Overview of Full-Time Staff The College staff include some of the foremost and internationally acclaimed performing artists, academics and composers.
Director Professor Andrew Lilley Jazz Piano & Jazz Improvisation Professors Professor Andrew Lilley Jazz Piano & Jazz Improvisation Professor Rebekka Sandmeier Head of Musicology Professor Jeremy Silver Director Opera UCT Associate Professors Associate Professor Farida Bacharova Head of Strings, Assoc Prof Violin, Viola Associate Professor Sylvia Bruinders Head of African Music, Assoc Prof Ethnomusicology, African Music, Worlds of Music Associate Professor François du Toit Deputy Director of SACM, Head of Classical Section, Head of Chamber Music, Assoc Prof Piano Associate Professor Anri Herbst Head of Music Education, Assoc Prof Music Education Associate Professor Amanda Tiffin Associate Professor, Head of Jazz Studies, Jazz Voice, Jazz Composition & Arrangement Assoc Prof Sindile Patrick Tikolo Head of Vocal Studies, Assoc Prof Classical Voice Associate Professor Martin Watt Head of Composition, Assoc Prof Composition Senior Lecturers Violina Anguelov-Hobbs Classical Voice and Opera Dr Richard Deja Ethnomusicology, African music, Worlds of Music William Haubrich Head of Brass, Senior Lecturer Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba Theo Herbst Music Technology Dr Esthea Kruger Head of Keyboard Studies, Piano Paulina Constance Malefane Classical Voice and Opera Meryl van Noie Jazz Studies & Music Technology Nomfundo Xaluva-Dyantyis Jazz Vocals Lecturers Justin Bellairs Jazz Saxophone Keketso Bolofo African Music Dr Bronwen Clacherty Head of African Music Practical Thabisa Dinga African Music Graham du Plessis Cello Dr Lisa Engelbrecht Vocal Coach, Accompanist, Opera UCT Sipho Fubesi Classical Voice and Opera James Grace Classical Guitar Shaun Johannes Jazz Ensembles, Electric Bass David Lubbe Vocal Coach, Accompanist Frank Mallows Percussion Brandon Phillips Head of Woodwind & Ensembles, Lecturer Conducting, Bassoon Jason Reolon Jazz Piano Dr Liesl Stoltz Flute Marga Smith Secondary Piano, Accompanist, Vocal Coach Emeritus Professors Emeritus Professor Angelo Gobbato Opera UCT Emeritus Professor Hendrik Hofmeyr Composition Emeritus Professor Franklin Larey Piano Emeritus Professor James May Musicology Emeritus Professor Dizu Plaatjies African Music Emeritus Professor Michael Rossi Jazz Studies Emeritus Associate Professors Emeritus Associate Professor Morné Bezuidenhout Musicology Emeritus Associate Professor Michael Campbell Jazz Studies Emeritus Associate Professor Virginia Davids Classical Voice and Opera Emeritus Associate Professor Albie van Schalkwyk Piano, Chamber Music Music Student Advisors Associate Professor Sylvia Bruinders Head of African Music, Assoc Prof Ethnomusicology, African Music, Worlds of Music Associate Professor Anri Herbst Head of Music Education, Assoc Prof Music Education Theo Herbst Music Technology Associate Professor François du Toit Deputy Director of SACM, Head of Classical Section, Head of Chamber Music, Assoc Prof Piano Professor Jeremy Silver Director Opera UCT Associate Professor Amanda Tiffin Associate Professor, Head of Jazz Studies, Jazz Voice, Jazz Composition & Arrangement Assoc Prof Sindile Patrick Tikolo Head of Vocal Studies, Assoc Prof Classical Voice Associate Professor Martin Watt Head of Composition, Assoc Prof Composition
Associate Professor Sylvia Bruinders Head of African Music, Assoc Prof Ethnomusicology, African Music, Worlds of Music
Associate Professor François du Toit Deputy Director of SACM, Head of Classical Section, Head of Chamber Music, Assoc Prof Piano
Associate Professor Amanda Tiffin Associate Professor, Head of Jazz Studies, Jazz Voice, Jazz Composition & Arrangement
Associate Professor Sylvia Bruinders Head of African Music, Assoc Prof Ethnomusicology, African Music, Worlds of Music
Associate Professor François du Toit Deputy Director of SACM, Head of Classical Section, Head of Chamber Music, Assoc Prof Piano
Associate Professor Amanda Tiffin Associate Professor, Head of Jazz Studies, Jazz Voice, Jazz Composition & Arrangement
