NWU-KMH academic exchange programme continues
Reported by Ms Rineke Viljoen, liaison for the NWU-KMH exchange programme The NWU School of Music is proud to continue its longstanding academic exchange partnership with the Royal College of Music (KMH) in Stockholm, Sweden. Running since 2007, this international...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Mr Thomas Erlank
Mr Thomas Erlank is less than nine months into his tenure as programme manager (for the BA Music & Society and Honours BA Music programmes). In this capacity, he enjoys the opportunity to have a deeper engagement with students that goes beyond teaching: advising and...
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MASARA delivers consistent outputs for 2024
The research director's report on MASARA's research output for 2024 shows consistent contributions from almost all of the entity's participants. MASARA's total research output units for last year are 38.046. Although this is not our highest number in the entity’s...
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Postgraduate Graduations — 3 & 4 June 2025
Luzanne Eigelaar PhD in Visual and Performing Arts with Music Teaching and learning in first-year BMus music theory courses: the experiences of lecturers in South Africa Promoter: Prof Mignon van Vreden Co-promoter: Dr Catrien Wentink In her thesis, Luzanne explored...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Prof Chris van Rhyn
The Research Director of MASARA, Prof Chris van Rhyn, successfully spearheaded its upgrade from a research niche to a focus area during his first term. Agreeing to serve a second term, the challenge ahead is to ensure a smooth academic, operational and administrative...
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Residency Reflections
by Ms Thandeka Mfinyongo From December 2024 to March 2025, I participated in a four-month residency at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. My residency formed part of a broader artistic-research project titled Ingoduko, a...
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From the heart of the organist: practical guidelines for improvisation during worship services
This article by Ms Rineke Viljoen on improvisation for church organists was published in the December 2024 issue of To the Director of Music, the journal of the Southern African Church and Concert Organists Society. The article explores organ improvisation as a...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Prof Mignon van Vreden
Prof Mignon van Vreden is not only a beloved lecturer in Music Education in the diploma and degree programmes, but she has also been the programme manager for the BMus programme for more than five years now. This position has posed many challenges during the years,...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Prof Conroy Cupido
In the first 1½ years of his term as School Director, Prof Conroy Cupido already had to deal with major challenges: the capital renewal project for renovations at the Conservatory, which reduces the available space for teaching, rehearsals, and concerts; the...
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Relationality in postgraduate supervision
Prof Mignon van Vreden attended the 9th Biennial Postgraduate Supervision Conference during the last week of March in Stellenbosch which focused on the interaction and relations between the different stakeholders as they generate knowledge together. On this theme, she...
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The interplay between flow states in music listening experiences and self-actualisation: an autoethnography of a queer music educator
This study by Prof Conroy Cupido, published in SAMUS 43/44, delves into the interplay between flow states, positive emotions, and peak experiences in music listening, and sheds light on the novel application of autoethnography as method and its capacity to generate...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Dr Jaco Meyer
The second new staff member to join the ranks at the School of Music this year is Dr Jaco Meyer, Senior Lecturer in Composition and Musicology. It is a bit of a homecoming for Dr Meyer as he is also an alumnus of NWU — he completed all his music degrees up to doctoral...
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