Music and wellbeing

Ewie Erasmus

BELINDA BANTHAM — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:38:23 +0000

Ewie Erasmus BELINDA BANTHAM Tue, 10/08/2024 - 10:38

Music and wellbeing

Music education

Music teacher training

Prof

Associate Professor

Ewie

Erasmus

Other experts from

School of Music

Ewie Erasmus is an associate professor in music education at the North-West University School of Music and is affiliated with the Musical Arts in South Africa: Resources and Applications (MASARA) focus area. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at NWU School of Music and obtained her PhD in Music in 2021. Her research interests include music education, music and well-being, compassionate music education, music teacher education and lived experiences. Ewie received an NWU Faculty Teaching Award in 2020 and has served as a programme leader and deputy school director at NWU. She was one of the guest editors for a special edition on positive psychology and music education published in the International Journal of Education and Arts, and a researcher in the NRF-funded project Social Cohesion through Community Music Engagement in South African Higher Music Education. Ewie has published in high-ranking journals, regularly attends national and international conferences and delivered keynote addresses at the 3rd International Conference on Disability Studies, Arts and Education in 2021 and the 2nd International Africa Arts Association Conference in 2023.

Other experts in

Music

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FPpztCIAAAAJ&hl=en

Visit

Musical Arts in SA : Reseources & Applications (MASARA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2098-429X

Visit

School of Music

Other Media

Visit

Humanities

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewie-erasmus-92825277/

Physical Address

Potchefstroom K1 G17

Telephone Number

0836048940

Cellphone Number

0836048940

E-mail

ewie.erasmus@nwu.ac.za

Prof Ewie Erasmus

Liesl van der Merwe

BELINDA BANTHAM — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:32:32 +0000

Liesl van der Merwe BELINDA BANTHAM Tue, 02/01/2022 - 14:32

bassoon

Dalcroze studies

Music

Music and spirituality

Music and wellbeing

Prof

Professor

Liesl

van der Merwe

Other experts from

School of Music

Liesl van der Merwe is a professor in the School of Music and MASARA at the North-West University, South Africa. Her research interests lie in the fields of music and well-being, positive psychology, music and spirituality, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and lived musical experiences. Liesl supervises qualitative postgraduate music studies in the field of music education and also teaches research methodology, music education and bassoon. She has published articles in high-impact journals. Currently, Liesl is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher. She completed the research project: Social Cohesion Through Community Music Engagement in South African Higher Music Education. She was one of the volume editors of the Peter Lang book: Ritualised Belonging: Musicing and Spirituality in the South African Context. Liesl is on the steering and scientific committees of the Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing International Network (MSW) and was vice-chair of the scientific committee of The International Conference of Dalcroze Studies (ICDS) from 2021 till 2023.Liesl was one of the keynote speakers at the ICDS5 conference. She has also recently been invited, by the series editor, Prof Liora Bresler, to be on Springer's Editorial Board of the Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics, and Education book series, and she was the guest editor of a special edition on positive psychology and music education in the International Journal of Education and the Arts.

She also performs as a bassoonist in chamber music ensembles and is the conductor of the North-West Youth Orchestra.

Other experts in

Music

https://scholar-google-com.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/citations?user=WKeaRjYAAAAJ&hl=en&o…

Visit

Musical Arts in SA : Reseources & Applications (MASARA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-7218

Visit

School of Music

Visit

Humanities

Physical Address

Potchefstroom Campus
Conservatory (K1) – 211

Telephone Number

018 299-1689

Cellphone Number

083 467-9469

E-mail

liesl.vandermerwe@nwu.ac.za

Liesl van der Merwe

Conroy Cupido

BELINDA BANTHAM — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:24:56 +0000

Conroy Cupido BELINDA BANTHAM Tue, 02/01/2022 - 09:24

Prof

Associate Professor

Conroy

Associate Professor in Classical Singing, Singing Pedagogy and Opera

Cupido

Other experts from

School of Music

Prof Conroy Cupido completed a music degree at Stellenbosch University, a Master in Music degree and Artist Certificate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and he was the first South African to complete a Doctorate degree in Vocal Performance which was conferred at the University of North Texas. While a member of Cape Town Opera’s Vocal Ensemble, Prof Cupido was recruited by American soprano and Professor of Voice, Barbara Hill Moore, to further his studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. During his studies abroad he was awarded the Sue Johnson Prize for Best Male Opera Singer and he was a finalist in the National Opera Association Voice Competition and the Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Competition. He was awarded many merit-based scholarships for international study including the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Bursary, The National Arts Council of South Africa Award, the Schollmeier Foundation Bursary, the Dean’s Camerata Opera Scholarship from the University of North Texas, and The Bruce Foote Foundation Bursary. He has performed roles in operas and oratorios and has sung in many recitals in South Africa, the United States and in Europe. He has also been published in peer-reviewed journals. His research mainly concerns singing pedagogy, visual art and music collaboration, and singers’ wellbeing. He is an Associate Professor at North-West University and his students have won major competitions and continue to perform in South Africa, Europe and America. In 2013, Prof Cupido received an award from NWU for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2017 he received two awards for Excellence in creative outputs.

Blog or Website

http://nwumusic.co.za/2014/06/knowing-me-knowing-you-dr-conroy-cupido/

Visit

School of Music

Other Media

https://nwu.academia.edu/ConroyCupido

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-6877

https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=e43BBfkAAAAJ&hl=en

Visit

Humanities

Physical Address

Potchefstroom Campus
Conservatory (K1) – 107

Telephone Number

018 299-1697

E-mail

conroy.cupido@nwu.ac.za

Prof Cupido