Laban effort actions as a trio rehearsal strategy to create an ‘Ecology of Practice’: A collaborative autoethnography
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 rehearsing...
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New themes at 19th SASRIM Conference
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...
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“Our first month in Stockholm”
by Lamees Matwadia (also see NWU-KMH academic exchange programme continues) Our first month in Stockholm was quite wonderful! We were welcomed by Prof Eva Nivbrant Wedin, who is also our Eurhythmics and Didactics lecturer at Kungl. Musikhögskolan (KMH). Upon our...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Prof Tinus Botha
Prof Tinus Botha and his colleague, Mr Thomas Erlank, have presented a series of concerts this year throughout South Africa featuring Schubert’s Winterreise and Die schöne Müllerin. Their collaboration will continue next year with Schumann’s Eichendorff...
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Mmino Fest: A Joyful Celebration of Music
Reported by Prof Mignon van Vreden The Conservatory came alive during the last week of August as the final-year Music Education students in the BMus programme, guided by Prof Mignon van Vreden and Prof Ewie Erasmus, hosted the annual Mmino Fest. This eisteddfod was a...
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Faculty of Humanities International Spring Week
Reported by Prof Chris van Rhyn MASARA and the School of Music were well represented at the 2025 Faculty of Humanities Spring School, held from 17 to 19 September at the Riverside Sun Hotel in Vanderbijlpark. Prof Janelize Morelli, the newly appointed Director of...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Dr Catrien Wentink
Dr Catrien Wentink started her term as BMus programme manager on 1 September, and she is very excited to engage more with the students than just as a lecturer in class. She also looks forward to the possibilities for updating and improving the BMus programme in an...
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Staff and students @ Aardklop 2025
Productions featuring several staff members and students of the School of Music have been included in the programme for this year's Momentum Aardklop Arts Festival during the week of 7–12 October in Potchefstroom. Potchpourri Tue 7 Oct • 13:00 NG Church Vyfhoek...
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Prof Janelize Morelli appointed as first director of the Centre for Digital Humanities
The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) is a newly created entity within the NWU Faculty of Humanities. According to the dean of the faculty, Prof Dumi Moyo, "this Centre will play a pivotal role in advancing research and innovation at the intersection of our various...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ms Thembinkosi Magagula
As an alumna and the youngest academic staff member at the School of Music, Ms Thembinkosi Magagula is in the awkward position where her former lecturers are now her colleagues. She is still getting used to calling them by their first names! Before her appointment,...
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Dr Jaco Meyer to Australia for two conferences
Dr Jaco Meyer travelled to Australia at the beginning of July to attend two conferences. The first was the World Congress on Positive Psychology of the International Positive Psychology Association in Brisbane where he made a poster presentation on "Interventions to...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Dr Antoinette Olivier
After 13 years of teaching at NWU School of Music, Dr Antoinette Olivier will retire at the end of 2025. She considers this appropriate since 13 is her lucky number! Thinking back on her time at the Conservatory, she says it was a huge challenge for her to find her...
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