composed his first pieces for piano at the age of five;
received his first post as a church organist at age 10
first appearance as solo cellist was with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra
at age 11
along with fellow pianist Charl de Wet, performing the Poulenc Double Piano
Concerto, he was a winner at the Youth Concerto Festival at age 14
during 2001 and again 2002, he was appointed musical director for the Woman
of the Year national awards ceremony, televised live from the Artscape Opera
House, Cape Town
in 2004 he was appointed music director for the Ukkasie Festival Concert in
the Royal Albert Hall, London, which also featured some of his choral compositions,
folk song arrangements and improvisations on the organ
appeared in a fully improvised recital with jazz pianist Paul Hanmer at the
National Arts Festival's main programme in 2007
the HA!Man Show was invited as a main feature at the Kolligfees in Durban
during 2007 as well as 2008, when a choral work for post Apartheid Afrikaners
was premiered
his compositions for choir, "Her Time Has Come" and "Beautiful
Land," have been performed by award winning choirs locally and abroad;
shared the stage with various South African artists of note, including Sibongile
Khumalo, Stef Bos, Laurika Rauch and Steve Hofmeyer, and produced soundtracks
for numerous plays, dance pieces and film work;
was voted one of 100 new leading Afrikaans personalities in SA by De Kat Magazine
was appointed artist in residence for the 5th The Prince of Wales Business
& Environment SA Seminar, held for business and government leaders in
2008, where he was noted for his improvisations that captured the emotions
surrounding climate change and other critical issues
created the soundtrack for a globally released Animal Planet ETV documentary
on the Knysna elephants (2008)
in 2009 he composed, convened and directed an array of performers and choirs
for a concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of the notorious Voortrekker
Monument outside Pretoria, taking Afrikaner culture into the 21st century
his compositions and recordings have also been featured at Italy's Teramo
Festival (July 2008)
school district residencies with the HA!Man have been held in the South Africa,
the Netherlands as well as New York state, typically ending with mass choir
and orchestra concerts
Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, New York, hosted him as part of their “Dangerous
Music” school programme as well as a mass choir concert celebrating the
life of Nelson Mandela.
in 2025, he created a soundtrack for an award winning video that combines
dance and music with the sounds of loom machines
in 2026, he created a soundtrack for a physical theatre production at the
National Arts Festival in South Africa (“Ontneem”) which went on
to win an award
also in 2026, he also composed a new choral work, “three without words”,
based on his life philosophy, for the Ensemble Cantalon in Basel, Switzerland,
which was premiered to standing ovations