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Choral Conducting
Dr André Oosthuizen Dr 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…http://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…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/musikhane
Musikhane
Background Bertha Spies was an associate professor in music theory at the NWU School of Music from 1993 until 2003. During the early years of her tenure, Prof Spies recognized a serious need to improve and enrich the lives of children from low socio-economic communities in Potchefstroom. In her view, the method to accomplish this aim…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/brass
Brass
Dr Yvonne-Marié Brand (higher brass) Mr Justin Sasman (lower brass) The Brass division at NWU School of Music, established in July 2013 with the appointment of its first full-time lecturer, has rapidly grown into one of the largest and most dynamic brass programmes in the country. This…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/strings
Strings
Prof Piet Koornhof (violin) Mr Charles Oliver (cello) For further information about String instrument performance at the School of Music, please contact: Prof Piet Koornhof (violin).http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/applications-old
Applications & Auditions
Undergraduate applications for 2021 closed on 31 August 2020. The application and selection process will open again on 1 April 2021. Please watch this webpage and/or our social media channels for the official announcement.--> We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with the audition video upload form. Hopefully…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/musicians-for-events
Musicians for events
As a free service to the public, we provide contact information for performers in the Potchefstroom area who might be available to provide live music at events: Download PDF document (ver. 2017-11-20, 175kb) All correspondence, arrangements and payments should be made directly with the performers. This is not…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/news
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