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Faiyal F

Faiyal F

Cape Town,WC

Summary

A creative and open-minded individual, passionately seeking to explore the digital audio landscape in innovative and artistic ways. With over a decade of experience in music, my specialties lie in music performance, composition, analysis, arrangement, orchestration, sound design, and audio mixing.

Work History

Percussionist

  • One of the Primary Orchestral Percussionists for the University of Stellenbosch Symphonic Wind Ensemble & University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra (2017-2022).
  • Primary Percussionist for the Woodfees production, Huppelkind (2020).
  • Percussionist for the Artscape production, Cinderella (2023).

Tutor

University Of Stellenbosch
  • Higher Certificate Programme Tutoring for Music Theory (2020).

Education

Masters of Music - Composition (Sound Design)

Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch
12.2025

Bachelor of Music - Music Composition And Performance

University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch, South Africa
12.2020

High School Diploma -

Pinelands High School
Cape Town, South Africa
12.2016

Skills

  • Western Art Music Compositional Practices
  • Musical Arrangement & Orchestration
  • Music Theory Analysis
  • Extensive Knowledge of Classical Percussion Performance Practices (13 Years of Experience)
  • Proficiency with Avid Sibelius
  • Proficiency with DAWs: Reaper, Ableton Live
  • Fundamental Mixing & Mastering Skills: direct signal processing for music production (gain staging, panning, compression, equalization, etc)
  • Effective Communication and Problem Solving Skills
  • Creative, Exploratory, and Fair Approach to Collaborative Work
  • Constructive Organizational, Time Management, and Project Management Skills

Accomplishments

  • Solo Percussion Performance: Award Winner of Multiple Classical Competitions: (2015) 13th International Percussion Competition, (2016) Hugo Lambrechts 30th Anniversary Competition, (2018) Mabel Quick & FMR Bursary Competition.
  • Composition: (2019) Original work Oraeith was performed as part of the CNC Composer's Symposium.
  • Live Sound Production: (2023) Produced sound design material for and oversaw live sound engineering of collaborative event silent RAGE, digital NOISE as part of the South African Composer's Symposium, with spityellow! and co.
  • Sound Design: (2024) Produced and digitally released Xenogenesis, a mixtape featuring an experimental approach to music production (Linked below).

Timeline

Percussionist

Tutor

University Of Stellenbosch

Masters of Music - Composition (Sound Design)

Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Music - Music Composition And Performance

University of Stellenbosch

High School Diploma -

Pinelands High School

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