Degrees Held
- DMus (UP)
- MMus (UKZN)
- Kuenstlerische Ausbildung (Karlsruhe, Germany)
- BMusEd (UKZN)
- UPLM (Unisa)
- Certificate in Recording Engineering and Music Production (Chillicothe, Ohio)
Research Interests
- Diaspora Studies
- Media and Music
- Music Education
- Music Aesthetics and Philosophy
Teaching Interests
- Music Technology
- Contemporary Popular Music
- Musicology (Ethnomusicology)
Selected
Publications and Creative Output
Books
Chapters in Books
Journal Articles
CD recordings
Books
- Unsung: South African Jazz Musician under Apartheid (co-author Prof C Walton). Stellenbosch: Sun Press (2007).
Chapters in Books
- “Sensing the Curriculum: The Role of Aesthetics in Higher Education” in Shifting Higher Education Curriculum: Undoing Cognitive Damage, edited by N. Amin, M. Samuels, R. Dhunpath, pp. 31 – 46 (Sense Publishing, 2016).
- “Pirates of the Curriculum” in Africa and Beyond: Arts and Sustainable Development, edited by P. Ebewo, I. Stevens and M. Sirayi, pp. 95 – 108 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013).
- “Music Technology and the Teaching of Music through Distance Education”, edited by Om Prakash Chourasiya, pp. 72 – 75 (Kanishka Publishers, 2013).
- “Music Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Considerations” in A Contemporary Study of Musical Arts (vol. 4), edited by Meki Nzewi (UNISA Press, 2007).
- “Identitäten in Neuen Südafrika: Biographien Nach Ende der Apartheid”, edited by Andreas Hettiger (Tectum Verlag, 2009).
Journal Articles
- “The Shifting Sands of Music Leadership: Searching for Disciplinary Space in a Research-Led University” – Alternation (forthcoming in 2018).
- “Improvisation and Search Space” – Proceedings of the International Seminar on Creating and Teaching Music Patterns (Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata)(2014): 389 – 394. Also available online: sitardivin.globat.com/seminar2013/
- “…chasing the canon…” – Journal of the Musicological Society of South Africa, vol. 33 (2013).
- “Insiles: The Split Legacy of South African Jazz Musicians” – Musicus, vol. 41, no. 2 (2013).
- “Music and Exile: Emotional Displacement Amongst South African Jazz Musicians Who Stayed Behind” in Published proceedings of the Music and Exile Symposium. Goethe Institute, Pretoria: UNISA, 2011.
- “The Career Expectations of Students Majoring in Jazz in South Africa: Analysis of Performance Expectations, Income and Career Plans’ – Muziki, v 7, no. 1 (2010).
CD recordings
- “Contemplations of my heart”, Devroop Music (2018).
Community Involvement
- Msunduzi Hospice Association
- Music Academy of Gauteng
- Community Music Education (Pietermaritzburg)
Teaching Expertise
- Instrumental Pedagogy (Woodwinds)
- Music Education
- Music Technology
- Musicology
Student Supervision
- Perumal Arumugam (PhD)
- Jai Naidoo (PhD)
- Wessel Jansen van Rensburg (MMus)
- Naveena Moodley (MSocSc) (co-supervision)