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, including the Hennie Joubert Merit Prize for her UNISA Grade 7 music theory results (2010), SAFO bursaries during the Vrystaatse Kunswedstryd (2011 & 2013), and study bursaries from the Southern African Church and Concert Organists Society for her undergraduate (2011, Roodepoort) and honours studies (2012, Bronkhorstspruit). Additionally, she was runner-up in the UNISA South African Music Study Bursary Competition and received the Hennie Joubert Musiekvriendekringprys. She was awarded the Kunstetrust Akademiese Eerbewys for the best third-year organ student and the Fanie Beetge Prize for the best undergraduate student in Systematic Music Studies, and in 2016 she received the Fanie Beetge Prize for the best postgraduate student in Performing Arts. Luzanne participated in the SASRIM conferences of 2014 and 2015, and attended the PASMAE conference in 2021.
She completed her PhD in Visual and Performing Arts with a focus on Music at North-West University in 2025, researching the teaching and learning experiences of first-year BMus music theory courses in South Africa. Luzanne is currently the Office Manager of the Free State Symphony Orchestra and Odeion String Quartet, and a part-time lecturer at the Odeion School of Music, teaching music theory, aural skills, and keyboard skills.
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)
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
MUSY1513 & MUSY1523 – Music Theory
Diploma in Music (first year)
MUSA1503 – Aural Skills
Diploma in Music (second year)
MUSA2602 – Aural Skills
MUSK2603 – Keyboard Skills