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2022-07-29 |
Ugandan scientists visit UFS traditional medicine expert for benchmarking |
2022-07-29 |
Ugandan scientists visit UFS traditional medicine expert for benchmarking |
2022-06-28 |
Prof Francis Petersen shares insights about his term in conversation with Leanne Manas |
2022-06-28 |
Prof Francis Petersen shares insights about his term in conversation with Leanne Manas |
2022-07-27 |
Three ISG fellows to publish African history books through international grant |
2022-07-27 |
Three ISG fellows to publish African history books through international grant |
2022-07-27 |
Pregnancy and breast-feeding an indication for vaccination |
2022-07-27 |
Pregnancy and breast-feeding an indication for vaccination |
2022-07-26 |
UFS contingent flying national flag at Commonwealth Games |
2022-07-26 |
UFS contingent flying national flag at Commonwealth Games |
2022-07-26 |
International exchange students back on our campus |
2022-07-26 |
International exchange students back on our campus |
2022-07-25 |
ASK – A StrangerKind – coming to the UFS |
2022-07-25 |
ASK – A StrangerKind – coming to the UFS |
2022-07-21 |
USDP candidate creating ear, nose, and throat knowledge relevant to the SA setting |
2022-07-21 |
USDP candidate creating ear, nose, and throat knowledge relevant to the SA setting |
2022-07-21 |
University Staff Doctoral Programme – exploiting potential |
2022-07-21 |
University Staff Doctoral Programme – exploiting potential |
2022-07-20 |
Founder of Next Chapter honoured for advocacy work |
2022-07-20 |
Founder of Next Chapter honoured for advocacy work |
2022-07-20 |
UFS forms partnership with ZZ2, well-known South African farming and fresh produce company |
2022-07-20 |
UFS forms partnership with ZZ2, well-known South African farming and fresh produce company |
2022-07-20 |
UFS Job Shadows in Germany |
2022-07-20 |
UFS Job Shadows in Germany |
2022-07-20 |
A collaboration of game changers for women and youth by women |
2022-07-20 |
A collaboration of game changers for women and youth by women |
2022-07-19 |
Mandela Month: We need collaboration in all sectors to create real social impact |
2022-07-19 |
Mandela Month: We need collaboration in all sectors to create real social impact |
2022-07-18 |
UFS artists’ work on exhibition at world-famous NIROX Sculpture Park |
2022-07-18 |
UFS artists’ work on exhibition at world-famous NIROX Sculpture Park |
2022-07-15 |
UFS Lifts its COVID-19 Regulations and Required Vaccination Policy with immediate effect |
2022-07-15 |
UFS Lifts its COVID-19 Regulations and Required Vaccination Policy with immediate effect |
2022-07-05 |
Winter Warmer Indoor Picnic Concert |
2022-07-05 |
Winter Warmer Indoor Picnic Concert |
2022-07-11 |
UFS Rector and Vice-Chancellor meets Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber |
2022-07-11 |
UFS Rector and Vice-Chancellor meets Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber |
2022-07-11 |
Cyanotic Heart Disease research can help restructure health care, do better planning |
2022-07-11 |
Cyanotic Heart Disease research can help restructure health care, do better planning |
2022-07-11 |
UFS busy with exciting research into flavours and fragrances |
2022-07-11 |
UFS busy with exciting research into flavours and fragrances |
2022-05-11 |
More cities may follow Gqeberha in running out of water |
2022-05-11 |
More cities may follow Gqeberha in running out of water |
2022-07-11 |
‘It takes a good child to be raised by a village,’ says Dr Maramura |
2022-07-11 |
‘It takes a good child to be raised by a village,’ says Dr Maramura |
2022-07-11 |
Use social media responsibly, advises Deputy Minister John Jeffery |
2022-07-11 |
Use social media responsibly, advises Deputy Minister John Jeffery |
2022-07-11 |
Gift of the Givers donates food packs to the UFS |
2022-07-11 |
Gift of the Givers donates food packs to the UFS |
2022-07-08 |
Vrystaat Arts Festival |
2022-07-08 |
Vrystaat Arts Festival |
2022-07-05 |
From Cathedral Peak to your tap: the role of mountains in providing water |
2022-07-05 |
From Cathedral Peak to your tap: the role of mountains in providing water |
2022-07-05 |
UFS and police services strengthen partnership for crime prevention |
2022-07-05 |
UFS and police services strengthen partnership for crime prevention |
2022-07-04 |
Leanne Manas in Conversation with Prof Francis Petersen |
2022-07-04 |
Leanne Manas in Conversation with Prof Francis Petersen |
2022-07-04 |
The thin line between tradition and christianity as religions |
2022-07-04 |
The thin line between tradition and christianity as religions |
2022-07-01 |
The University of the Free State Launches an African Languages Press |
2022-07-01 |
The University of the Free State Launches an African Languages Press |
2022-07-01 |
UFS alumna and Council member honoured by the American Bar Association |
2022-07-01 |
UFS alumna and Council member honoured by the American Bar Association |
2022-07-01 |
WHO Africa Mission: UFS has facilities for multidisciplinary research |
2022-07-01 |
WHO Africa Mission: UFS has facilities for multidisciplinary research |
2022-07-01 |
UFS to Prepare Students for Employment |
2022-07-01 |
UFS to Prepare Students for Employment |
2022-07-01 |
Change makers and game changers: are our glasses half full, or half empty? |
2022-07-01 |
Change makers and game changers: are our glasses half full, or half empty? |
UFS Music rises to academic prominence
2007-10-18

From the left are: Ronella Jansen van Rensburg, Hanna van Schalkwyk, Elene Coetzer en Lizabé Lambrechts
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Four postgraduate students gave prominence to the Music Department of the University of the Free State by having four academic articles published by accredited journals, and a fifth published in an international online journal.
It is the first time that a tertiary music institution in South Africa has had so many postgraduate studies published in one year, says Prof Martina Viljoen.
The students who worked under Prof Viljoen's supervision are Hanna van Schalkwyk, senior lecturer in singing at UFS; Ronella Jansen van Rensburg, part-time music lecturer and founder of the Sentraal-Kultuurakademie (Central Culture Academy); Elene Coetzer, also a part-time lecturer and involved in the Mangaung String Project; and Lizabé Lambrechts, who is still studying full-time.
Hanna and Ronella attained their master's degrees and Lizabé honours.
Hanna's research on the unique and at times unorthodox philosophy in singing and method of the pedagogue in singing Sarie Lamprecht (1923-2005) is published in the Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe (Journal for the Humanities).
The study documents interviews held with Lamprecht over more than two years as well as conversations with her most prominent students.
Ronella's study on the relationship between emotional intelligence and musical performance anxiety is divided into two successive articles in the journal Musicus.
Dr Adelene Grobler, Epog director at UFS, was Ronella's co-supervisor.
Elene conducted a qualitative investigation into the Mangaung String Programme in which the social value of this teaching programme is emphasised.
She documented the responses of learners, parents and teachers who are involved in the project. Her article is published in the Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa.
Lizebé reached out to pop culture for her research and wrote about no less a person than the controversial shock-rock-icon Marilyn Manson.
Her study serves as a model analysis for educational work that focuses on popular culture as a didactic instrument.
In this respect Manson's music, which is frequently slated as vulgar or disturbing, is shown as aggressive social comment.
Lizabé's article, which throws light on Manson's bisexual identity, was published as a full-length monograph in the first edition of the overseas online noncejournal.
In 2005 the Department of Music also excelled when it was the first academic music institution in South Africa that published international congress proceedings as a subsidised collection.
The collection contained eminent international authors and was published under the guest editorship of Viljoen.
Die Volksblad – 1.10.07 |