Dr John Oosthuizen Music

Academic, instructional, and technical writer and editor, with experience producing academic theses, courses, and technical publications. Skilled in simplifying complex ideas, creating structured long-form content, and editing for clarity and accuracy.

Experienced in primary, secondary, and tertiary music course design. University music lecturer and school educator as well as private music teacher. Church music director.

Testimonials available on request.

Postdoctoral Music Research — collaboration in organ repertoire research and South African jazz‑inflected organ studies.

Music Direction — choir development, liturgical music planning, and performance direction.

Organist/Pianist — professional liturgical and concert performance.

Private organ/piano/theory tuition — foundational and intermediate learners.

PhD in Music — Stellenbosch University (2023–2025)

MMus (Organ performance practice) — Stellenbosch University (2020–2022)

MMus coursework — UNC Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (2020)

BMus Honours (cum laude) — Stellenbosch University (2019)

Mini‑MBA — Harvard Business School, Boston, MA (2010)

TOGAF8 Certification — National University of Singapore (2007)

BSc Mathematics & Computer Science — UKZN (1978)

Stellenbosch University Music Lecturer (Aural Training and Music Theory Practical/Keyboard Skills).

Tutor for 1st-, 2nd-, and 4th-year BMus music theory students.

Research focus on jazz-inflected organ music aesthetics, French Romantic organ music, and South African jazz genres and practices.

Contributor to conservatory performances and departmental musical activities.

Private piano teacher (10 learners) (Foundation and Intermediate phases).

Presentation of group singing classes (Foundation and Intermediate phases).

Choral conducting of school choirs; multiple gold diplomas at eisteddfods.

Choral and music productions for youth at risk at the Salesian Institute, Cape Town.

Selection of Mass music involving university student vocalists as cantors.

Parish organist and pianist.

Sanlam – Digital Enterprise Architect, 2016–2017.

IBM Cape Town - Senior Enterprise Architect & Client Technical Advisor (Insurance), 2014–2016.

IBM Sandton - Senior Architect (Enterprise Architecture), 2012–2014.

IBM Singapore - Industry Architect (Travel & Transportation), 2009–2012.

Safmarine Shipping Lines - Chief Architect & EA Governance Lead, 2007–2009.

AS/400 Application Development With VisualAge: New York: McGraw Hill.

AS/400 Client Support/400 APIs. IBM Rochester, MN.

Cooperative Processing in an AS/400 Environment. IBM Rochester, MN.

Dr John Oosthuizen
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Mobile: +27 76 855 9400
Email: joosthuizen@gmail.com