Background
Hansen, Deirdre Doris was born on August 16, 1938 in Piet Retief, South Africa.
educator ethnomusicologist researcher
Hansen, Deirdre Doris was born on August 16, 1938 in Piet Retief, South Africa.
Licentiate Performer in Pianoforte, Trinity College Music, London, 1957. Licentiate Teacher Pianoforte, Trinity College Music, London, 1961. Master in Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1968.
Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1982.
Music teacher Victoria Girls High School, Grahamstown, 1962. Research officer Institute Social and Economic Research, 1963-1966. Relief lecturer, music Rhodes University, 1979-1980, lecturer, piano, 1980-1982.
Senior lecturer University Cape Town, South Africa, since 1982. Senior bursar, African Studies, Witwatersrand University, 1967-1971. Ethnomusicology researcher, 1969-1976, 78-80.
Private music teacher, Howick, KwaZulu, 1976-1978. Curator Kirby Collection, University Cape Town, since 1982. Invited to attend panel of adjudicators, Samro post-graduate indigenous African music study, South Africa, 2000.
Guest speaker B. Tyamzashe Celebration, Bisko Eastern Cape, 1970. Visiting lecturer U. The University of Durban-Westville, Kwazulu-Natal, 1996. Guest speaker, Heritage Day of the Xhosa National, Eastern Cape Department Education Culture, Alice, 1996.
Member Society Ethnomusicology, Field Museum (Chgo)., Smithsonian (associate).
Heinrich Theodor Jes and Muriel (Galt) H.