Get your groove on at the 2016 Gauteng Big Band Jazz Festival
If you are a jazz lover, the Gauteng Big Band Jazz Festival is sure to set your feet tapping as the next generation of big band jazz musicians take to the stage. The Gauteng Big Band Jazz Festival, first made its name on the jazz scene in 2012. The Festival was formed following the success of the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival. The Gauteng event showcases school and community bands.
The event is kindly sponsored by the SAMRO Foundation and Paul Bothner Music, who are both passionate about local youth music development and education, which they support through various projects.
Mission:
To provide a platform where school Jazz Bands in Gauteng can perform.
To bring Jazz to the Youth where it belongs.
To grow the awareness and appreciation of Jazz in schools in Gauteng.
To connect young musicians of different socio- economic backgrounds within the common language of Jazz.
To provide inspiration for existing school bands by exposing them to young professional Jazz Bands and raise the level of Jazz at school level in Gauteng.
Create a bond with Universities and Tertiary Institutions for pupils at High School.
To bring Jazz Big Band performances to schools in areas where there are none.
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Participating Bands
- Pridwin P’zazz Jazz Band, who earlier this year performed in the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival
- Johannesburg Youth Jazz Ensemble
- King David Jazz Band
- Pretoria Boys’ High Big Band
- Cornwall Hill College, as well as
- Alumni|city
To book your tickets, head to the Computicket Website
