Media Release 12 August 2012
SAMRO Foundation supporting the Big Band
Jazz Festival
Johannesburg:- If you are a jazz lover, then the Gauteng Big Band Jazz Festival sponsored by the SAMRO Foundation is sure to set your feet tapping, as the next generation of big band jazz musicians take to the stage.
Join us at The Edge, St. Mary’s School, 55 Athol Street, Waverley on the nights of Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 September 19h30
The following schools/colleges will be participating in the Festival:
Wednesday 19 September
St. Mary’s Waverley Senior School Jazz Band
Pridwin Afro-Jazz Ensemble
St John’s College Senior Jazz Band
Johannesburg Youth Jazz Ensemble
The Pridwin P’zazz Jazz Band
Roedean Jazz Band
Tshwane University Stage Band
Thursday 20 September
King David Jazz Band
St. Katharine’s Jazz Band
St. David’s Marist All Stars Band
Music Academy of Gauteng
St. Alban’s College Big Band
The S.A. College High School Jazz Band (Cape Town)
This event has been made possible by the Sponsorship of the SAMRO Foundation. The SAMRO Foundation is a newly-registered non-profit organisation which replaces the SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts (SENA). The Foundation is the corporate social investment arm of SAMRO, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation with André le Roux as its Executive General Manager.
The Aims and Objectives of the SAMRO Foundation include the promotion of the national arts through sponsorships of various kinds, encouraging excellence in the arts, facilitating economic participation in the creative economy, influencing cultural and arts policy by means of research and advocacy, and promoting living cultural heritage. The Foundation houses one of the largest archives of original South African art music and light music scores (www.samrofoundation.org.za).
Bookings through Computicket: 0861 915 8000
For all Enquiries on the festival please contact Ann Barr 082 451 3696
Email: gautengbigbandjazzfest@gmail.com
Issued by JT Communication Solutions on behalf of the SAMRO Foundation
