Odeion School of Music OSM, UFS

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The ODEION SCHOOL OF MUSIC (OSM) offers a comprehensive programme of quality teaching, training and research in both the artistic and academic spheres with a view to deliver well-rounded professional musicians, educators and researchers. Our staff comprises a group of highly competent and experienced specialists in the fields of performance, teaching and research, as well as an administrative com

ponent of well-qualified and excellent support personnel in teaching, academic and general concert administration. Our academic programme comprises both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, while specialised focus areas include historically informed performance practice, Schenkerian analysis and cultural musicology. A wide spectrum of instrumental and vocal tuition is offered, coupled with the availability of several performance and training ensembles. These include the Free State Symphony Orchestra, the Free State Youth Orchestra, the Odeion String Quartet (the only residential university string quartet in South Africa), the Junior Odeion String Quartet, the Odeion Sinfonia (a student string ensemble), the Odeion Choir, and the UFS Jazz Ensemble.

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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐— ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป! ๐ŸŽถDie Odeion Skool vir Musiek vier vanjaar โ€™n beso...
28/08/2026

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐— ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป! ๐ŸŽถ

Die Odeion Skool vir Musiek vier vanjaar โ€™n besonderse mylpaal โ€“ 80 jaar van musiek, opleiding, innovasie en artistieke uitnemendheid. ๐ŸŽ‰

In die jongste OFM Kunsteklop gesels Marius Coetzee van OSM met Yolanda Maartens oor diรฉ 80 jaar lange reis รฉn wat gehore tydens die OSM80 Anniversary Gala Concert op 3 September kan verwag.

๐ŸŽง Luister na die volledige gesprek hier:
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๐ŸŽถ ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ! ๐ŸŽถJoin us for the ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐— ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ as we celebrate ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ...
28/08/2026

๐ŸŽถ ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ! ๐ŸŽถ

Join us for the ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐— ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ as we celebrate ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐Ÿ•– ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ, ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป
Experience an inspiring evening featuring outstanding OSM staff and students, the acclaimed ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น-๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต.and a special surprise item!

๐ŸŽต From classical masterpieces and opera favourites to klezmer, organ and African music, this gala concert showcases the remarkable diversity of music-making at the OSM.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป | Seating is limited | Advance booking essential
๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป "๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„" ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€
๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต
๐—ข๐—ฆ๐— ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฒ.

The Odeion School of Music (OSM) proudly celebrates its 80th anniversary with a distinguished Gala Concert marking eight decades of artistic excellence, innovation, and music education. Since its establishment in 1946, the OSM has played a significant role in shaping South Africa's musical landscape...

27/08/2026

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ข๐—™๐—” โ€“ ๐—”๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€

SANKOFA takes centre stage at the Odeion on 27 August, bringing together Jo Kunnuji and the OSM Pan-African Jazz Ensemble for an exploration of reimagined indigenous expressions and African musical traditions.

In conversation with OFM Artbeatโ€™s Yolanda Maartens, discover more about the upcoming concert and the evolution of African music in Bloemfontein.

๐ŸŽง Listen to the full conversation here:
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/arts/342746/share-in-the-evolution-of-african-music-in-bloemfontein






South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) DAY 1
27/08/2026

South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) DAY 1

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