeebeansroutes.com
What is it? - A gathering point for Cape Town composers' and aspirant composers. - A place created for the mentoring and development of young composers, aspirant composers and a space in which ideas are nourished and realised. Realisation by performance at the venue in Bridgetown. - A space for intimate live performance - a vehicle for exchange between composers in Cape Town and the world. Visiting composers have the opportunity to stay at the Composers' Workshop and immerse in the city.
Where is it? In Bridgetown, Cape Town, part of Athlone, 15 minutes from the city centre. 177 Cornflower Rd, Bridgetown. Tel +2721 637 3695
Who is it? The Cape Town Composers' Workshop is a Section 21 Not for Profit organisation. Mac McKenzie and Iain Harris are directors, Lee Wiid is Secretary.
Mac is responsible for creative and educational direction, Iain for strategic and business direction, and Lee for financial and legal management.
The programme: 20 students per year. Once a week minimum workshop commitment. Students work one-on-one with composer in a customised fashion.
Outcomes 1. know how to read and write music and convey your ideas effortlessly 2. learn how to network in the musical world, local and international 3. practical training through regular concerts 4. fashion out of your imagination pieces of music that can be performed individually or in group as live performance toward an income generating career 5. skills to manage your intellectual property, eg SAMRO, NORM, legal etc, in workshops provided by business people from the industry 6. managing your own and other people's time 7. knowledge of genre writing and arrangement 8. lifeskills – self-management, employment creation (for self and others)
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VIDEO. Japanese pop group Funkist were the first international visitors to the Composers' Workshop. They did an afternoon session with lunch. Take a look at this video. It details their visit to Cape Town, including their session with Mac.
FUNDING MODEL
We have chosen a funding model that is geared toward sustainability. Seed funding came from the LEVEDO Foundation in Switzerland, providing for the building of the facility, and cash flow for the first phase of the programme.
We have two-part funding strategy:
Pledge System & Donations
1. Pledge System Each year, the Composers' Workshop stages three shows. The shows feature the work of both the composers and the students, and are recorded. These three recordings form the three album releases of the Composers' Workshop each year. These albums form the backbone of the Pledge system, and are also available for general sale online through Coffeebeans Routes.
We have South African and International Pledges.
SOUTH AFRICAN PLEDGES R100 per month, for an annual pledge of R1200. Payable by monthly debit order, or as a once-off annual payment.
INTERNATIONAL PLEDGES 20 euros per month, for an annual pledge of 240 euros. Payable as a once-off annual payment, or monthly via a credit card transaction.
Pledgers receive the 3 albums per year of work from the Composers' Workshop, and invitations to attend the three annual shows, with dinner. This keeps the Pledger close to the work of the Workshop and its students.
In this way, with 200 pledgers per year, we can raise R360 000,00. We aim to be fully sustainable within two years.
2. Donations There is also the option of making donations. This is a secondary revenue stream, to support the pledge system, and one that is pitched more specifically at the corporate world. Anybody, however, is welcome to donate.
We welcome contributions to the programme. All monies received go toward covering the costs of running the programme.
Banking details:
Bank: The Standard Bank of South Africa Account name: The Cape Town Composers' Workshop Branch: Tyger Manor Branch code: 050410 Account number: 27 086 297 8 Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ IBT / SORT / IBAN / Routing no.: 050410
