{"id":53,"date":"2014-01-08T16:51:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicworks.org.za\/wordpress\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:01:28","slug":"staff-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musicworks.org.za\/wpmusicworks\/about-us\/staff-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff & Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Raymond Schuller<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

A seasoned professional from within the NGO sector, Raymond brings highly honed skills in strategic stakeholder engagement and development, fundraising, CSI and public relations to MusicWorks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He served on the MusicWorks board for several years before being appointed to the position of Executive Director in April 2020 which has provided him with an in-depth knowledge of the organisation, its people, programmes and possibilities, so much so that he is now also an onsite facilitator of our Creative Resilience Programme in District Six and Koelenhof (Stellenbosch)! Raymond\u2019s particular fondness for order in his personal and workspace keeps the rest of the MusicWorks family in check and harbouring a secret ambition to become a master of all things brewed, his skills will certainly come in very handy during MusicWorks\u2019 legendary marathon planning sessions!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alexanne Tingley<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Operations Director<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

With a career spanning both the performing arts and the Non-profit sector, working with children and young people from marginalised communities, Alexanne has been a passionate member of the MusicWorks family since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She cares deeply about MusicWorks and is a nurturer of the team. Her organisational skills and her innate compassion make her indispensable to the organisation \u2013 as she drives from the heart, steadily and assuredly, with the conviction of the immeasurable impact that can be made in even one person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andalucia Garcia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
MusicWorks Administrator<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Since 2013, Andalucia has provided unequalled administrative support and so much more to the office staff and onsite facilitators at MusicWorks. She\u2019s flexible and supportive in a quiet, gentle way; with a deep caring for the children and young people involved in our programmes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roma Nathan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Financial Administrator<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Roma has been responsible for the day-to-day finances of MusicWorks since 2009, and lives on a diet of spreadsheets and numbers. Her kindness and patience in what can be a very busy office, impacts very positively on everybody else\u2019s working day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bongile Mark Williams<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Music for Life programme coordinator and
CREATIVE MUSIC FACILITATION (ECD) TRAINING CO-FACILITATOR<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Mark has been the Pied Piper of MusicWorks since 2011 \u2013 a force of nature to whom children are drawn. He is grounded, resourceful and broad-minded; offering a bigger picture of the communities we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark\u2019s contribution of context and community is critical for meaningful musical interventions \u2013 he identifies cultural mindsets that support hopelessness and negativity, and embraces and drives the required change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pamela Gongxeka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Community Musician<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Pam joined the MusicWorks family in February 2019 as a Community Musician within the Music for Life programme before also becoming a valued member of our Creative Resilience Programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam has brought with her a wealth of knowledge in African Dance and performing on traditional instruments into our world and has invigorated sessions with Dance which is now a key element of the MFL programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thabiso Mapalane<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
PRINCIPAL Community Musician<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Thabiso started his career at MusicWorks as a beneficiary of our Music for Life programme over 16 years ago in Nyanga. Thabiso always showed exceptional talent, not only in marimba playing but also in his ability to nurture and teach younger children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When an opening arose within the MusicWorks internship programme, he was a natural choice. Thabiso graduated from his internship and was appointed a Community Musician at the start of 2019 and promoted to Senior Community Musician in 2025. He is a real asset to the MusicWorks family and displays great insight, wisdom, original thinking and aptitude; all the qualities that make so valuable, not only to our organisation but also to the beneficiaries with whom he works!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Siya Majali<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Community Musician<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Siya joined MusicWorks at the start of 2023 as a Community Musician.  An accomplished marimba player and teacher, Siya has gained extensive experience teaching children as part of the Government’s Expanded Public Works Programme and is a seamless fit with MusicWorks!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siya quickly integrated into the MusicWorks family and is a deeply valued member of our team. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kerryn Tracey<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Music Therapist<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Kerryn graduated with an Honours degree in Music before qualifying with a masters degree in Music Therapy in 2014. Kerryn has worked within numerous contexts providing clinical music therapy to children with profound disabilities, persons with dementia and children processing grief and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerryn joined MusicWorks in 2019 running music therapy sessions at Friends Day Centre and when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, she worked alongside our team to implement our newly developed Covid Response Programme at a school in Heideveld and continues to facilitate the programme (now the Creative Resilience Programme) alongside her colleagues at the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerryn also runs a successful private music therapy practice and has been known to play the bagpipes! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RIP, Zwai Mvimbi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In October 2022, our dearest and beloved colleague, Zwai Mvimbi passed away unexpectedly.  At the time of his passing, Zwai had been a part of the MusicWorks fabric for 15 years and was our longest serving staff member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zwai was a skilled marimba player and percussionist, performing both locally and abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was deeply committed to passing on his skills to a younger generation, which earned him the status of an \u2018elder\u2019 in the true sense of the word. His fatherly kindness and gentleness towards children from environments in which men\u2019s actions are often associated with disrespect and danger, spoke volumes about an alternative, caring way of being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forever missed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Andeline Dos Santos<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
CONSULTANT<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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MUSICWORKS Founders<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kerryn Torrance and Sunelle Fouch\u00e9 co-founded MusicWorks in 2003. Armed with Masters Degrees in Music Therapy and a good dose of courage, they were determined to pioneer the relatively unchartered territory of music therapy in South Africa, particularly in marginalised communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From offering music therapy to children at the Heideveld Safe Room, they grew an organisation which would become deeply embedded in the fabric of under resourced communities across the Cape Peninsula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together they visioned an innovative and ground breaking NPO that has spread far beyond the original remit of music therapy.  The organisation now runs an in-school Creative Resilience Programme, the Music for Life programme which incorporates in-school and after-school programmes and our Creative Music Facilitation programme which trains Early Childhood Development practitioners in using music in a creative and meaningful way in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunelle lead the organisation as its Executive Director until she stepped aside at the start of 2020 to pursue her long held desire to focus on research and complete her PhD.\u00a0 She continues to supervise the next generation of music therapy students who complete their onsite pratical placements in Cape Town.\u00a0 Kerryn, moved away from working full-time at MusicWorks in 2014 and whilst still a serving MusicWorks board member, she is also a contracted facilitator of MusicWorks’ Creative Music Facilitation (ECD) training. In addition, she runs a thriving music studio teaching violin and performs regularly in numerous ensembles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Board<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Kerryn Torrance<\/strong>
Chairperson & co-founder of MUSICWORKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diana Ross<\/strong>
Vice Chairperson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowai Melody Fofeyin<\/strong>
Treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members<\/strong>
Brenda Robertson
Titilayo Adedokun-Helm
Bianca Biggs
Lizo Ntloko
Raymond Schuller (Executive Director)
Secretary: Alexanne Tingley (ex officio)<\/em>
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