Department
Odeion String Quartet
Luzanne Eigelaar obtained the degrees BMus (2012), BMusHons (2013), and MMus (2017) from the University of the Free State, cum laude. She received numerous prizes during her studies, such as the Hennie Joubert Merit Prize as a result of her UNISA Grade 7 music theory results (2010), SAFO bursary during the Vrystaatse Kunswedstryd (2011 & 2013) as well as study bursaries from the Southern African Church and Concert Organists Society for her undergraduate studies (2011 in Roodepoort) and honours studies (2012 in Bronkhorstspruit). In addition, during the UNISA South African Music Study Bursary Competition, she was announced as the runner-up and received the Hennie Joubert Musiekvriendekringprys. Furthermore, she received the Kunstetrust Akademiese Eerbewys for the best third-year student in organ and the Fanie Beetge prize for the best undergraduate student in Systematic Music Studies due to her BMus studies. In 2016 she received the Fanie Beetge prize for the best postgraduate student in Performing Art. She participated in the SASRIM conferences of 2014 and 2015. In 2021 she attended the PASMAE conference. Luzanne is currently a music teacher at C&N Primêre Meisieskool Oranje and a part-time lecturer at the Odeion School of Music (music theory, aural skills, keyboard skills, and music education). She is also a Ph.D. student at the North-West University researching the teaching and learning experiences of South Africa regarding first-year BMus music theory courses.
Eigelaar, A.L. 2017. ‘n Ondersoek na die Toepassing van die Konsep “Dialektiek” in die Dialektiese Fantasie van Jacobus Kloppers. Vir die Musiekleier, 37(44):51-67.
Wium, M. & Eigelaar, L. 2020. Dialectics and Sonata Form in the Dialectic Fantasy. In: Viljoen, M. ed. A Passage of Nostalgia. Bloemfontein: Sun Media. pp. 257-276.
Publications (Short List)
I am currently a Ph.D. student at the North-West University. My thesis is titled: Teaching and learning in first-year BMus music theory courses: the experiences of lecturers in South Africa
International Conferences
2021
International PASMAE conference. Teaching and learning in first-year BMus music theory courses: the experiences of lecturers in South Africa, 5-8 July 2021 (Hosted by Zambia)
National Conferences
2021
South African Society of Research in Music (SASRIM) congress. Teaching and learning in first-year BMus music theory courses: the experiences of lecturers in South Africa, 22-25 September 2021 (Hosted by Nelson Mandela University)
2015
South African Society of Research in Music (SASRIM) congress. Music from/of Africa: The recordings of Hugh Tracey as point of departure for analyzing Stefans Grové’s African-inspired music, 16-18 July 2021 (Hosted by South African College of Music, University of Cape Town)
2014
South African Society of Research in Music (SASRIM) congress. ‘n Ondersoek na die toepassing van die konsep van dialektiek in die Dialektiese Fantasie van Jacobus Kloppers. 12-14 September 2014 (Hosted by University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Music Theory Pedagogy
Music Theory
Aural Skills Pedagogy
Aural Skills
Organ
Higher Certificate in Music
MUSU1503 - Aural Skills
MUSY1513 & MUSY1523 – Music Theory
Diploma in Music (first year)
MUSA1503 – Aural Skills
Diploma in Music (second year)
MUSA2602 – Aural Skills
MUSK2603 – Keyboard Skills