Bursary Winners 2014
MILDRED VAN DER MERWE-RADLOFF MERIT PRIZES — R2,000 each • DM 1: Mashadi Mokoena (83,5%) • BMus 1: Christelle Engelbrecht (80,3%) • BMus 3: Melindie Pretorius (79,4%) [3rd consecutive year] • BMus 4: Elsabe Nortje (85,3%) [4th consecutive year] DEAN: FACULTY OF ARTS...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Prof Jaco Kruger
Date of appointment: 1 January 1995 Qualifications completed: PhD Teaching responsibilities: Musicology Performance interests: Classical guitar and African marimba. Research interests: Music as culture. Who are/were your professional mentors/inspiration? Gerard Kubik,...
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Bursary Winners’ Concert — 28 October 2014
Music students at the North-West University have an annual opportunity to compete for study bursaries and prizes worth several thousands of rands during the School of Music's Bursary Competition. The finalists then perform during the Bursary Winners' Concert, after...
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Free lunch hour jazz concert — 23 October 2014
Three of the jazz ensembles at the NWU School of Music will present a free lunch hour concert on Thursday 23 October 2014 at 13:10 in the Conservatory Hall. The ensembles consist of 6-7 players each and are directed by Hattingh Davel, a Masters student at the School...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ellré de Kock [student]
Programme & Year: MMus in Musicology Hometown: Klerksdorp Instrument(s): Cello & Voice Professional ideals: Performing cellist and singer. Songwriter, arranger and composer. Music entrepreneur. Lecturing on Music Business and Career Guidance. Top 5 must-hear music: 1....
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Brahms chamber music — 21 October 2014
Lovers of Romanticism who didn't have the opportunity to attend the concert of Brahms chamber music during the recent Aardklop Arts Festival, are in luck because the programme will be repeated on Tuesday 21 October 2014 at 19:30 in the Conservatory Hall. Three of the...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Thulani Mahloko [student]
Programme & Year: Diploma in Music, 1st year Hometown: Vereeniging Instrument(s): Voice, percussion and trumpet. Professional ideals: To become a professional singer, conduct an orchestra, and teach music. Top 5 must-hear music: 1. WA Mozart — "Gloria" from Great Mass...
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AARDKLOP: Brahms Chamber Music — 8 October 2014
Three performance lecturers and a doctoral piano student from the NWU School of Music will perform in two chamber music concerts during this year's Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom. Piet Koornhof and Human Coetzee will return for the second...
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AARDKLOP: Russian Piano Trios — 7 October 2014
Three performance lecturers and a doctoral piano student from the NWU School of Music will perform in two chamber music concerts during this year's Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom. The first is an all-Russian programme of three piano trios from...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Jaco Meyer [student]
Programme & Year: PhD in Musicology & Music Analysis Hometown: Rustenburg Instrument(s): Pen and paper. These are my instruments that I use to compose. I play piano and pipe organ, amongst others, but it is very important to me to understand how different instruments...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Dr Gerrit Jordaan
Date of appointment: Post-doctoral fellow since 2009 Qualifications completed: BSc, HED, MMus (UP), DMus (NWU) Teaching responsibilities: Organ & Methodology, History of Music Performance interests: Concert organist, accompaniment Research interests: South African...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Kobus Dippenaar [student]
Programme & Year: BMus, 4th year Hometown: Klerksdorp Instrument(s): Bassoon Professional ideals: I would love to become a professional bassoonist and play in orchestras. There is no better feeling than playing alongside another bassoonist and making beautiful music....
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