Staff
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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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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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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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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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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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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Highly successful South American concert tour for duo
Mr Thomas Erlank (tenor) [above, left] and Prof Tinus Botha (pianist) [right] recently returned from an inspiring concert tour of Central and South America. Their trip began at the University of Costa Rica in San José, where they participated in the Encuentro de...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You — Dr Michelle Pretorius
Dr Michelle Pretorius joined the School of Music in January after being appointed as Senior Lecturer for CCM singing. Previously, she was a senior lecturer and programme leader in musical theatre at the University of Chester, and she and her family have now returned...
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