Listen to the New Voices, Part 2
Some of the first year students talked to Anri Stenden about their experiences at the School of Music. The way things are going, we’ll go to bed tonight and wake up in the middle of November. Ask anyone at the Conservatory how quickly we have seen the first few months...
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Listen to the New Voices, Part 1
Some of the first year students talked to Anri Stenden about their experiences at the School of Music. It’s not easy being a first year — well-loved school teachers you were close to calling ‘Mom’ are abruptly exchanged for bossy, intimidating lecturers; that...
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MASARA Research Round-Up — 1st Quarter 2016
Research is an important part of the School of Music's activities and outputs. The MASARA research niche area (Musical Arts in South Africa: Resources and Applications) under the leadership of Dr Liesl van der Merwe, achieved the following during the course of the...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Mr Frans Brooks [alumnus]
Instrument(s) / Discipline(s): Bassoon / Voice. Period of study at the NWU School of Music / PU for CHE Department of Music: 2007-2010. Qualifications completed at the NWU / PU for CHE: BMus. Qualifications completed elsewhere: BEng in Industrial Engineering (UP)....
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Open Day for prospective music students — 7 May 2016
The Open Day for the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University will take place on Saturday 7 May 2016 from 07:45. The School of Music will also be putting their best foot forward and will gladly welcome prospective music students on that day to speak with them...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ms Mari-Louise Schutte (née Steinberg) [alumna]
Instrument(s) / Discipline(s): Flute / Voice / Piano. Period of study at the NWU School of Music / PU for CHE Department of Music: BMus: 2003-2006 MMus: 2007-2011 Qualifications completed at the NWU / PU for CHE: BMus: Performance (Flute) & Methodology MMus:...
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Papilio ~ visual and tantalising multimedia performance — 19 April 2016
A very unusual but exciting multimedia production will be presented at the Conservatory Hall on Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 19:30 when well-known percussionists, Magdalena de Vries and Frank Mallows, collaborate with musician and sound artist/designer, Brydon Bolton. The...
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Umculo workshops and master classes — 4-22 April 2016
The School of Music and NWU Choir Academy®, in collaboration with PUK Arts, will be hosting representatives from Umculo for the next few weeks. Umculo provides "performance and education initiatives and makes international expertise available to a broad network of...
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Symposium for String Instrument Teachers — 27 April 2016
The string lecturers at the NWU School of Music, Prof Piet Koornhof (violin) and Dr Human Coetzee (cello), will be hosting a free symposium for teachers of string instruments on Wednesday 27 April 2016, 09:00-16:00 at the Conservatory in Potchefstroom. The purpose of...
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Mainly French pieces by international pianist, Miki Aoki — 12 April 2016
International pianist and chamber musician, Miki Aoki, will be visiting the NWU School of Music in April for a solo piano recital on Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 19:30 in the Conservatory Hall. She combines her teaching position at the Graz University for Music and the...
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Applications now open for music study at North-West University in 2017
Prospective music students who would like to study at the School of Music & Conservatory, North-West University in Potchefstroom next year can now apply for admission and an audition. APPLICATION GUIDE A special Guide for Application, Selection and Admission at the...
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Experiencing the 13th Unisa International Piano Competition — Christelle Engelbrecht’s point of view
as told to Anri Stenden Christelle Engelbrecht, a third year piano student at our School of Music, also attended the UNISA International Piano Competition and had some great stories to share from her own experiences: “For the first time in the history of piano...
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