2006 Edition 2 (Issue 144) - Sasmt-savmo.org.za

h o n o r a r y m e m b e r s
Ivan Killian was born in Cape Town. He studied piano
with Fransiska Scott and Sona Whiteman and organ
with Leslie Arnold. After being appointed as organist
and choirmaster of St Michael’s Anglican Church in Observatory,
he studied in London at the Royal School of
Church Music when he was organist and choirmaster
of the famous Anglo-Catholic Church of St Alban’s in
Holborn, London.
When he returned to South Africa he was appointed
the first director of music at St Andrew’s School
(Bloemfontein), where he was also a member of the
local SASMT committee. In 1961 Ivan Killian relocated
to Grahamstown to work for ten years at St Andrew’s
College where he established a choral society and a
music society. In Grahamstown he also served on the
SASMT committee.
In 1971 he returned to Cape Town as head of music
at two schools and the assistant organist at the Groote
Kerk until Japie Malan’s retirement, when Ivan became
the organist and choirmaster. These Cape Town years
were also dedicated to service to the society: he was
business manager of this magazine from 1971 to 1984, a
member of the Cape Town SASMT committee, chairman
for many years, and vice president of the Western Cape.
In 1976 he was president of the society. For the past
twenty years he has been on UNISA’s panel of music examiners,
and a presence at numerous eisteddfodau and
festivals. He also served on two SASMT excos. He still adjudicates
and teaches part-time at the Rustenburg High
School for girls in Rondebosch. Ivan Kilian was awarded
honoray membership of the SASMT in 2004.
p u b l i c a t i o n s r e c e i v e d
G. Henle Verlag
Schott/Universal Edition
Chopin: Polonaise Brillante (Opus 3) & Duo Concertante
for piano and cello (HN 788)
Clementi: Piano Sonata in G Major, WO 14 (HN 817)
Reger: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H for Organ, Opus
46 (HN 760)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, no. 6 (HN 804)
Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 24 (HN 548)
Schumann: Piano Quintet, op. 44 (HN 355)
Schumann: Piano Quartet, op. 47 (HN 737)
Hubert van der Spuy was born in George and studied
music at the University of Stellenbosch with Betsy Cluver
and Chris Swanepoel. He studied harpsichord under
Isolde Ahlgrimm at the Akademie für Muisk and Darstellende
Kunste (Vienna), and started his career at the
Denneoord Training College in Stellenbosch. From 1970
to 1984 he taught at the University of Durban-Westville
after which he was head of the music department of the
University of the Western Cape until 1990. His interest in
musicology produced two doctorates: A D.Phil on the
music history of Pietermaritzburg (1850-1902) and a
D.Mus on the compositions of Priaulx Rainier. After her
death he was appointed literary trustee for her legacy.
He also wrote articles on the one of the earlier South
African Composers, William Henry Bell.
His relation with UNISA started in 1973 as examiner,
and was solidified in 1991 when he was appointed director
(professional). In 1993 Dr Van der Spuy was appointed
professor in the department of musicology
at UNISA. Since 1993 he has been the chairman of the
yearly UNISA South African and UNISA Overseas Scholarship
Competitions. He has been a member of the jury
of the UNISA Transnet International Piano Competition
and the Concours Panafricain de Musique et des Arts.
His membership of the SASMT has been active: he
was president of the society in 1982, 1986 and in 1993/4,
and is currently president elect. Prof Van der Spuy became
an honorary member of the SASMT in 2003. He
has published a number of articles in Musicus, the Jagger
Journal and the South African Music Teacher.
In the next issue of the SAMT we will report on another
honorary member, Prof Rupert Mayr.
Henle’s Studien Edition (Urtexten) is produced in
A5 format.
Mozart: Works for Piano Solo (HN 9023)
Four volumes in a folder: sonatas, variations and other
compositions for piano
Mozart: Chamber Music with Piano (HN 9027)
Four volumes in a folder: Quintets KV 452 & 617, piano
quartets, works for violin and piano, piano trios
Haydn: String Trios (HN 9425)
Beethoven: Messe C-Dur, op. 86 (HN 9548)
Brahms: Symphony II D Major, op. 73 (HN 9853)
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