Stellenbosch

Another song of their gig in Stellenbosch, Cape.

Each year the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival sets the stage for a national search for the finest young jazz talent in the country. Hopefuls between 13 and 26 years get the chance to play their hearts out for a prestigious place in one of two national bands – one at school level, and one representing the best players under the age of 26. After Grahamstown, the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band performs in leading jazz festivals around the country and has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands and twice in Sweden. See these newly selected bands comprising the country’s top young jazz players performing together for the first time at 17.00 and 22.00. The Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band will show you the strides being made in the jazz education programmes in high schools around South Africa. The band brings together the best young school players in the country under the guidance of Felicia Lesch, a very experienced music educator who ran the Heathfield High School Jazz Band for many years in Cape Town and is now co-ordinator of the Jazz Certificate Programme at Stellenbosch University. The irrepressible big band sound is the most popular genre in jazz and a wonderful vehicle for educating young players.