Nkululeko Zungu
2024-2025 UGA Arts Collaborative Research Affiliate
The UGA Arts Collaborative is pleased to recognize Nkululeko Zungu as a 2024-2025 Research Affiliate. Nkululeko’s creative practice exemplifies the Arts Collaborative mission and builds on his previous participation in the Graduate Assistantships in Interdisciplinary Arts Research program.
Nkululeko Zungu is a graduate candidate at UGA where his studies focus on contemporary writing styles in composition. He finds pleasure in exploring music from traditional Classical to modern Electronic and can be heard writing with the frame of mind, “Let me not, no, just add to the noise. Let me harmonize to the silence.” He collaborated with groundbreaking composers like Pulitzer Prize recipient Kate Soper, Dr. Ken Ueno, and saw contemporary ensembles perform his music, including the Wet Ink Ensemble. Nkululeko appreciates combining his writing practice with performing his works in unconventional settings, as seen in his performance at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery’s Dome Theater and the Georgia Museum of Art. He has been described by Dr. Hendrik Hofmeyr, South Africa’s most performed Classical music composer, as “an artist who created from within combining all aspects of his life.” He prides himself on being a well-rounded artist.
For more about Nkululeko, visit:
http://www.harmonizeto.com
