Rudolf de Beer
Rudolf de Beer joined the Stellenbosch University's music department in 2006, and is currently senior lecturer in choral conducting, head of music education, and artistic director of Schola Cantorum Stellenbosch. He studied at Potchefstroom University, while his Master's in choir conducting and musicology are from the University of Oslo. He completed his DMus though a joint venture between the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth and the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo. Experienced in both public school teaching and music administration, he also conducted the Drakensberg Boys' Choir from 1999 to 2006, with which he had the opportunity to conduct most of the major orchestras in South Africa and toured internationally to practically all the continents, whilst also appearing on South African national radio and television. The subject for his doctoral thesis was inspired by this choir's African music programmes. Presently the conductor of the Mecer City of Tygerberg Choir, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, he recently conducted the choir of the Jāzepa Vītola Latvian Music Academy, and also the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Carmina Burana. He is often invited to hold workshops, masterclasses and lectures, and also composes and arranges for choirs.
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