Students
Celebrating diverse voices with children
Reported by Prof Mignon van Vreden On Friday 22 May, the second-year BMus Music Education students staged the annual toddler production, The Lost Melody / Die Verlore Wysie. Both performances were fully booked and thoroughly enjoyed by preschoolers, teachers, and...
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Half a dozen MMus graduates
Six MMus students graduated at the NWU graduation ceremony on Wednesday 3 June: Tamaryn Abott (cum laude) [above, left] — "Exploring how musicking shapes the faith journeys of selected contemporary worship musicians: A narrative inquiry." Supervisor: Prof Mignon van...
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Piano students frolicked in Stellenbosch
Reported by Sergio Tavares Jenna Bisschoff [above, second from right], Caylin Cloete [above, left], Haileigh Havenga [above, right], and myself [above, middle] (with Prof Tinus Botha, second from left) had the privilege to attend the Stellenbosch International Piano...
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Final doctoral graduate of 2025
In the death throes of last year, the DMus degree was conferred on Christelle Engelbrecht. She performed two concerts and submitted a thesis titled "The meaning of chamber music concerts for audience members: a comparative case study". In her thesis, Christelle found...
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A deeply rewarding experience
by Sammy Nku (also see NWU-KMH academic exchange programme continues and "Our first month in Stockholm" and "Autumn in Scandinavia") My visit to Sweden was more educational than recreational — as it should be! — but, although the exchange programme was designed with...
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Autumn in Scandinavia
by Lillian van Staden (also see NWU-KMH academic exchange programme continues and "Our first month in Stockholm") October has been a month of new adventures, making friends, and learning new skills. The time has flown by since our arrival and swept us into a chilly...
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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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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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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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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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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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Paul’s piano tribute to his wife and a gift to young musicians
This story by Belinda Bantham first appeared in the life@NWU staff newsletter of North-West University, December 2024, and is reprinted in the March 2025 issue of @theConserve newsletter and on this blog by kind permission of the author. Prof Paul Smit [above,...
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