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13 September 2024

The composition of the UFS Council is stipulated in the UFS Statute, which was published in the Government Gazette on 10 March 2023. The Convocation has to elect two (2) external Convocation members (who are neither employees nor students of the UFS) to the Council, as required by the Statute of the UFS. The elected members will serve on the Council for a period of four years.

The Convocation comprises all persons who obtained a formal qualification from the UFS, as well as all permanent and retired academic staff members.

Members of the Convocation are invited to submit written nominations by using the Nomination Form attached hereto.

Every nomination form must be signed by 2 (two) members of the Convocation and must contain the written acceptance of the nomination by the nominee under his/her signature, as well as an abridged CV and a motivation of ± 200 words.

All nominations must reach the office of the Registrar no later than 4 October  2024.

If more than two persons are nominated, an election will be held as stipulated in the Interim Institutional Rules. More information regarding this process will follow at that stage. 

Nominations are to be submitted to:
     e-mail: registrar@ufs.ac.za

or hand-delivered to:
     Mr NN Ntsababa
     Room 51 
     1st Floor
     Main Building
     UFS Bloemfontein Campus

For any enquiries, please contact Mr NN Ntsababa at registrar@ufs.ac.za or +27 51 401 3796.

Kindly take note that late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted or considered.

Each nomination must be submitted separately.

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Knific Duo from US lecture and perform at OSM
2017-05-12

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Profs Tom Knific and Renata Artman Knific from the Western
Michigan University School of Music are visiting the Odeion
School of Music at the University of the Free State.
Photo: Supplied

The renowned Knific Duo will not only perform at the University of the Free State (UFS) soon, but will also share their expertise at the Odeion School of Music (OSM). The duo, consisting of Profs Tom Knific and Renata Artman Knific, from the prestigious Western Michigan University School of Music, are presenting a masterclass series hosted by the OSM Concert Agency. The series takes place from 10-14 May 2017 and the concert on 16 May 2017.

Concert features local pianists

The first half of the concert on 16 May 2017 will present a programme leaning towards the classical genre. Apart from three works composed by Prof Knific, it will also include two movements from the Violin Sonata by the Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa. 
In the second half Prof Knific will collaborate with two local pianists, the legendary jazz pianist, composer and music educator, Noel Stockton, and the talented Andile Qongqo, and for a carefully curated jazz programme mainly from the oeuvre of Prof Knific. Random Dreams, a work composed by Stockton will also be included.

Well-known around the world

Prof Knific (double bass) is a Professor at the Department of Jazz at the Western Michigan University School of Music. He has been principal bassist of orchestras from the US to Europe and performed as a soloist and in chamber music festivals around the world. He also is a former president of the International Society of Bassists.

Prof Artman Knific (violin) is a professor of violin at the same institution. Her international career began in London at 21 when she joined the English Chamber Orchestra. Tours of Europe, North and South America and Asia followed where she collaborated with artists such as Herman Bauman and Isaac Stern. She has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim and Christoph Eschenbach, and recorded records for EMI, Decca, and CBS labels.
 
Date: 16 May 2017
Time: 19:30
Place: Odeion (Bloemfontein Campus)

Musicians interested in masterclasses can contact Ninette Pretorius at  pretoriusn@ufs.ac.za

 

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