We are already the country s leading centre for the study of popular music. Members of our academic staff working in this field do research, write books and articles, produce recordings, compose songs, mount concerts.
Popular music has an important place in our courses, and in our regular concerts .
We are also the home of the celebrated Centre for Jazz and Popular Music . This sets the stage for a crucial new development. As from the beginning of 1999, our students will be able register for degree programmes specializing in the study of popular music. These will be the first of their kind in South Africa - and indeed on the African continent. The programmes can be accessed in different degree-paths, and at different levels.