Ewie Erasmus

Ewie Erasmus is an associate professor in music education at the North-West University School of Creative Industries and Performing Arts. She manages the Musikhane community music project, which aims to create reciprocal musicking opportunities by facilitating community music activities and service-learning opportunities in various undergraduate modules at the NWU School of Creative Industries and Performing Arts, and by expanding access to meaningful music education experiences for members of local communities.

She is affiliated with the Research and Creative Outputs in Visual Art and Music (ViAMUS) focus area, where she also acts as postgraduate programme leader. She is responsible for undergraduate music education modules and postgraduate supervision. Her research interests include music education, inclusivity and music and well-being. She was one of the guest editors of a special edition on positive psychology and music education for the International Journal of Education and the Arts and has delivered keynote addresses at international conferences. She is the principal investigator of a project, “Your Music, Your Way: Grade 10 Interactive Music Module”, exploring and addressing the gap in implementing Indigenous African Music in secondary schools in South Africa.