Spring Ensemble performances now in three concerts — 11, 14 & 16 September 2014
Since 2011, the NWU School of Music has presented annual concerts featuring all the student ensemble groups at the Conservatory. Due to the number and size of these ensembles, this year's performances will be presented in three separate concerts over six days. • The...
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Choirs, ensembles and solos from well-known operas and operettas — 31 August 2014
One of the functions of the choir in opera and operetta is to enhance the dramatic aspects of the narrative. The combination of choir and soloist very often results in some of the most moving and exciting moments in the performance. On Sunday 31 August 2014 at 15:30...
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Joint concert by Potchefstroom & Klerksdorp wind bands — 27 August 2014
Two wind ensembles from neighbouring cities, Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp, will join forces for a concert on Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 19:30 in the Conservatory Hall in Potchefstroom. The Zephyros Symphonic Wind Orchestra from the North-West Musikon in Klerksdorp...
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Lots of strings in two harpsichords — 24 August 2014
The harpsichord is generally considered to be mainly an instrument of Baroque music and was superseded by the development of the piano in the late 18th century. Concerts featuring the harpsichord, especially as a solo instrument, are therefore few and far inbetween....
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ms Antoinette Olivier
Date of appointment: 1 July 2012 Qualifications completed: Honours BMus, Opera Diploma Teaching responsibilities: Voice & Voice Pedagogy Who are/were your professional mentors/inspiration? Emma Renzi, Renee Fleming. Top 5 must-hear music: 1. J Canu — Epilogue, sung by...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ms Lhente-Mari Pitout (née Grimbeek) [alumnus]
Instrument(s) / Discipline(s): Choral Conducting Period of study at the NWU School of Music / PU for CHE Department of Music: 1996-2001 Qualifications completed at the NWU / PU for CHE: BMus Honours Qualifications completed elsewhere: MMus (UP) Notable professional...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Maryke Reichel [student]
Programme & Year: MMus, 1st year Hometown: Krugersdorp Instrument(s): Piano and Singing Professional ideals: Music education: Toddlers (run my own KiddiBeat franchise); Children (piano, singing, music literacy and musicianship); Adults (piano, singing, musicianship,...
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Farvel, Carli!
Ms Carli d'Alebout, first year BMus student in violin, is leaving for Norway next week to continue her music studies at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo. She has managed to finish the full first year of BMus in a little more than 6 months so that she can...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ms Retha Badenhorst
Introducing every staff member and student's best friend, our friendly music librarian. Date of appointment: 1 June 2008 at Library Services. From January 2012 at the Music Library. Who are/were your professional mentors/inspiration? Not professionally, but I respect...
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Masterful Schubert performance — 12 August 2014
Franz Schubert is the undisputed master of the Romantic song and his two song cycles on poems by Wilhelm Müller, Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise, are generally considered to be the most important works in that genre. Although some of the songs are performed...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Ms Tharien Oosthuizen (née Greyling) [alumnus]
Instrument(s) / Discipline(s): Piano / Violin (main subjects were Music History and Pedagogy) Period of study at the NWU School of Music / PU for CHE Department of Music: 1987-1990 Qualifications completed at the NWU / PU for CHE: BMus Notable professional...
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Final preparation for music exams — 1 & 2 August 2014
August and September are usually the months when hundreds of music learners across the country have to complete practical music exams, whether for music examining bodies such as Unisa, Royal Schools or Trinity College, or for the final Matric exam. In order to assist...
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