Six MMus students graduated at the NWU graduation ceremony on Wednesday 3 June:
Tamaryn Abott (cum laude) [above, left] — “Exploring how musicking shapes the faith journeys of selected contemporary worship musicians: A narrative inquiry.”
Supervisor: Prof Mignon van Vreden [above, second from right]
Shay Longden — “The meaning of my experiences of facilitating musicking workshops with older adults at Fire and Ice assisted living facility.”
Supervisor: Prof Ewie Erasmus
Co-supervisor: Prof Janelize Morelli
Jandré Lubbe [above, right] — “Exploring the meaning six early-career BMus graduates appointed as general music teachers ascribe to their teaching and learning experiences.”
Supervisor: Prof Mignon van Vreden
Melissa Potgieter (cum laude) — “Applying the principles of the Natural Learning Process to promote the mental wellbeing of children learning piano.”
Supervisor: Prof Waldo Weyer
Tina Stodart (cum laude) [above, second from left] — Exploring seven members in a community music group’s lived experiences of musicking: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.”
Supervisor: Prof Mignon van Vreden
Khulekani Mncwango [above, third from left] — “Understanding the meaning that four South African brass players ascribe to their experiences of adapting to higher music education: A narrative study.”
Supervisor: Prof Janelize Morelli
Co-supervisor: Prof Mignon van Vreden
Assistant supervisor: Dr Yvonne-Marié Brand [above, third from right]
