
NoBuntu Mhlambi (née Mqulwana)
Extended Vocal Techniques PRACTITIONER (P.S.P)
POETICS | STORYTELLING | PROPHETICS
Invoking empty & occupied exhibition spaces
with
live singing & performance of bespoke extended vocals' compositions.
live sonic installations
Experienced by art & history museums, art galleries, opera houses, athenaeums, cinemas
& theatres
worldwide
To BOOK my service & to INVITE me to install
a bespoke & LIVE composition & performance,
email:
nobuntu.mhlambi.music@gmail.com
cc: msnobuntu@gmail.com
IMAGE by NoBuntu Mhlambi
Working With formidable
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partners I HAVE worked with






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POETICS, STORIES, PROPHETICS IN spaces & AT PLACES.
live Extended vocals performance
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pOETICS, STORIES, PROPHETICS IN spaces & AT PLACES.
live Extended vocals performance
NoBuntu Mhlambi's Inner Visions, Inner Voice show at the PE Opera House. Performing extracts from her songbook which I have been compiling since the age of 9. My style of performance uses classical & extended vocal techniques.
"Nobuntu is a songstress, and this was a song. But I guess it’s like calling people mad when they dance, but you, the audience, can’t hear the music they are moving to." Afropolitan Explosiv sonic intervention & cultural dialogue, Creativity as a way of building growth talking with Bobby Godsell of the National Planning Commission of South Africa.
Singing a reimagination of composition, Nje Ngo Adam benoEfa, by woman African composer, Nokutela Dube (nee Mdima)
Ayiyiyo and Yiyo le is a two-part performance by vocalist NoBuntu Mhlambi. It is an expression of a practice she named Extended Vocal Techniques PSP (Prophetics, Stories & Poetics), inflected by the mingling of four giftings: singing/voice, prophetic insight, storytelling, and poetry.
Presenting "We are Beautiful" with
Dr Thokozani Mhlambi at Archives & Public Culture Conference “Towards the making of the Museum & Archive of the Constitution at the Hill”
NoBuntu Mhlambi's Inner Visions, Inner Voice show at the Athenaeum. "The foundation of this Music Can Happen Series is genesis and simplicity in the power and ‘enoughness’ of just the voice instrument".
lINKS to articles aBOUT PLACES i HAVE PERFORMED


SPACES WHERE I HAVE PERFORMED
with
Diversity & Adaptability






Art & History Museums, Opera Houses, Athenaeums, Heritage repositories, Theatres, Performance spaces & more...






About Me.


IMAGES by Nicolas Duc
Education
Currently

M Phil Digital Curation
University of Cape Town
Research in the democratization & digitization of African woman composer, Nokutela Dube (nee Mdima).
Awarded Merit Bursaries by: Harry Crossley, NAC, Catthseta, UK Alumni, Contingency Fund Bursaries recipient, UCT.
Majoring in Principles of Digital Curation, Curating Digital Media & Formats, Information Architecture & Metadata & Topics in Ethnomusicology
MODULES: Digital Curation & Music >>>>
2018

BA Honours Theory of Literature
University of South Africa
Searching & reviewing literature for visible & inclusive narratives recalling Nokutela Dube's overall & musical agency & legacy.
Majoring in Critical Theory, Theory of Narratology & Theory of drama.
MODULES: Theory of Literature >>>>>>
2005

Bachelor of Arts
Nelson Mandela University
MODULES: Theory of Literature >>>>>>
Searching introspective and contextually African perspectives to interpret western classical training.
Researching & teaching the impact of the legacy of South African singer & freedom fighter, Dr Miriam Makeba for contemporary South African women composers, singers, lyricists & performers.
Music major in Voice methodology, Western music theory & history, Aural Training & Music technology.
Media & Communications minor in African Cinema, Scriptwriting, Docu/Film making.
HIGHLIGHT: Selected by NMU Music School to write congratulatory graduation message to Miriam Makeba on her NMU doctoral award.


BOOKINGS & INVITATIONS for bespoke LIVE extended vocal performances
email:
nobuntu.mhlambi.music@gmail.com
cc: msnobuntu@gmail.com
