John is
a versatile musician who heads the music department at the
South
African College High School where one of his loves is being band
programme
director. John composes music and writes arrangements on a
regular basis for a variety of clients including the
Johannesburg Music Initiative; is the Music Director of the
Cape Town Concert
Brass; and works as a pianist/accompanist; etc, etc..., as
well as (most importantly!!!) being
husband to Rachel and father to Peter, Sarah and Amy plus the
menagerie... For a more detailed biography/curriculum vitae have
a
look
here...
Steve
Steve made
his first
guitar at school in the woodwork class. By the age of 20 was
playing at
Ronnie
Scott's jazz club on a regular basis. During
the 70's
he played with numerous bands in the U.K. and joined the band Love
Affair, (Everlasting love) for a tour of Poland which included the
Palace of Culture, Warsaw. The only
other band to have accomplished this at that time was the Rolling Stones.
In
1982 Steve
took up the position of musical director at the Royal Swazi Sun in Swaziland,
an
engagement which was to last for four
years. After
moving to Durban in1987 he
joined NAPAC (now the
Playhouse Company) as guitar player in the NAPAC Jazz Quartet under the
guidance of Graham Scott and the late Geoffrey Sutherland.
Steve
has played
on many productions including: A
man for all
seasons, Judy, Seven brides for seven brothers, Queen at the Opera,
Sweet Charity, Hello
Dolly, Elton John, Jesus Christ Superstar; numerous Philharmonic Rock
Shows as well as Les Miserables and Annie. Recently Steve has
been touring the world working in such exotic places as Turkey and
China, and now he appears regularly with
Denay at Marimbas in the Cape Town International Convention Centre.