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British jazz in Paarl

British jazz in Paarl
 
2008-03-19


A GROUP of highly talented young jazz and steelpan musicians from two schools in Hampshire UK are teaming up with young vocalists and musicians of four schools from the Western Cape in a unique project, the South Africa Panjazz Project.

These musicians from Brookfield Community School and Portchester Community School in the United Kingdom are staying in the Manyano Centre in Paarl and are rehearsing daily at the Frank Pietersen Music Centre with choir members from Paarl, Groendal Secondary School (Franschhoek), Kayamandi High School (Stellenbosch) and Scottsville Secondary (Kraaifontein).

The group arrived in South Africa on Friday and will be visiting the Drakenstein area until 30 March, giving various concerts in the Western Cape.

There will be three ensembles: a Jazz Orchestra, a Steel Orchestra, as well as the Panjazz Project which is exploring areas of interest between these two genres.

The two very different styles of music blend together in an amazing fusion. The exotic, relaxed sounds of the steel pans combine with the powerful feel of brass instruments and Western jazz rhythms.

The South Africa Panjazz Project is a crucial component of a unique school-based partnership bringing together students/learners and teachers from communities in the Western Cape and United Kingdom.

This international partnership seeks to develop international links between schools and musicians from a variety of cultural traditions and backgrounds, capturing the talents, joy and hope expressed by learners from both continents.

People who would like to listen to this unique music can come to one of the concerts listed below:

* Thursday 20 March at 19:00 at Artscape Cape Town.

* Saturday 22 March at 13:00 at Vineyard Brasserie Franschhoek.

* Monday 24 March at 17:00 at V&A Waterfront Cape Town.

* Tuesday 25 March at 17:00 at Mzoli’s Place, Gugulethu,

Thursday 27 March at 17:00 at V&A Waterfront Cape Town.

* Friday 28 March 19:00 at Nelson’s Creek Wine Estate, Paarl.

Tickets are R40 (children R25).




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