Caxixi - Kiss Kass Shakers (Pair)

Katia de Peyer $ 19.57
Description Hand woven from elephant grass in Northern Ghana. Versatile & vibrant, these fun shakers are great all-round percussion which produce a range of sounds. Suited to solo exploration and ensemble accompaniment. Hand woven in the Bolgatanga region of Northern Ghana from elephant reed harvested from rich flood plains. Using the same technique as the famous Bolga baskets, these hand percussion instruments are traditionally played along side drummers and were thought to ward off evil spirits. Traditionally named Caxixi (ca-she-she), they are usually played in pairs. Please note that as these are handmade no two Kiss Kass shakers are identical. Pictures are provided for reference; colours vary A great percussion instrument for the little aspiring musician or makes a lovely decor piece at home. Large: 9cm x 9cm x 20cm Made in: Ghana, Africa
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Contents

1. My Dance, Our Symphony
2. New York
3. 16 Langford Place
4. The Chamber Music Society
5. Musical Roots
6. Horovitz, Milhaud, and Mozart
7. Life in New York
8. Musical Colleagues and Friends
9. Challenges
10. Carnegie Concert Hall and the World of Musicians
11. Porto Vecchio
12. A Music Festival at Sea
13. The Assisi Festa Musica Pro
14. Castello di Duino and a Turning Point
15. The Washington Sinfonia
16. More Musical Colleagues and Collaborations
17. Sweet and Sour
18. Master Teacher, Master Passeur

Acknowledgements
Newspaper, Text and Photographic Credits
Appendix A: Gervase de Peyer, Principal Clarinet
Appendix B: Select Recordings
Appendix C: An Extract from Portraits 1: Gervase de Peyer
Select Bibliography
About the Author

About the Author

Katia de Peyer’s first book Dancing with MySelf, Sensuous Exercises for Body, Mind and Spirit (Nucleus Publications, 1991; La Source Press, 2026) introduced her method of inner-centering through movement, hailed by Diane von Furstenberg as a whole new attitude about exercising. Her second book Enjoy Your Healing Power (La Source Press, 2025) is an intuitive, helpful guide for developing our healing power.  A ballet dancer born in Paris who lived in Spain to further her studies in flamenco, Katia moved to New York in the late sixties to start a successful career as a personal trainer. There she met the virtuoso clarinettist Gervase de Peyer in 1976.  She and Gervase married in 1980 and lived for two decades in the US and then in the UK until Gervase’s death in 2017.  Katia continues her work as a writer and healer in London and New York.

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