Solo Improvisations
Solo improvisations
on cello, keyboard (and piano, organ as available)
Layered improvisations, recording different instruments one after the other
Improvisations on themes given by the audience
Classical-styled pieces (HA!Man)
Orchestral arrangement
of poem by Jan F.E. Celliers, "Die Ossewa"
"Sonnet 30," a modernized medieval English chant
"when the herd came down," string orchestra soundtrack to a scene
of elephants coming down to the water side
"A Polovetsian Dance" - a free-style arrangement of Borodin's like-titled
dance from the opera Prince Igor
Arrangement of Mendelssohn's Wedding March
Unique Christmas carols arrangements
Extracts from Soundtracks
"Migrations"
- an LA based collaboration
The Stutterheim engines project - featuring the rhythmic sounds from old running
engines
Tracks from "Skepping 7," a music-sound journey based on Genesis
1
The epic songs
Her Time Has
Come (for Africa)
Beautiful Land (for South Africa)
Afrikaner is my Naam (for the 21st century Afrikaner)
It's up to Us (for community empowerment)
Lekke Lekke Cape Town
Other Types of Pieces
Slow moving
and transporting improvisation with cello, sustained keyboard pad and string
sounds, whistling, voice
Pieces for HA!Man to dance on: "love dance," "to lose it in
all its details," "Grand Africa" and "when the heart is
sensed"
Issue related pieces like "Global Warming
Pieces with a personal story behind it like," "on her death"
and "for mariana"
Place-related pieces like "america" and "Chicago Industrial"
Africa-style pieces like "African Groove," "my africa"
and "mene-mene"
The rest is categorized under mystical, spiritual, experimental, high energy,
jazzy, melancholic, festive and home coming pieces...
Video Tracks
"On wings
of Wind" - traversing a sea of "kosmos" flowers
"Brooding Sarah" - portraits of people in a reflective mode
"moon
child" - impressions of Mira as a toddler in the mid-Eastern city of
Sharjah
"global warming" - visual encounters with the effects of climate
change
"Rainbow Dance" - slide show with effects of dancing South African
youngsters along with the track "first contact"
"On
being Nguni" - visuals of indigenous african cattle in wild habitat along
with track "my africa"
Other
Dancing to a
music track
Creative movement with drapes or a cello bow along with a music track
Action drawing or shadow play to a music track
Inviting a member of the audience to come and play or sing or dance together
Story telling from personal experience
Improvising a poetic song along with cello or keys
Collective singing and/or dancing