Mbuso Nxumalo

Mbuso Nxumalo is a music leader and entrepreneur from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is a scholar, aspiring creative, academic writer, and full-time Master of Music candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Nxumalo is one of the university's top students, specialising in choral and opera music, music leadership, and vocal teaching studies.

He is the current conductor of the UKZN Youth Choir. The music enthusiast also directs the Durban Serenade Community Adult Choir, one of the city's oldest choirs. His breadth of musicianship distinguishes him because of his passion for youth empowerment and development in music and non-music skills through his leadership and music mentorship program, Identity Confirmed (leadership and music academy).

Not only that, he is an opera, jazz, pop singer, as well as a vocal coach. He won the Italian Opera Festival Competition at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2017 and previous competitions before that. Above all, he is deeply committed to community development through the four keys of influence: apostleship, leadership, musicianship, and entrepreneurship.