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Amanda Tiffin belongs to a new crop of artists: musicians who are not only
passionate and ambitious about their music, but who go the extra mile to polish
their talent through formal training.
Amanda graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1999 with a Masters
Degree in jazz composition and vocal performance. She has gone on to become
one of Cape Town’s best-loved vocalist-pianists, and a respected Musical
Director/Arranger, orchestrator and composer.
Amanda has performed extensively in South Africa in numerous Jazz venues,
Concert Halls and festivals. She has appeared in London, with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, and tours regularly as a jazz artist in Japan and Taiwan.
She has recorded 3 albums, and is set to release another two in 2014.
A versatile artist, Amanda has performed in varying genres: from Musical theatre
and stage shows to intimate jazz concerts. She has produced several of her own
successful theatre shows, to critical acclaim, and is also in demand as a Musical
Director, arranger, orchestrator and composer.
Aside from her performing and writing abilities, Amanda has also been an
enthusiastic jazz educator over a period of 10 years, teaching at The University
of Cape Town, CityVarsity Multi Media College and AFDA Film School, as well as
in her Private Practice. Amanda has a passion for vocal coaching, especially
group singing, and has initiated Youth Choirs at the National Youth Jazz festival
in Grahamstown in 2006 and 2008, with great success. She is now Head of Jazz
Singing at UCT.