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Facilities
The NWU School of Music is well-equipped for quality music instruction, research and performance with the following facilities and venues at the Conservatory: [accordion collapsed] Conservatory Hall The Conservatory Hall is the main concert venue at the School of Music. With 366 seats and excellent acoustics, it is especially…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/contact
Contact Information
+27 18 299-1692 to our mailing list for concerts and other announcements. School of Music North-West University Private Bag X6001 Potchefstroom 2520 Conservatory / Konservatorium (K1) Cnr of Meyer St & Thabo Mbeki Way [R501] Potchefstroom 2531https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/concerts2019
Concerts 2019
The NWU School of Music presents an annual concert series featuring local, national and international musicians. The variety of concerts is well balanced and include various genres, from classical and jazz to popular and indigenous music. Follow our social media channels below and subscribe to our mailing list for all the concert…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/student-assemblies-2019
Student Assemblies - 2019
Student Assemblies for all music students are held on Tuesdays at 12:00 during normal academic class weeks. Other NWU staff and students, as well as members of the public, are welcome to attend these sessions, free of charge. During Studio Sessions, each instrument group (vocal, piano, strings, woodwind, brass, guitar) meet with their…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/visiting-lecturers
Visitors
Visiting lectures Public lectures are offered throughout the year when music experts visit the NWU School of Music. Other NWU staff and students, as well as members of the public, are welcome to attend these lectures, free of charge. Workshops & Masterclasses Workshops in a variety of music disciplines are regularly offered to…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/undergraduate
Undergraduate
Diploma in Music The Diploma in Music is a three-year full-time study programme for prospective students with no or little formal musical training but who show sufficient musical aptitude and potential in playing a musical instrument or singing as determined in an audition. It starts with the rudiments of music and moves towards proficiency at…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/postgraduate
Postgraduate
Honours BA Music The Honours BA Music is a one-year (full-time) or two-year (part-time) programme with elective modules in a variety of music disciplines. Most modules can be completed through distance learning, although students may be required to periodically attend special events and exams on Potchefstroom campus. [accordion…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/conservatory-study
Conservatory Study
Interested in learning music? NWU School of Music, through Conservatory music lessons, offers practical music instruction to all interested individuals, including students, staff, school learners, adults, and retirees. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced player, we welcome you! Some instruments require no prior experience…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/african-music
African Music
Ms Thandeka Mfinyongo Knowledge of indigenous African music is useful for all tertiary-level music students, irrespective of their chosen field of specialization. This is the case especially because exposure to African music introduces learners to ways of making music, listening to music, teaching music and learning music, which…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/arts-management
Arts Management
Mr Chris de Bruyn Two modules in Arts Management are compulsory in the BA Music & Society programme, and available as electives in the BMus programme. These modules are also available to other students at the university who are interested in Arts Management. It is presented in collaboration with the Artéma Institute for…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/aural-training
Aural Training
Ms Rineke Viljoen Aural Training is seen as one of the cornerstones of musical development. It is therefore crucial for your career as a musician as all music is based on sounds that manifest in pitch, rhythm and timbre. In this constructivist teaching approach, the focus is not on what students can repeat, but on what they can…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/choral-conducting
Choral Conducting
Mr André Oosthuizen Mr Kobus Venter Students who enrol for choral conducting will obtain knowledge and insight into the conducting styles and techniques necessary to successfully facilitate the performance of various choral works. They will be guided in understanding the various core aspects of choral conducting and…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/composition
Composition
Dr Jaco Meyer Prof Chris van Rhyn Composition as a musical action, coupled with improvisation, is integrated into several of the undergraduate modules at the School of Music, and in all three of our postgraduate programmes. It is one of the foundations for teaching and learning in the Music Theory modules. Students…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/methodology
Methodology
Most musicians will at some point be asked or required to teach music. The BMus programme includes dedicated modules on second, third and fourth year level to prepare students for the teaching of their own instrument. Apart from studying effective teaching approaches and strategies, the curriculum may include the teaching of an own…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/music-education
Music Education
Prof Ewie Erasmus Prof Janelize Morelli Prof Liesl van der Merwe Prof Mignon van Vreden The aim of Music Education at the School of Music is to explore the value of music in a variety of educational contexts, starting at birth and gradually developing to music in the lives of the elderly. Music…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/music-notation-music-theory
Music Notation & Music Theory
Prof Chris van Rhyn Ms Rineke Viljoen Dr Catrien Wentink The nature and contents of the Music Theory modules — which include those modules called Music Notation — are different for the three undergraduate study programmes. What unifies these different modules is a focus on enabling students to function in…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/musicology
Musicology
Dr Jaco Meyer Mr Jaco van der Merwe Musicology at NWU School of Music comprises two areas of investigation: Social Musicology Modules in social musicology treat the musics of the world as their area of investigation. In practice they focus on selected styles of historical and contemporary local African, popular…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/music-technology
Music Technology
Mr Johan Viljoen Music Technology is currently offered as a second-year module in the BA Music and Society programme, and as a major subject on third-year and fourth-year level in the BMus programme. These modules largely consist of learning software skills, which include notation skills in Sibelius and/or Finale, song…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/woodwinds
Woodwinds
Mr André Oosthuizen (flute) Mr Kagiso Ramela (saxophone) Prof Liesl van der Merwe (bassoon) Mr Morné van Heerden (clarinet) The woodwind department at NWU School of Music is an energetic and exciting department where students can learn in a positive and musically enriching environment. A team…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/financial-support