TUT Fundamentals of Choir Management
Centre for Creative Industries
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHOIR MANAGEMENT
A Short Learning Programme (SLP) offered by the Centre for Creative Industries
Tshwane University of Technology
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Would you like to manage your choir more effectively
and make informed practical decisions?
The SLP is aimed at skills development and empowerment in the choral community which shapes a large part of the South African population. The skills developed in this programme are tailor-made to the specific needs of the unique environment of choirs in the creative sector. The 8-week part-time programme focuses on developing skills in fundraising, financial management, brand management, operations management and understanding choral music as heritage and within cultural policy.
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Defining the purpose of the choir |
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Description of key operational documents necessary for the management of a choir/ |
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organisation |
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Discussion of the interactions between choirs and their stakeholders |
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Review of fundraising proposal strategies |
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Identification of the type of plans needed to support the identity of a choir |
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Reporting on the contents of the choir’s primary financial documents |
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Discussion of the relevance of cultural policy to choirs |
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
VENUE
ASSESSMENTS
PRESENTERS
COURSE FEE
(NO VAT PAYABLE)
Current choir administrators and office bearers, individual participants in community and institutional choirs, arts-culture managers, conductors, choral music associations and teachers with or without a music background. The SLP equips participants with the management skills necessary for sustaining choirs at various levels in South African society.
Participants who enroll for the SLP should have at least an NQF level 4 qualification or Grade 12 and/or recognised prior experience in a community, church or institutional choir as a choir administrator, a choir office bearer, a conductor, a chorister, part of a choral music association, a choir teacher (with or without a music background), etc.
Arts Campus, 24 Du Toit Street, Pretoria
The SLP is offered in lectures, in-class discussions, written exercises and an individually constructed portfolio. All of which are compulsory for participants to pass the SLP and be given a certificate of competence.
Ignatia Madalane (MA Musicology), Tshakane Masemola (MA, Arts & Culture Management), Akhona Ndzuta (MA, Arts & Culture Management), Thembela Vokwana (MA, Cultural studies)
R6 900 per participant subject to final confirmation. (Excludes travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance)
Tshwane University of Technology
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