Camerata Tinta Barocca
 
Grant Brasler - Harpsichord / Organ
Grant Brasler
Grant started organ lessons at the age of 14 with Garmon Ashby and continued his music studies with Dr Barry Smith at UCT, where he completed his B Mus Hons in 1998. He has also taken lessons with Prof Wim Viljoen. He was awarded the Claude Brown Organ Scholarship for post-matric studies at the Diocesan College (Bishops) in 1993. He was the winner of the Adcock Ingram Music Competition in 1996 at UCT and the Stephanus Zondagh Overseas Organ Scholarship from UNISA in 2000.
As organ and harpsichord continuo player, Grant has been involved with the former CAPAB orchestra, the Cape Town Baroque Ensemble and the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a founder member of the Baroque ensemble Camerata Tinta Barocca. As an organ accompanist he has performed with many Cape Town choirs including overseas tours with the St George’s Singers (1996) and the Philharmonia Choir (2001).
He has performed concerti such as Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No 5 and the D minor Harpsichord concerto with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. He featured as the main organ soloist at the Gala Centenary Concert of the Cape Town City Hall in 2005 where he performed Guilmant’s Symphony No 1 for Organ and Orchestra together with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.
Grant is currently a music teacher, organist and choirmaster at St Cyprian’s School as well as being the Interim Director of Music at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town during the first part of 2007.
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