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The chief curator of a major public gallery speaks to René Vollgraaff

When she was in matric, Antoinette Murdoch went on a date to the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG).

"I always tell people I fell in love that day. Not with the guy, but with the gallery," said Murdoch, who has been the chief curator of the JAG since 2009. "And today I am married to the gallery. We are in a full-on marriage!"

Murdoch, a contemporary artist, started her career in art more than 15 years ago.

After a diploma in fine art at the former Technikon Witwatersrand (now part of the University of Johannesburg), she took a job as a gallery manager at the art gallery of the former Civic Theatre (now Joburg Theatre).

There followed some years of raising children, teaching art at high schools and lecturing in textiles and drawing at Lisof (the London International School of Fashion) in Rosebank. Then she answered an advertisement for the post of CEO of the Art Bank.

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A short insert highlighting a specific career. These careers range from Accountants and Designers to Helicopter Pilots and Sailors.

Sthembiso 'Stetho' Ngcongwane is a music producer and the founder of Stethomusic, a company that initially recorded voice-overs for TV and radio ads, but now creates music with some of the country's biggest music stars. He talks to Margaret Harris.

What does a music producer do?

He or she is a Jack-of-all-trades. One needs to be able combine great music composition skills with technical production knowledge while interacting with both the artists and session musicians. The producer must ensure that the raw vocals, lyrics and instrumentation are combined and engineered into a finished product or song. A producer will also contribute, comment and advise on songwriting, arrangement and performance.

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