Curriculum Vittae 2013

Franciscus Henri

FRANCISCUS HENRI

Mother Hen Music

PO Box 270 Eltham Victoria 3095

Australia

phone 61 3 9439 8332
email

website www.misterwhiskers.com

website www.franciscushenri.com

Franciscus Henri

Creator and performer of • MISTER WHISKERS and his dog SMIGGY®•

Born: The Hague - Netherlands. Settled in Australia 1956.

* HIGHER DIPLOMA SECONDARY TEACHING (SECONDARY Art and Crafts)

EDUCATION / THEATRE

* Workshops for teachers (performing arts in pre-schools)

* Artist in residence (performing arts in primary schools) Victorian Education department.

* Performer, Set designer, Musician.

Drama Resource Centre - Victorian Education Dept'

* Artist in residence - Lockhart River Community – QLD. Years 1998. 1999. 2000. 2002.

* Artist in residence – Gove Festival – QLD. Years 2000 & 2001

*Artist in residence – Dunolly Primary School for ‘Dunolly Cluster’ 2003 and 2004. Three day workshops
with 2 other artists to develop a performance for the Community.

* Artist in residence – Ivanhoe East Primary School 2005. Created with the students of the whole school
and subsequently recorded a CD of a School Anthem to Celebrate the Centenary
of the School.

*Music classes preps. year one, year two Viewbank primary school (vic) 2009

SCRIPT WRITER / DESIGNER / PERFORMER.

School productions for the Arts Councils of :

VICTORIA, ACT, QUEENSLAND, TASMANIA.

Television / for children

* Script writer / Presenter

"Launching Pad" a weekly program for children

Presented on ATV 10 over three years.

* Musician / Singer. Script writer / Composer and Presenter

"Shirls' Neighbourhood" HSV 7.

Radio / for children

* Scriptwriter / Composer. Musician and Presenter

"STORY WORLD “ ABC national radio.. 1980 - 1985

“HELLO IT’S ME HERE AGAIN!” Kidz Radio 2zh 1995-96

"HELLO MISTER WHISKERS” ABC RADIO 3LO(774) 1998-1999

COMPOSER Film Music.

"Soft Soap"

"Autism Who Cares?"

"Gold Mining in Victoria"

COMPOSER Childrens’ Music.

Over three hundred song titles recorded.

Six stories recorded in Audio form.

APRA NOMINATION MOST PERFORMED CHILDREN SONG

“ We like wearing Pyjamas” (Bananas in Pyjamas) 1995

THEATRE.

Production manager. Set designer. Costume designer

Composer. Script writer. Resident musician -

Performer. ALEXANDER THEATRE COMPANY

ILLUSTRATOR.

All Music books for children as set out in ‘Music books published for children’
All artwork for my own catalogue of CD’s and Video / DVD

Various artworks for Record, CD, Cassette, Video covers: ABC FOR KIDS

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AND CONCERT TOURS.

* VICTORIA. Victorian Arts Centre Concert Hall,

Universal Theatre. Athenaeum Theatre, Regional Theatres.

Schools and kindergartens

Port Fairy Folk Festival (seven years) and 2013

Queenscliff Music Festival

Gass Works Children's’ Festival

‘Fun for Kids Festival’– Warrnambool (1999 - 2008)

A two day Season for the past 26 Years At Geelong Performing Arts Centre

A two day Season for the past 26 Years for Ballarat Early Childhood Groups presented in theatre.

* NSW

‘ABC for Kids’ tours – Opera House and Regional Theatres.
Presentation of performance for Playgroups and Nursing Mothers Association

* WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Perth Playhouse. WAPAC regional theatres.

* SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Adelaide Festival.

Odeon Theatre.

Theatre Royale.

Regional Theatres.

* QUEENSLAND

Brisbane South Bank. NARPACA regional theatre tours 5 years.

Schools and kindergartens.

Lockhart River Community – QLD. Years 1998. 1999. 2000. 2002.

* NORTHERN TERRITORY

Regional theatres

Gove Festival

Yirrikala Community school

* TASMANIA.

Regional theatres. Schools and kindergartens

* CANADA

Showcase at Vancouver International Children’s Festival

*SINGAPORE
Fringe Festival Singapore Arts Festival 1999

International Clubs 2000 / 2001

"Carousel Festival" Singapore Symphony Orchestra 2001

* Australia + USA Boston / UK London
Concert Presentation “Nothing Fixed or Final” the Song and Poetry of Sydney Carter

CO - WRITER / PRESENTER

"Children's Pops" 1994 Victorian State Orchestra presentation Melbourne Concert Hall

"Carousel Festival" 2001 Writer / Performer with Singapore Symphony Orchestra

“Chookas Festival” 2003 VCA ‘Lunch box Orchestra’ (V.C.A.orchestra)

MUSIC BOOKS PUBLISHED FOR CHILDREN

Franciscus Henri Song Book

Franciscus Henri Christmas Song Book

Songs from Treehouse

Walking on the Milkyway

HELLO MISTER WHISKERS

SING and READ with MISTER WHISKERS

RECORDINGS FOR CHILDREN

Performing artist.

Producer / co-producer / writer / arranger

"Ding Dong"

"Pigtails"

"Sunshine Rainbows and Violins"

"Witches Kinder"

"50 Golden Nursery Rhymes"

"Franciscus Henri Christmas Songs"

"Tree House"

"White Pyjamas"

** "Dancing in the Kitchen"

"Franciscus Henri Merry Christmas" ** "Walking on the Milkyway"

"Stories and Songs"

** "My Favourite Nursery Rhymes"

** "I'm Hans Christian Andersen"

** "HELLO MISTER WHISKERS!"

"MISTER WHISKERS - my favourite Nursery Rhymes"

** "Hooray! for MISTER WHISKERS"

** "MISTER WHISKERS Monkey Business"

Best of Franciscus Henri

Sing and Read with MISTER WHISKERS

Six CD series for MUSIKMAKERS AUSTRALIA

** A.R.I.A Awards: nomination "Best Children’s Record" 1992. 1993. 1994. 1995. 1997. 1999. 2000

Producer : Stories and Songs *DON SPENCER

*TERRI MURRAY

Compiler : *Eat to the beat. *Weird, Whacky and Wonderful People.

*Going Places. *All About Animals.

*Time for Singing. *Singing is Fun.

VIDEO / DVD

Presenter / Script writer / Costume design/ on line director Puppet design and construction.

"Oh No it's the Franciscus Henri Video"

"Franciscus Sings I'm Hans Christian Andersen and other songs"

"HELLO MISTER WHISKERS"

"MISTER WHISKERS – My Favourite Nursery Rhymes"

“ Sing a Song in Singapore”
“Children's Pops with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

RECORDINGS FOR ADULTS

· Gabriel's Mother's Highway

· Sydney Carter In Concert

· Lord of the Dance

· Franciscus Henri - NOTHING FIXED OR FINAL
(Songs and Poetry of Sydney Carter)

EXHIBITING PAINTER

Four one man exhibitions in galleries of Melbourne

Past member board of directors — Victorian Arts Council

Past (Founding) president / secretary — Eltham Arts Council Inc

Past president — School Council, Lower Plenty Primary School

Past member — Culture and Arts Consultative group . Nillumbik Council
Treasurer — Free Speech Victoria Inc 2005 – 2008

Committee member - ForChildren