The Spontaneous Cello of South Africa's HA!Man
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Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8pm.
Tickets: Early Bird $10 | GA $15 | Doors $20
Description
Enter a world where spontaneous cello, keys, voice, whistling, recorder and nose flute - with or without original electronic accompaniments - overwhelm through a full range of emotive states and stylistic variety - especially the classical and African. A time and space specific live creation that journeys straight to the heart like few other performance experiences do.
Bio
Francois le Roux, aka the HA!Man. is a 1966 Johannesburg-born son of a church minister and music teacher. His musical gift was recognized at age three when his first improvised piano pieces took shape. He studied cello and piano throughout his school years and appeared as a young soloist with orchestras, and his improvisation skills were honed as an appointed church organist since age 10. During the dying years of Apartheid he went through a spiritual crisis that eventually took him on a career path of spontaneous music making, also expanding into spontaneous dancing, writing and visual art. At first only acoustic, he went on to employ electronic recording for accompaniments during his ever evolving performances and the creation of soundtracks for numerous stage productions, films and videos. His organizational skills landed him music directorships for celebratory events of national importance in South Africa as well as once in the Royal Albert Hall, London. His broad interests turned him into a special artistic guest at major seminars. Two of his trademark choral songs, Beautiful Land and Her Time Has Come, featured at mass choir events and international competitions over the years. Yet he remains the personal networker who brings a world-class performance experience to houses and smaller venues globally. His workshops inspires young and old at schools, universities and community organizations and as a full on improvisator, he collaborated with many solo artists, choirs, ensembles and orchestras - always delivering the magic of full-bodied artistic works, created within the flowing depth of the present moment.
Social:
https://www.youtube.com/@franna3
Tickets: Early Bird $10 | GA $15 | Doors $20
Tickets on Sairyo
Your ticket guarantees you a seat in the house but not necessarily a seat with a direct line of sight to the performers. We recommend coming early to snag a spot or if you need accommodations, like a guaranteed seat for accessibility reasons, to please email us at [email protected] at least 72 hours before the event.
Limited quantity of tickets available. If the event has not sold out online, there will be tickets available at the counter.
Ticket refunds or date transfers are not available.
IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY INFO
We provide gender-neutral washrooms. We have one wheelchair accessible washroom. There is no wheelchair ramp. There is a set of 8 stairs to get into the building (7 steps, small landing, and then an 8th step). Once inside, the whole cafe floor is flat, with the exception of our small room to the side, which is a small step down.
We are licensed to provide alcohol, but serve a variety of non-alcoholic options.
This event takes place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People.
Find out how to contact Art House through our website's Contact Page.
Tickets: Early Bird $10 | GA $15 | Doors $20
Description
Enter a world where spontaneous cello, keys, voice, whistling, recorder and nose flute - with or without original electronic accompaniments - overwhelm through a full range of emotive states and stylistic variety - especially the classical and African. A time and space specific live creation that journeys straight to the heart like few other performance experiences do.
Bio
Francois le Roux, aka the HA!Man. is a 1966 Johannesburg-born son of a church minister and music teacher. His musical gift was recognized at age three when his first improvised piano pieces took shape. He studied cello and piano throughout his school years and appeared as a young soloist with orchestras, and his improvisation skills were honed as an appointed church organist since age 10. During the dying years of Apartheid he went through a spiritual crisis that eventually took him on a career path of spontaneous music making, also expanding into spontaneous dancing, writing and visual art. At first only acoustic, he went on to employ electronic recording for accompaniments during his ever evolving performances and the creation of soundtracks for numerous stage productions, films and videos. His organizational skills landed him music directorships for celebratory events of national importance in South Africa as well as once in the Royal Albert Hall, London. His broad interests turned him into a special artistic guest at major seminars. Two of his trademark choral songs, Beautiful Land and Her Time Has Come, featured at mass choir events and international competitions over the years. Yet he remains the personal networker who brings a world-class performance experience to houses and smaller venues globally. His workshops inspires young and old at schools, universities and community organizations and as a full on improvisator, he collaborated with many solo artists, choirs, ensembles and orchestras - always delivering the magic of full-bodied artistic works, created within the flowing depth of the present moment.
Social:
https://www.youtube.com/@franna3
Tickets: Early Bird $10 | GA $15 | Doors $20
Tickets on Sairyo
Your ticket guarantees you a seat in the house but not necessarily a seat with a direct line of sight to the performers. We recommend coming early to snag a spot or if you need accommodations, like a guaranteed seat for accessibility reasons, to please email us at [email protected] at least 72 hours before the event.
Limited quantity of tickets available. If the event has not sold out online, there will be tickets available at the counter.
Ticket refunds or date transfers are not available.
IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY INFO
We provide gender-neutral washrooms. We have one wheelchair accessible washroom. There is no wheelchair ramp. There is a set of 8 stairs to get into the building (7 steps, small landing, and then an 8th step). Once inside, the whole cafe floor is flat, with the exception of our small room to the side, which is a small step down.
We are licensed to provide alcohol, but serve a variety of non-alcoholic options.
This event takes place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People.
Find out how to contact Art House through our website's Contact Page.
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Where is it happening?
555 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K1R 5K1
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