Andrew Tracey was born in Durban, South Africa on 5 May 1936 to Ursula Tracey (nee Campbell) and Hugh Travers Tracey, who was then Director, SABC Durban. When Andrew first heard African music as a young boy, he jumped up to join in with the competing teams of Zulu dancers. In the family’s garden, a 16-piece […]
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SAMUS: South African Music Studies is inviting papers for Vol. 41. The publication date is 16 December 2021. Submission Deadline: 15 May 2021.
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Keynote speaker announced for our 15th Annual Conference at Nelson Mandela University in September this year.
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Applications are invited for the position of Editor of South African Music Studies (SAMUS). SAMUS is the journal of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM). It is an accredited journal that publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles, interviews and reports on South African and other musics, as well as reviews.
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SASRIM Annual conference UPDATE: COVID-19 Dear Members, We hope you are keeping safe in these uncertain times. Many of you may be wondering whether we will be proceeding with our annual conference this year. At this stage, all conference planning is going ahead, pending developments with the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Authors who have submitted
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Chair’s Address 2018 University of KwaZulu Natal, Howard College Durban 1 September 2018 Three years ago, I had the privilege of attending a keynote address by Professor Chris Ballantine, presented at the South African College of Music in Cape Town. He was speaking at the 9th Annual Congress of our South African Society of Research in
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SASRIM Newsletter 6th Mar 2018 Dear Members, A belated happy 2018 to you all – I hope you rested well and arrived back at work refreshed and energised for what will hopefully be a productive and positive year! Arrangements for the 2018 SASRIM conference are well underway: we are excited to be hosted by the
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Yesterday morning, I attended a performance by the Bandura Express marimba group, an ensemble from Northwest University who performed as part of the Sasrim African Music Meeting. These eight young performers were riveting: polished, energetic, utterly convincing. The ensemble includes marimbas, electric guitar, drum kit and saxophone, and their repertoire ranges from traditional music to
Dear Members, There are now just less than four weeks remaining before the SASRIM Annual Congress 2017 kicks off in Potchefstroom! The conference programme is out, and registration is open. As always the conference programme is packed full of papers, demonstrations, panel sessions and performances, covering a wide range of topics. I much look forward to seeing you
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Dear SASRIM members, 2017 is well under way, and I am happy to share some exciting bits of news with you. Planning for the 2017 Annual Congress (Northwest University, 31 August to 2 September) is continuing apace, and I am happy to confirm our keynote speaker for 2017, Professor Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza. The Reverend Professor June
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