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STTEP by STEPP in the spirit of Umuntu ungumuntu ngabantu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Caroline van Niekerk  and
Maria Typpo
Caroline van Niekerk*
Affiliation:
Department of Music, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africacaroline@mweb.co.za, maria.typpo@hotmail.com
Maria Typpo
Affiliation:
Department of Music, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africacaroline@mweb.co.za, maria.typpo@hotmail.com
*
Corresponding author: Professor Caroline van Niekerk
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Abstract

In a recent article, ‘Sttepping in the right direction? Western classical music in an orchestral programme for disadvantaged African youth’, ‘sttepping’ was noted as no spelling error. The same applies here; reference is to STTEP Music School, an outreach project at the University of Pretoria. STTEP teaches the playing of orchestral instruments, plus background areas like music theory, to disadvantaged learners. Ethnographic and case study research of STTEP, its teachers, pupils and administrators, over the period 2005–2009 was conducted within a sociological meta-theoretical framework. From the hybrid data obtained, conclusions have been drawn, including on observed effects of the African philosophy Ubuntu.

Type
Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 75 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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