SAMRO UNDERGRADUATE BURSARIES

The SAMRO Foundation is awarding two SAMRO/RIESA Special Undergraduate Bursaries for study in music performance for the first time.

Some 18 candidates from nine South African universities were entered for the bursaries. They included students in jazz piano, trombone, trumpet and voice, African music, marimbas, drums, voice and dance, traditional bagpipes, and Western art music piano, voice and clarinet.

The winners of the SAMRO/RIESA Special Undergraduate Bursaries for study in music performance for 2012 are Mfundiseni Ndwalane, African Music and Dance: drummer, singer and dancer (third year at the University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Siyasanga Charles, jazz trombone (third year at the University of Cape Town)

The bursaries have the value of R18,000 each and are available annually to undergraduate students who specialise in music performance in the Traditional, Jazz or Western Art Music genres. Candidates for the bursaries are nominated by the Heads and relevant members of staff of music departments of South African institutions of higher education from among the ranks of their students. The candidates are required to show merit in the field of performance in one or more of these genres. The winners are chosen by the Artistic Committee of the SAMRO Foundation which takes into consideration such criteria as standard of performance, year of study and perceived financial need. In the event that there are no suitable candidates, the bursaries are carried over to the following year.

For more information, contact Naseema Yusuf at the SAMRO Foundation on 011 712 8417, naseema.yusuf@samro.org.za