The team here at Paul Bothner Music would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Keith Tabisher on his appointment as the FET Curriculum planner for the Western Cape.Who is Keith?
Keith has made a life built not only around music, but education as well. With 20 years of teaching experience, Keith was the perfect candidate to fill the role of FET Curriculum Planner. Keith’s first guitar teacher was his dad, who taught him a few basic chords. From those few basic lessons Keith grew as a musician and eventually went on to get his BMus from UCT.
He has been teaching music since 1995; first at Lotus River High, then moving to Sally Davis and finally the Cape Town College of Education, where he has been for 13 years.
Keith’s new position will see him planning the music curriculum for grade 10 to grade 12 students in the Western Cape. He will be working closely with the GET curriculum planner to ensure that there is a fluidity between the grades, but Keith’s main vision is to firstly improve the quality of the existing curriculum and secondly to grow the number of students who participate in music education as an elective subject.From a musical perspective, Keith describes himself as a Jazz guitarist with some folk influences. In 2010 Keith was a mentor as well as the musical director of the Artscape Youth Jazz Festival. “The Artscape Youth Jazz project was started because of a need to provide professional guidance for young musicians. The model was built on auditions, and then choosing promising bands and pairing them with mentors, professional jazz musicians working in the industry, so that they can share important knowledge and experience”
FET – Grades 10 to 12
GET- Grades R – 10
