MADRÉ LOUBSER – HEAD OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION

Madré Loubser is a multi-talented professional flautist, educator, music librarian and arts manager. Loubser holds a Bachelor of Music and Performance Diploma in Music, specialising in Solo Flute Chamber Music, from Stellenbosch University. Currently, her professional focus, as Head of Youth Development and Education at Cape Town Opera, is on developing music education projects in primary and secondary schools. In addition, she is a private flute teacher, ad-hoc flautist and freelance orchestral music librarian for various productions in and around Cape Town.

Well-versed in classical music, opera, and select African vocal repertoire, she has also managed her own artist booking agency, worked as a Music Administrator and regularly acts as Company Manager for Cape Town Opera’s international tours.

In 2020, Madré was a recipient of the Mail & Guardian’s Young200 South Africans Award for her exceptional work in arts education and was appointed a Distinguished Fellow of the Jakes Gerwel Fellowship, in partnership with the Mail & Guardian, in May 2021. This opportunity enables her to amplify her voice in the performing arts education space, through events, podcasts and written op-eds. In 2022, Madré was awarded the After School Arts and Culture Coaching Excellence Award from the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.