full report - UCT - Research Report 2011

soutH african college
of music
diREctoR: dR moRné BEzuidEnhout
collEgE PRofilE
The South African College of Music pursues a wide range
of musical activities. Besides musicology and composition,
there is a strong instrumental and vocal tradition in the
classical field, as well as a very active jazz department
and a flourishing opera school. Ethnomusicology and
practical African music studies are an important part of the
department’s programme.
collEgE stAtistics
permanent staff
Professors 3
Associate Professors 11
senior lecturers 6
lecturers 6
technical support 3
departmental Assistants 1
Administrative staff 5
total 35
Honorary staff
Emeritus Professor 2
students
doctoral 12
master’s 21
honours 16
undergraduate 267
Pg diploma 17
total 333
REsEARch fiElds And stAff
PRofEssoR hEndRiK hofmEyR
Composition; orchestration; music theory and analysis
PRofEssoR KAmAl KhAn
Opera
PRofEssoR michAEl Rossi
Jazz: performance (woodwinds); composition;
improvisation, history
FaCULTY oF hUMaNITIes
AssociAtE PRofEssoR fARidA BAchARovA
Violin performance; chamber music; orchestral studies;
guest leader of Cape Town Symphony Orchestra.
AssociAtE PRofEssoR miKE cAmPBEll
Composition and arrangement for jazz ensemble, stage
band and symphony orchestra; big band jazz performance;
electric bass
AssociAtE PRofEssoR viRginiA dAvids
Vocal performance (specialised in Verdi)
AssociAtE PRofEssoR fRAncois du toit
Piano performance; chamber music; accompanying;
recording
AssociAtE PRofEssoR sidwil hARtmAn
Vocal performance in oratorio opera, especially Puccini,
Verdi and contemporary composers.
AssociAtE PRofEssoR AnRi hERBst
Music education; intercultural musicology;
neuromusicology
AssociAtE PRofEssoR fRAnKlin lAREy
Piano performance; accompanying; chamber music
AssociAtE PRofEssoR BRAd liEBl
Vocal performance (opera and Lieder), especially
contemporary and rarely performed repertoire and composers
AssociAtE PRofEssoR REBEKKA sAndmEiER
Opera and oratorio; music of the 15 th , 19 th and 20 th
centuries; historically informed performance
AssociAtE PRofEssoR AndREw lillEy
Jazz: theory; performance; ensemble; improvisation;
contemporary music practice
AssociAtE PRofEssoR AlBiE vAn schAlKwyK
Piano performance; chamber music; art song
accompaniment and interpretation
dR moRné BEzuidEnhout
Plainchant and liturgy
dR mARtin wAtt
Composition; orchestration; music theory and analysis
dR sylviA BRuindERs
Ethnomusicological theory and methodology; African and
African diasporic music; musical practices and social
history of the Western Cape
mR. dARRyl AndREws
Jazz guitar performance, composition/arrangement,
ensemble and theory
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