14 May 2025 |
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...
20 March 2025 |
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...
20 November 2024 |
Alumna Katya Bessarabov commenced with a Masters degree programme in August at the Film Scoring Academy of Europe in Sofia, Bulgaria. She shares her experiences after the first few months of studying: What is your aim with this postgraduate study? My aim with this...
30 January 2019 |
South African composers are invited to submit scores of short, original compositions of medium difficulty for alto saxophone and cello. The aim of this call for scores is to broaden the repertoire of pieces that can be performed by students. The level of difficulty...
06 February 2015 |
Dr Chris van Rhyn recently attended the third instalment of the Hearing Landscape Critically series of conferences, which was held at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 14 to 16 January 2015. The aim of this project is “to transform our sense of...
22 September 2014 |
Programme & Year: PhD in Musicology & Music Analysis Hometown: Rustenburg Instrument(s): Pen and paper. These are my instruments that I use to compose. I play piano and pipe organ, amongst others, but it is very important to me to understand how different... 
![Knowing Me, Knowing You — Jaco Meyer [student]](https://nwumusic.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Jaco-Meyer-1.jpg)
Autumn in Scandinavia17 November 2025
