Andile Khumalo Born in Durban, South Africa, Andile Khumalo is a composer and music lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa). His works have been presented at prestigious venues and festivals on four continents (Africa, Europe, Asia and North America). In addition, he has received numerous awards, and commissions from ensembles such as Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin), Talea Ensemble (New York), Fontana Trio (Switzerland), Stuttgart chamber orchestra (Germany), Takefu music festival (Japan), and Juilliard New Music Ensemble (New York). In 2014, Khumalo was featured in Carnegie Hall‘s Ubuntu Festival: Music and Arts of South Africa; and most recently partnered with Ensemble Dal Niente to present two formative works: Shades of Words (2012) for narrator and ensemble, and Cry Out (2009) for viola, oboe, marimba, and piano. Khumalo completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Columbia University (2013) and previously studied in Stuttgart (Germany) where he received his Masters in Composition. ***Content for the Daily Showcase social media series is obtained from information found online and is presented for educational and informational purposes only. Please let us know if you would like to delete, edit, correct or provide an attribution to a post by emailing us at [email protected]. We also encourage you to contact us at this same email address to inform us of other outstanding Black classical instrumentalists and/or composers, conductors and administrators whom you recommend we feature in the Daily Showcase.***