The annual Cape Town Marimba Festival and Steelband Festival is a joint venture between the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival, Woodworx Marimbas and the Steelband Project.
Where: Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Theatre, Main Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town
When: 21 April 2015
Time: 7.45pm – 9.15pm
Cost: R 100 adults | R 50 students and seniors
Tel: 021 685 7880
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ctbigbandjazzfest.co.za
The Steelband Project (Western Cape) was set up in 1997 by Liz Brouckaert and David Wickham. The core focus of the project is to provide quality music education to young people, with a particular focus on youth in under-resourced communities and “youth-at-risk”. The project is active in many suburban, township and rural areas. There are currently 16 steelbands being taught by the Steelband Project on a weekly basis, with an average size of 15 members. The Wynberg bands, although originally taught by the Steelband Project are now entirely independent and are currently taught by Keenan Oliphant.
This year the following schools and community bands will participate:
Hermon
Riebeek Kasteel Junior
Heideveld Secondary
Fraschoek
Wynberg Boys High
Grane College (Grahamstown)
Lawson Brown High
Thedoor Herzl (PE)
Queens College Junior (Queenstown)
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