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Celebrating diverse voices with children

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...
Mmino Fest: A Joyful Celebration of Music

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...
Dr Jaco Meyer to Australia for two conferences

Dr Jaco Meyer to Australia for two conferences

Dr Jaco Meyer travelled to Australia at the beginning of July to attend two conferences. The first was the World Congress on Positive Psychology of the International Positive Psychology Association in Brisbane where he made a poster presentation on...
Knowing Me, Knowing You — Prof Mignon van Vreden

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,...
A Framework for Positive Music Education

A Framework for Positive Music Education

Prof Ewie Erasmus [above, left] and Prof Liesl van der Merwe [right] were the guest editors of a special edition of the International Journal of Education & the Arts on positive psychology and music education that was published earlier this year. Eleven of the...