Kiki has been playing drums since the tender age of 14 and has always had a passion for performing.
Her background as a Ballet dancer made room for creativity and being on the stage. Studying Ballet at Pro Arte Alphen Park introduced her to many forms and styles of dance, and of course, dancing in many productions introduced her to performing and developing a passion for music and the arts.
Playing drums became a very important part of her life from a very young age, and at 15 years old formed her first band which then started performing live shows and numerous “battle of the bands” competitions, many of which they won.
Kiki joined a band at the age of 19 that really took off and this constantly kept her busy with rehearsing and performing. Many shows were played and people really enjoyed Kiki’s enthusiasm behind the drums.
In 2008 she won the award for best drummer of the KFC Squarewave’s battle of the bands. At 25, Kiki enrolled in a full time Drum course at COPA PTA, which she completed with honours. Being able to read music has always been a dream and studying really boosted her confidence as a musician.
Kiki has been featured on MK and played at all the major festivals in South Africa including Oppikoppi and FORR in Mozambique.
Teaching has always been a dream and opening her very own Music Academy in 2015 was the realisation of that dream. Under her tutelage, her students have earned major international awards. <
Inspiring the youth of Pretoria to develop their love for music is her passion.
Raldo Mattheüs
Born in the city of Pretoria.
An explorer, delving into the diversity of different musical dialects. Classically trained in cello and music theory, COPA 2014 graduate, major in Bass guitar. Piano drives the gears of his internal clock. Electric and acoustic guitar frets thought him how to rock.
Performing artist in several bands and session musician for many projects in Pretoria
Passionate about sharing knowledge gained as an artist..
In 2011, Anrico enrolled at the Pretoria branch of the ‘Campus of Performing Arts’ (COPA). Upon completing the vocal course at national qualification level three as the top student and successfully completing the guitar course at national qualification level four with merit, Anrico went on to perform as a vocalist and guitarist in a Jazz Ensemble, called ‘Open Til Late’, which performed at private functions and restaurants. Furthermore, he formed a cover band, ‘Recorder’, which performed at World Cup 2014 Functions and Weddings.
Beyond that, Anrico accumulated a repertoire of original songs, of which some have already been released early in 2015. The name of his solo project is the aptly named: ‘Anrico Jeske’. Also in 2015, Anrico enrolled in a DJ course at Fabulush DJ Academy and is now enrolled at the Revolution Dance Centre for Ballroom and Latin Dancing to fine-tune his skills in rhythm and live performance.
Finally, Anrico used any time he had left in between the above mentioned activities to develop a manuscript for guitar theory, which contains instructional diagrams of the scales, chords and arpeggios of the western music system. The manuscript is planned for publishing by the end of 20205. And last, but not least, Anrico is now a proud member of the ‘Muzoki’ team as an inspirational guitar tutor, enthusiastic colleague and all around passionate musician.