The Joy of Jazz is on a drive to empower the youth
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Free-Kiba drummer, composer, and producer, Dr. Sello Galane. Picture: Supplied.
SKILLS
The Joy of Jazz takes the magic of jazz to the youth with an empowering skills workshop on November 23, 2022, from 10am to 3pm at Joburg Theatre.
The workshop is devised to empower music students and young people with dreams of a career in music, with valuable knowledge and insights.
This also allows students to build relationships with the musicians as mentors as they grow. The workshop, as an investment in the future careers of young musicians, is at the heart of this year’s focus on recovery for the festival after a two-year COVID-19-related hiatus.
Focused on imparting actionable, useful, and relevant skills, the workshop also creates a welcoming context for young people to access experienced musicians.
A league of award-winning musicians will take turns giving classes on key subjects and learning areas throughout the day.
Free-Kiba drummer, composer, and producer, Dr. Sello Galane, will start the programme with a session on "Introduction to Improvisation."
The lesson makes use of games and activities to allow students to understand music away from instruments.
This aims to help with expanding the imagination and teaching techniques for practise and performance.
Guitarist, composer, and song stylist Selaelo Selota will present Ears without Tears, which aims to help improve the connection between aural and theoretical skills of students’ approaches to playing in small and larger group settings.
Multi-award winning vocalist Gloria Bosman will teach how to play anything with confidence, while composer and guitarist Billy Monama will present a lesson themed, "Ensemble is the way to go."
Festival Producer Mantwa Chinoamadi Mutshinya said: "We are committed to building a festival that is more than a great musical event. The Joy of Jazz as a platform includes workshops designed to provide music students a once in a lifetime opportunity to share and absorb skills from renowned professional musicians. The impact of artists has been far-reaching thanks to their committed contributions over the years. It’s reflected in the responses by young musicians, who post our workshops and share their experiences as they grow."