Mr. WALDO WEYER

• BMus(PUforCHE) | BMus(RAM:London) | MMus(NWU) |  LRAM | UPLM
• Tel. (018) 299-1694
• muswww@puk.ac.za

Waldo started his piano studies at the age of eight and accompanied choirs while he was still in primary school. He appears on the honorary roll of UNISA’s practical exams on several occasions, including the final exam, for which he won the Robert Clough scholarship.

He matriculated in 1990 at the Lichtenburg High School with eight distinctions and enrolled for a B Mus degree at the North-West University the following year to study piano with Professor Gerhard Koornhof. He majored in piano performance, music history, pedagogy and mathematics and received several scholarships as a student, including one from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, having passed the grade eight exam with highest distinction. He interrupted his studies at Potchefstroom to enrol at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he completed a B Mus in performance under Hamish Milne and Patsy Toh and also obtained the LRAM with honours.

On his return to South Africa, Waldo received a UNISA Performance Licentiate with distinction and completed a Masters Degree in Piano Performance cum laude in 2004 under Truida van der Walt. He participated in master classes with Frank Heneghan, Joseph Banowetz, Helmut Deutsch, Tim Ehlen and Caroline Oltmanns and often performs at festivals in Grahamstown and Potchefstroom. In 2005 and 2006 he served as an official accompanist during the National and International UNISA Singing Competitions. Waldo is currently a senior lecturer in Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the North-West University’s School of Music and his research interests include performance psychology, learning theories and philosophies of interpretation.