Kaleidoscopes is a series of instrumental music albums by Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

n born Canadian composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 Hennie Bekker

Hennie Bekker

Hennie Bekker is a Juno nominated Zambian born composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist based in Toronto, Canada. His career has run the spectrum from jazz fusion and film scoring to New Age and techno...

. There are four albums in the series, namely "Spring Rain

Spring Rain (album)

Spring Rain is an album by Zambian born Canadian composer Hennie Bekker. The album is the first release in Bekker's "Kaleidoscopes" series of four albums including "Summer Breeze", "Spring Rain", "Autumn Magic" and "Winter Reflections". Spring Rain is a New Age classic of original, contemporary...

", "Summer Breeze", "Autumn Magic" and "Winter Reflections". The albums contain New Age based original, contemporary instrumental compositions ranging from string

String instrument

A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...

 and piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 arrangements, to ethereal orchestration

Orchestration

Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...

 enhanced by synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

. Spring Rain is the first album in the series and was originally released in 1992 and distributed by Canadian independent record distributor Holborne Distributing Co. Winter Reflections is the most recent release in the series. All four albums are released on the Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada based independent record label, Abbeywood Records

Abbeywood Records

Abbeywood Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Canada. The label is home to Zambian born Canadian composer Hennie Bekker.* Record Label Website:...

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External links

• Album pages on Official Artist Website: henniebekker.com
• Official Artist Website: henniebekker.com
• Record Label Website: abbeywoodrecords.com