About Jaconell

Jaconell Mouton is a highly sought-after arranger, pianist and producer. She has collaborated with numerous international artists, including Dave Koz, and was featured on his album "Gifts of the Season." 

Jaconell grew up near the Cederberg mountains and studied music at TUT in Pretoria, South Africa. She has decades of experience as a freelance musician and over twenty-two years in numerous TV Music Productions as Musical Director. She joined the  music game show  "Noot vir Noot" in 2003, eventually becoming its Musical Director until it's sunset in 2022.

 Jaconell has been involved as Music Director in over 350 TV episodes. She has been on screen in over 400 broadcasts. She has worked with over 350 artists worldwide and produces music from wherever she is on the globe. 

Jaconell has received several awards and nominations for her work, including a SAMA nomination and a Ghoema award. 

 

International Artists Jaconell has worked with in various capacities include:

Dave Koz

Dana Winner

The late Demis Roussos

Leo Sayer

Herman van Veen

Stef Bos

Crash Test Dummies

 

In collaboration with Jeremy Lubbock Jaconell worked on projects for:

Stevie Wonder 

Fourplay

Chris Botti

Josh Groban

3T

Richard Marx

 

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

YEAR ARTIST AWARD/NOMINATION CATEGORY
2011 Coenie De Villiers (Hart van Glas) *Jaconell Mouton Producer South African Music Award (SAMA) Best Adult Contemporary Album
2011 Coenie De Villiers (Hart van Glas) *Jaconell Mouton Producer Wawela Awards Best Creative Album of the Year
2013 Laurika Rauch (Dans, Dans Willemien) *Jaconell Mouton Main Producer Ghoema Award Best Contemporary Album by a Female Artist
2013 Laurika Rauch (Dans, Dans Willemien) *Reached Gold Status within first 3 weeks of release Tempo Awards Best Contemporary Album of the Year
2016 Coenie De Villiers (Emoji) *Jaconell Mouton Producer and Co-writer of the track Shesha Ghoema Awards * Nominated for 4 awards Best Producer (2017)
2016 Coenie De Villiers (Emoji) *Jaconell Mouton Producer and Co-writer of the track Shesha performed in collaboration with Wouter Kellerman 2 x Grammy Winner SAMA * Nomination Best Afrikaans Contemporary Album
2019 Jaconell Mouton Stellenbosch High School Prestige Arts Special Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry in South Africa

 

 

Photo by Greg da Silva