Café Riche at sunset, with pots and pans! (Chamber Music Recital) — 15 April 2014
The next concert in the NWU School of Music concert series is a chamber music recital on Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 19:30 in the Conservatory Hall featuring exuberant music by Czech, Russian and South African composers. All the performers are lecturers at the School of...
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Master’s degree flute recital open to the public
A Master's degree flute student at the NWU School of Music, André Oosthuizen, will present his second exam recital on Friday 28 March 2014 at 11:00 in the Conservatory Hall. The programme consists of chamber music works for wind quintet and his collaborators are...
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Dr Conroy Cupido’s performance in Dallas, Texas
Dr Conroy Cupido visited the USA towards the end of February to perform in the 25th Annual Benefit Concert of the Bruce R. Foote Memorial Scholarship Foundation in Dallas, Texas. Scholarships are awarded to students in the Graduate and Artist Certificate Programmes at...
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Expert visiting lecturer in Dalcroze
Ms Ing-Marie Lindberg-Thörnberg from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden is currently a visiting lecturer at the NWU School of Music for the month of March as part of the Linneaus-Palme exchange programme. She is an expert in the Dalcroze approach to music...
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Musical journey with cello and organ through Europe and Russia — 25 March 2014
The combination of cello and organ is not often heard in concert, but several composers through the ages brought together the velvety tone of the cello with the majestic sound of the organ. Two veteran staff members of the NWU School of Music, cellist Human Coetzee...
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Bach to Grové for Sunday afternoon piano recital — 16 March 2014
Tinus Botha, senior lecturer in piano at the NWU School of Music, will present a solo piano recital on Sunday 16 March 2014 at 15:30 in the Conservatory Hall. His programme will follow a fairly traditional pattern of Baroque, Classical and Romantic repertoire,...
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Celebrating the Art Song — 9 March 2014
The singing section at the NWU School of Music will present an afternoon concert on Sunday 9 March 2014 at 15:30 in the Conservatory Hall in which the art song genre will be celebrated. Vocal students will perform songs in English, Afrikaans and German by Ivor...
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NWU School of Music limelight concert and exhibition at Brooklyn Theatre — 1 March 2014
The School of Music at North-West University will be presenting a limelight concert at the Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria on Saturday 1 March 2014 at 11:00. Staff and students will perform music by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Weber and Richard Strauss for soprano, baritone,...
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Charl du Plessis’ Ten Chairs Tour — 4 March 2014
The popular South African pianist, Charl du Plessis, will be touring the country from February to October to visit ten concert halls with the top local Steinway concert pianos. As Steinway artist he will combine a solo concert tour with an awareness campaign to...
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St Alban’s College Roadshow free lunch hour concert — 20 February 2014
The St Alban's College Roadshow is a group of 75 learners making up a choir, barbershop group, big band, classical rock ensemble, and a number of smaller groups, including gumboot dancers. During their visit to Potchefstroom from 19-22 February, they will present a...
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Dr Petersen reports on the 42nd ICTM Conference
Dr Petersen also attended the 42nd Conference of the International Council on Traditional Music (ICTM) in Shanghai (with Dr Lumbwe) and provided his own report on the event: With the exception of the 40th World Conference of the ICTM in Durban, there was a record...
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Music alumnus in charge of important piano competition
An alumnus of the School of Music, Pierre van der Westhuizen, was appointed in January 2012 as the executive director of one of the most prominent classical music competitions, the Cleveland International Piano Competition. At this year’s competition in August, he had...
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