20 February 2025 |
Prof Liesl van der Merwe and PhD graduate, Dr Petra Jerling, recently published an article titled “Clients’ experiences of Music and Imagery (MI) sessions: An integrative literature review” in Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy. Music has the...
17 February 2025 |
Prof Chris van Rhyn (Director, MASARA Focus Area, NWU) and Prof Willemien Froneman (NWU alumna and Associate Professor in the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest (AVReQ) at Stellenbosch University) co-authored an article that was...
12 February 2025 |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people felt lonely, but older adults in care homes were especially isolated due to lockdown restrictions. Community musicians also struggled because they could no longer perform or interact with people through music. In this study,...
20 November 2024 |
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...
21 October 2024 |
In our September newsletter, we reported that Mr Thomas Erlank delivered a poster presentation on his doctoral research at the 58th NATS Conference. We asked him to tell us a little bit more about his research. Why are you doing this research? The title of my... 
Exploring five professional violinists’ flow experiences during solo and chamber music performances13 March 2026
