GOEMA SYMPHONY NO. 1
The Cape Town Goema Orchestra performing “A-Flat Major” at SABC Studios Auditorium in Cape Town. Mac McKenzie’s 2010 symphony saw the ground-breaking combination of indigenous Cape sounds (including Khoi-San mouth bow, minstrel banjo, klopse percussion and jazz brass) with classical instrumentation. Preparations, rehearsals and the première of “Goema Symphony No. 1″ appear in the film Mama Goema: The Cape Town Beat in Five Movements (2011).
CAPE TOWN GOEMA ORCHESTRA EP
Produced by Profoundly South African, this “bootleg” EP documents the inaugural performance of The Cape Town Goema Orchestra and the birth of a new vision for South African music. The CD showcases highlights from “Goema Symphony No. 1″ and contains enhanced features to view on computer. Leave a comment with your name and email address if you’d like to purchase a copy.
- Introduction with Bows (ft. Madosini)
- A-Flat Major
- Healing Destination (ft. Ernestine Deane)
- Loke-shen Goema (ft. Hilton Schilder)
- D-Major Goema
Goema Symphony EP Credits (JPG, 115K)
FROM PUNK THROUGH PENTHOUSE TO THE UNIVERSITY
The musical journey of Mac McKenzie is a diverse string of manifestations that spans a professional recording career of over twenty-five years. Despite surface differences, an indispensable denominator binds the brash punk riffs of The Genuines in 1986 to the sultry violin lines of The Cape Town Composers’ Workshop showcase in 2009. In a word, it’s goema!
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The Cape Town Goema Orchestra and the birth of a new vision for South African music.
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Mama Goema, a documentary exploring Cape Town's most representative musical genre.
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