Mozambique

Situated in Maputo, the Music Crossroads Mozambique Academy is a cultural and creative hub that nurtures talented young musicians through exciting and rewarding professional certificate programmes, involving both practical and theoretical aspects of music education.

About MCA Mozambique

Established in 2013 with an immense contribution to the development of the music sector in Mozambique. The dynamic Professional Certificate Program has seen the academy grooming teachers with quality skills and enrolling about 180 students with success stories since its launch. Recently the addition of individual children and adult classes has also brought more diversity to our program as we are trying to cater for all members of the society.

In the last years, our academy in Mozambique has been fuelling creativity, innovation and cultural diversity for the youth through Music. Today, our outreach has now reached 5.000 young musicians and due to its diversity, the organization today is regarded as a hub that has nurtured talented musicians that are currently recognized in the Mozambican music industry.

As an organization, we have reached an audience of more than 50.000 people throughout the country, through the various activities such as festivals and workshops aimed at enhancing the knowledge of all stakeholders in the sector. We strive to address issues affecting the youth such as HIV, AIDS, female empowerment, poverty, education, disability and early child marriages using music as a tool for change.

The establishment of the Music Crossroads Academies in 2013 has contributed immensely to the development of the music sector in Mozambique. Over the years, we have created synergies and partnerships with local and international organizations such as the International Music Council, OCPA, FRIDA, Music Fund, UNESCO, AWEPA, Municipality of Maputo, CONCERTS S.A., IVERCA, KHUZULA and JM Norway for our unique regional and international youth exchange program MOVE funded by Norec to bridge the gaps within the region and abroad bringing cross-cultural skills and global networking among the young musicians.

Mozambique Courses

  • 2 Year Professional Certificate
  • Short Courses
  • Audio Engineering
  • Instrument Repair
  • Music Business

Mozambique Projects

  • Music Therapy
  • Production of Reusable sanitary pads

Every child has the right to a music education. Over the years little music education has been taught in Government primary schools prompting the MCA with its Alumni and volunteers to embark on a mission to offer music education to two schools and a community center in Xipamanine.

The children are taught basic music notations and given an opportunity to try out all instruments using the Instrument Carousel method before each child makes their own choice on the instrument that best suits them.Every child has the right to a music education.

Over the years little music education has been taught in Government primary schools prompting the MCA with its Alumni and volunteers to embark on a mission to offer music education to two schools and a community center in Xipamanine. The children are taught basic music notations and given an opportunity to try out all instruments using the Instrument Carousel method before each child makes their own choice on the instrument that best suits them.

The MCA offers children’s programs at the academy during weekends and holidays. We embarked on a project ‘som na garem’ which means ‘sound in the garage’, in our academy garage where the activities for the children usually take place.

This project offers a safe space for children where they can have contact with musical instruments and express themselves freely. We have had large numbers of children attending these sessions, we have 35 children attending regularly and these moments have been very good as the children become very creative.

This activity is the first of its kind. Bringing together different cultures,  a space to celebrate cultures and meet different people from different African  countries. Semana Africana is celebrated in the week leading to 25 May, the day we celebrate African Day. The week is used to promote and preserve African music. All teachers and students are involved to make sure the week is a success

Recently created as an activity to encourage our MCA students and young upcoming Musicians in the country, Music Crossroads Academy Battle of the Bands has quickly grown popular within the sector and is currently the talk of the town with many young musicians interested in getting on stage and giving their all to showcase their talent.

The MCA Battle of the Bands will in the very near future also take place in Malawi and Zimbabwe and a Regional Battle of the Bands is something to look forward to.

LOUD was created with a mission to educate and empower young girls and women in Mozambique on the importance of female inclusion in the music sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, by providing various educational and social programs.

The Loud project has since 2017 been working with primary school girls aged between 10 and 16 years, giving them the opportunity to play an instrument and reduce the existing tendency where girls are viewed only as singers and dancers. The program has since grown and has been implemented in 2 provinces of Mozambique

The festival aims to celebrate the achievements of women in the creative industry also to foster collaboration, networking, discussions to further empower and elevate women’s roles and voices within the industry. It stands as a testament to our commitment to gender inclusion and the advancement of women in creative Industry.

Key players from different sectors of the Creative Industry, artists, managers, psychologists, fashion designers, entrepreneurs are involved in the success of this project.

Ethno Mozambique is a traditional and folk music camp, full of workshops, recordings, Jam Sessions, concerts taking place in a natural ambience in Maputo.

Twenty young musicians and 4 artistic mentors from different countries meet for 7 days to share and learn, creating new artistic expressions of their folk music and culture, building global network and developing professional skills.

Ethno Mozambique Music Camp promotes democracy, togetherness, mutual respect and self-expression which creates arenas for learning and sharing, leading to a meaningful result for everyone involved

Musicians and Organizer volunteer exchange is an exchange exchange program between JM Norway and sister organizations Music Crossroads in Malawi and Mozambique, and the Organization Sustenidos in Brazil.

Since the program’s inception in 2013, there’s has been over 70 young people from Norway, Mozambique, Brazil and Malawi who have benefited directly from this program as exchange participants and some of these being student from the Music crossroads academies of Mozambique and Malawi.

A global MOVE Alumni Association is the process of its creation. Associaçao Move Alumni Moçambique (AMAMO) was created in 2022 with functioning structures and a functioning 4 member board.

Mozambique team

  • Tapiwa Langa

    • Country Director
    Country Director Mozambique  Tawipa Langa is the Director of Music Crossroads Academy Mozambique with experience working in the arts and…
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  • Nicolau Caunaneque

    • Head of Pedagogy
    Head of Pedagogy Nicolau Caunaneque is the head of pedagogy at Music Crossroads Academy. He teaches body percussion, keyboard harmony…
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  • Stela Langa

    • Administration
    Administration Stela Langa studied Management and Cultural Studies at High Institute of Arts and Culture – ISArC. She is an…
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  • Nicolas Goza

    • Pedagogy & Administrative Assistant
    Programs Officer Nicolas Goza Programs Officer at Music Crossroads Academy. He started showing an interest for music at an early…
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Contact Mozambique

Av. Ho Chi Min, Casa Numero 1168, R/C Maputo
+258 825 483 007
+258 846 982 449
[email protected]
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