19 June 2021 |
NWU School of Music has a long tradition of bassoon study and performance. This tradition started with Prof Fanie Jooste, who studied bassoon in Detmold, Germany, with Prof Helman Jung. Prof Jooste passed this tradition on to his students. One of his former students,...
16 July 2019 |
[ As president of the South African chapter of the World Piano Teachers Association, Prof Tinus Botha attended and performed at the 11th World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia. He tells us about his visit. ] Between 27 June and 3 July 2019 pianists from all over...
21 November 2018 |
[ Prof Tinus Botha was one of five South Africans that had been invited by Yamaha on a tour of their instrument factories in Japan. He tells us about his visit. ] I was privileged to be a member of a small South African delegation that toured Japan in November in...
30 July 2018 |
[ Ms Janelize van der Merwe attended the 33rd World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) in Baku, Azerbaijan during July. She tells us about the conference. ] A colleague recently asked me what the collective noun for music educators is....
17 July 2018 |
[ As president of the South African chapter of the World Piano Teachers Association, Prof Tinus Botha travelled to Novi Sad, Serbia during the winter recess to attend and perform at the 10th World Piano Conference. He tells us about his visit. ] I was fortunate to...
17 April 2018 |
[ During November 2017, Prof Tinus Botha travelled to the USA and United Kingdom for a number of solo piano recitals. He tells us about, and shows us, his experiences during this concert tour. ] Pulaski, NY My first stop was at Pulaski, NY for a recital at the...
