Bio

Misha Maseka is a multidisciplinary artist whose work brings together music, performance, filmmaking and research. Beginning her career in opera and theatre, she trained under Dr Janet Youngdahl at the University of Lethbridge and has performed across Canada, the United States and Germany with organisations including the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Theatre Calgary, Arts Commons and the Banff Centre.

Her performance credits include Sarah in Ragtime Broadway Revival Concert, Tynomi Banks: Queen of the Orchestra Tour with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Flowering Self in Song of Manyselves Opera. This background in music and live performance continues to shape her screen work, where she explores sound, intimacy, heritage, memory and history.

Misha is also the founder of the project-based production collective Village Girls, through which she develops work across sound, stage, screen and immersive technologies. During her master’s degree at the Royal College of Art, she focused on spatial sound, performance and immersive theatre and cinema. Her work has since been presented at venues and institutions including Somerset House, Frameless London, Oxford University, SOAS and Contemporary Calgary.

Alongside her creative practice, Misha continues to research the history and evolution of music and performing arts in the Lobito Corridor.

Experience highlights:

Singer, performer, filmmaker and researcher
Trained under Dr Janet Youngdahl at the University of Lethbridge
Performed across Canada, the United States and Germany
Credits include the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Theatre Calgary, Arts Commons and Banff Centre
Performed Sarah in Ragtime Broadway Revival Concert
Appeared in Tynomi Banks: Queen of the Orchestra Tour
Performed in Song of Manyselves Opera
Filmmaking credits include Ebony, Not That Deep and Sweeter Blue
Not That Deep won two Berlin Short Film Festival awards
Founder of production collective Village Girls
Master’s degree from the Royal College of Art
Recipient of the L. Sargaent Lenz Prize Award
Work presented at Somerset House, Frameless London, Oxford University, SOAS and Contemporary Calgary