Do enjoy episode 2 with  Karen Schofield-Nel, the UCT Choir Conductor and Artistic Director who was on the Business of Entertainment on Cape Talk.  

As Music Director, Artistic Director, Music Lecturer, Choral Clinician, Adjudicator, Scholar, Karen Schofield-Nel’s work spans over a wide variety of ages, abilities, genres.

Karen holds a double Degree in both Music and Education (Thayer Conservatory, AUC - USA), M.Mus in Choral Conducting (Stellenbosch University), which has been transferred into a PhD in Music, which she is currently pursuing.

Her experience as an active Provincial Adjudicator, Choral Clinician, and Choral Pedagogue is vast.

She conducts professional choirs as well as works extensively with Adult and Children’s Community Choirs, of whom many are impoverished and disadvantaged, yet their determination and zeal to sing and develop their abilities in the face of adversity surmounts all challenges.

In her spare time, Karen is a culinary artisan. She has her own International Cooking show where she creates and cooks vegetarian and Plant based recipes. This show is aired in Russia, USA, Australia, Germany, throughout Africa.

Karen is the Founder and CEO of a Whole Plant Based Program called A New Dawn. Karen is the  first Person of Colour and First Woman to conduct The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.