Artists - Sound the Trumpet

SOUND THE TRUMPET
Friday 24 June 19:00 & Sunday 26 June 15:00
Artists
Wim Viljoen has had a long career at UP, having first been appointed as a
part-time lecturer at the age of 25. He became a full professor in 2003 and
was also the Head of the Department of Music from 2008 - 2015. He
continues to lecture in organ and harpsichord and to act as supervisor for
Master’s and Doctoral students in organ performance. The following
degrees have been conferred upon him: BMus (UP), MMus (UCT) and
PhD (Musicology) (UP). He also futhered his organ studies with the
world-famous organist Marie-Claire Alain in Paris for a period of two
years. During this period he won the Prix Mention d’Intérpretation at the
Chartres International Organ Competition, and became the first South
African to participate in the International Festival of Young Organists in
Switzerland.
His musicological interest is focused on the keyboard performance
practice of the 16thth to 18th centuries, especially ornamentation, and he
has published several articles on the subject. Several of his students at UP have won bursaries, including the
UNISA Stephanus Zondagh Organ Scholarship, which have enabled them to pursue their studies in the
USA, the Netherlands and France. One of these, Herman Jordaan, won the first prize at the prestigious St
Albans International Organ Competition in 2003. As a concert organist he has performed nationally and
internationally in the USA, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany and
the Czech Republic. Highlights include a concert in the Westminster Abbey in London in 2006, and joining
seven international organists in 2011 who performed the complete organ works of Jehan Alain at Wichita
State University. He also participated in the inauguration of two important organs on the UP campus, that of
the Aula and the UP Chapel. He has recorded 10 commercial and live CD’s, amongst others with his
colleague violinist Zanta Hofmeyr. In 2013 the Huberte Rupert Prize for Classical Music was awarded to him
by the South African Academy of Science and Art for his contribution to music in South Africa. He is also the
organist of the Universiteitsoord Church in Hatfield.
Isabelle van Rensburg se hele lewe het nog altyd rondom musiek
gewentel. Haar musiekloopbaan begin met klavieronderrig in Klerksdorp
op 8-jarige ouderdom. Na haar skoolloopbaan het sy haar in Pretoria
gevestig en in 2004 ingeskryf vir die Graad BMus. Sy voltooi ook daarna
haar Meesters Graad in Uitvoerende Kunste aan die Universiteit van
Pretoria met orrel as hoofinstrument onder leiding van professor Wim
Viljoen. Gedurende haar studie jare was sy die algehele wenner van die
ATKV Muziq kompetisie en wenner van verskeie beurse onder andere
algehele wenner van die Unisa Graad 8 Beurskompetisie en ‘n Stephanus
Zondag Oorsese musiekstudiebeurs. Sy het ook haar Voordraerslisensiaat
in orrel en haar Onderwyslisensiaat in klavier by Unisa met lof voltooi.
Isabelle het al verskeie solo optredes gegee onder andere in Bloemfontein
en Port Elizabeth.
Isabelle het as pianis opgetree saam met die Chamber Orchestra of South Africa en die JSO. Tans is Isabelle
besig met haar Doktors Graad in Uitvoerende Kunste ook onder leiding van professor Viljoen. Sy beklee ‘n
orrelpos by NG Skuilkrans en ‘n onderwyspos by Hoërskool Pro Arte waar sy klavier en teorie klasse
aanbied.
Braam van Tonder begin op 14 jarige ouderdom met trompet en in 2014
word die M.Mus aan hom toegeken deur die UFS en ontvang ook die
Arts Trust Academic Honorary Award in 2009 vir die beste student in
praktiese musiek. In 2013 as kategorie wenner aangewys van UNISA se
eerste Nasionale blaaskompetisie; in 2007 is hy gekies as naaswenner in
die Lubner kompetisie; en was ook deel van die Nasionale Jeugorkes in
2009-2011. Braam is aangestel by AFFIES vir die onderrig van
koperblasers en ensembles en speel tans as ad hoc speler in verskeie
orkeste en ensembles in Gauteng. Hy is getroud met Magdel met twee
seuntjies.
** Two students of Braam will also perform during the Sound the Trumpet concert.
Francois Kotze and Wynand T’Hart.