Composers

ACE is pleased to be distributing the collected of works of Ghanaian composer Dr. Ephraim Amu (1899-1995). The complete edition will be released as individual scores and in complete volumes as the editions are completed. Volume 1 is available now and is comprised of Dr. Amu’s SATB African songs from 1920-1933.

ACE published 145 extant works by Lesotho composer Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa (1908-1982) between 2013 and 2016 individually, in six volumes and in a complete scholarly edition. All but one are choral works and they are presented in both dual staff-solfa notation and staff notation only. ACE has also published 31 historic recordings of choirs performing…

ACE has just begun publishing a small selection of works by Ugandan composer Justinian Tamusuza (b.1951)

ACE published all 51 extant works by South African-born composer Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980) in 2020, both individually and in a complete edition.

ACE has completed the publication of 125 individual works by Durban-born composer Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) for the Reddy Performing Edition. He is perhaps best known for a crossover style that he developed in the late 1990s to 2000s that he called ‘clazz’ - a fusion of classical, jazz, African and other world musics. His early…