Students
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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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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Distinctions at Royal Schools vocal exams
Three vocal students at the School of Music did very well in the annual ABRSM (Royal Schools) vocal exams, passing with distinction. • Thembinkosi Magagula achieved 130/150 (87%) for the Grade 6 exam. • Aron Mahlohla achieved 133/150 (89%) for the Grade 8 exam. •...
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New Music Ensemble at New Music Indaba
After a successful performance at the Odeion School of Music in Bloemfontein earlier this year, the New Music Ensemble at the School of Music was invited to perform at the New Music Indaba in Durban. This bi-annual event is organised by New Music SA to promote...
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Postgraduate performance exams open to the public
With the year-end exams that just started at the university, it is now also time for postgraduate performance students to present their concert programmes for examination. These exams are presented as public concerts and anyone is welcome to attend it free of charge....
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