18 March 2025 |
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,...
28 February 2025 |
Prof Liesl van der Merwe and Master’s graduate Ms Carla Lewis published this article in Qualitative Health Research in January 2024. This study is a personal account of a professional pianist who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), emphasising the...
16 July 2019 |
[ As president of the South African chapter of the World Piano Teachers Association, Prof Tinus Botha attended and performed at the 11th World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia. He tells us about his visit. ] Between 27 June and 3 July 2019 pianists from all over...
29 April 2019 |
by Prof Caroline OltmannsProfessor of PianoDana School of Music, Youngstown State University Wednesday 15 May 2019 09:00 ~ Eugene Joubert (DMus)10:00 ~ Sonja van Zyl (DMus)11:00 ~ Christelle Engelbrecht (MMus) 14:30 ~ Katya Bessarabov (BMus I)15:15 ~ Nicola van der...
29 April 2019 |
Caroline Oltmanns ~ pianoTuesday 14 May 2019Conservatory Hall • 19:30 Autumn is in full swing, with cooler temperatures, the last of the summer rain, and mellow and earthy colours in abundance. And while the wind is blowing the leaves from the trees, a shimmering...
21 November 2018 |
[ Prof Tinus Botha was one of five South Africans that had been invited by Yamaha on a tour of their instrument factories in Japan. He tells us about his visit. ] I was privileged to be a member of a small South African delegation that toured Japan in November in...
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