03 April 2026 |
In this article, published in Vir die Musiekleier / To the Director of Music in December 2025, Dr Jaco Meyer traces the development of the Liedboek van die Kerk (Songbook of the Church) from the resolution at the General Synod of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Church...
23 March 2026 |
In the death throes of last year, the DMus degree was conferred on Christelle Engelbrecht. She performed two concerts and submitted a thesis titled “The meaning of chamber music concerts for audience members: a comparative case study”. In her thesis,...
13 March 2026 |
This article by Dr Carli D’Alebout and Prof Liesl van der Merwe was published in Psychology of Music in November 2025. This interpretative phenomenological analysis looked at how five professional South African violinists experience “flow” — that special state...
12 November 2025 |
Prof Liesl van der Merwe and Prof John Habron-James (Royal Northern College of Music, UK) first met at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference in Thessaloniki in 2012, where they discovered a shared passion for Dalcroze Eurhythmics,...
05 November 2025 |
This project, published recently in the Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, tells the story of how the members of Trio Joie de Vivre, Dr Catrien Wentink (piano), Mr André Oosthuizen (flute), and Prof Liesl van der Merwe (bassoon), explored new ways of...
10 October 2025 |
Reported by Dr Jaco Meyer The 19th annual conference of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) was held between 26 and 28 September at the University of Stellenbosch. Among the many themes of the presentations, some new and exciting categories were...
