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26th STANDARD BANK NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018
Welcome to Grahamstown, the National Arts Festival, and the biggest youth jazz festival in South Africa! There are
five extremely full days for you to take advantage of and a host of excellent musicians and teachers to meet and
hear, as well as a chance to assess yourself against your peers from around the country. The full programme for the
Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival is outlined below.
We are very grateful to the following sponsors for making the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival possible:
Standard Bank
The Embassy of Argentina in South Africa Music Norway Paul Bothner Music
ProHelvetia Royal Netherlands Embassy SAMRO
Thank you also to the following institutions and people who have supported us by providing equipment:
Paul Bothner Music, Les van der Veen, Eastern Cape Jazz Promotions, Stirling High School, DSG / St. Andrews Music
School, UCT College of Music, Rondebosch Boys High, Len Cloete, Kingswood College, Parel Vallei High School,
Neville Hartzenberg, Leonard Brandt, Pinelands High School
The Festival Production Office (for performing artists) is in the Music School.
The Artists’ Office is in Music 2.
The SBNYJF Student Office is Music 3.
FESTIVAL RULES
1. Please be punctual for all aspects of the SBSBNYJF. Everyone must be there – on time – for band rehearsals.
2. We are guests of DSG – please treat the facilities accordingly. Please obey the rules of the hostels and show
consideration for others. There is to be no noise after 22.00 and curfew for students in DSG hostels is 00.30.
Don’t try to sneak friends in overnight, as you will need to pay in full for their accommodation.
3. Show respect for SBNYJF equipment. Most of it has been lent to us and needs to be returned in perfect
condition.
4. You must behave according to the rules of your institution.
5. There must be complete silence in open rehearsals.
6. Your name badge is your ticket to food and jazz – do not lose it, as they are very difficult to replace! A name
badge can only be replaced at the Student Office at a cost of R10.
7. An attendance record will be kept for all workshops and performances. This record is used in determining
acceptance and financial assistance at future festivals.
8. Attend as many performances as possible, as they are designed partly to attract audiences and partly to
show young SA jazz muso’s the diversity and complexity of jazz. Make the most of a unique opportunity.
9. If we want respect for our music we must show it ourselves, especially in the performance venues,
specifically with drinking and cell phones. Cell phones should be off in all venues.
10. Notices will be put up on the wall of the Auditorium – make sure that you check regularly for any changes.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. As the SBSBNYJF increases in size, we cannot include all students who apply, and you have been accepted in
place of someone who was turned away. Please make the most of the festival.2. For future applications make sure that you fill in the application forms in full detail, and get them in on time.
Any applications for any sort of financial assistance must be filled in completely and be in on time.
3. Last year a number of the shows were sold out, and we expect the same this year. This means that you
might not get into all of the shows you want to watch. There are two options: attend the rehearsal, or first
come first served at the door. We will accommodate at least 50 SBNYJF participants in each show. Line up at
the side entrance to the Hall ½ hour before a show to ensure a seat.
4. Attend the lectures / electives and get value for your money! Immerse yourself in jazz 16 hours a day for five
days!
5. Be conscious of security and keep any valuables close. Avoid walking around the town at night.
6. Don’t be shy – meet your peers and find common interests. Also meet the professionals and learn from
them.
REQUESTS
1. The SBSBNYJF has grown dramatically over the years, and much of this is attributable to the generous
support of Standard Bank. If students were to have to pay the full costs of the course, the festival would be
too expensive to run. Please thus make a point of acknowledging Standard Bank publicly by wearing your
branded clothing where possible.
2. There are other venues in town you might like to visit at night, either to listen or even to jam. If your
attendance there means you miss SBNYJF performances, or adversely affects your participation in the
morning workshops, you will not be accepted for future festivals.
3. Chaperones and teachers - take part and learn more about jazz, and please feel free to help.
DAILY PROGRAMME SUMMARY
NATIONAL BAND PRACTICES (9.00 – 13.00)
NYJB Room National Youth Jazz Band Amanda Tiffin
NSBB Room National Schools’ Jazz Band Gordon Vernick
BAND PRACTICES (9.00 – 10.00)
Mixed ability big bands Marc de Kock, Brian Thusi, Justin Sasman, Duncan Combe, Graham Beyer, Debbie
Everard, Terrence Scarr, Kyle du Preez
Vocals Natalie Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette Petersen,
Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
Every instrumental student attending the course who is not selected for the national bands will be divided into 8
equal bands, with as close to a Big Band format as possible. Everyone will play in a band every morning and each
band will perform one number on two occasions at an internal performance in the Auditorium. Punctuality is non-
negotiable! All vocal students will attend a morning workshop at the same time.
ELECTIVES (10.30 – 11.30; 12.00 – 13.00; 14.00 – 15.00)
The electives on offer are meant to be very diverse in content and standard (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), and
to cover a range of jazz topics as well as ancillary subjects. Included in this will be Improvisation workshops which
will be one-hour ensemble workshops with one of the teaching musicians (B, I, A).
GENERAL PERFORMANCE (15.15 – 16.45) Music School Auditorium
Every band – and thus every participant - will perform in this slot, as outlined in the programme. These are open to
the public and are free.
GIGS (DSG Hall - 12.00, 17.00, 20.30 / Auditorium - 14.00, 19.00, 21.30)
Sound checks for these gigs are timetabled in the morning and afternoon slots, and they are open to students to sit
silently and see how the pro’s run practice sessions and sound checks. Entry to the evening gigs is free on
presentation of SBNYJF name badges if there is sufficient space. SBNYJF participants may enter the venue after the
paying Festival audience members have taken their seats. There will be at least 50 guaranteed seats available to
SBNYJF participants at the start of each performance.STANDARD BANK JAZZ CAFE (Saints Bistro – 22.30)
Your SBNYJF ID does not provide entrance to this venue. A certain number of comps will be allocated daily.
PRACTICE SESSIONS
The drum practice room – Music 20 - will be available for booking through the Student Office. You may also jam in
Old 5 at the times indicated.
VENUES
Hall The DSG Hall, in the middle of the campus
Auditorium Main room of the Music School
NYJB Beyond the fountain past the Hodson Block – Carnac Block
NSBB Library
Room 1-12 DSG Classrooms (Hodson Block) on West of campus.
Vocal Centre Hodson Block
Music 1-3 Classrooms in the Music School
Music 20, 24, 27 Classrooms in the new Music School block
Old 3-5 Classrooms in Old School next to Hall
Old 4/Quad Student Chill Zone
Music 24 SBNYJF Listening Room: South African Jazz – an audio installation. This exciting 8-hour radio
mini-series will run all day during the festival. It is a 4-part journey through SA jazz, from the
beginning to the present. You can enter and exit the room freely but quietly.
MEAL TIMES (DSG Dining Room) – Entry by name tag. Please vacate the Dining Hall as soon as possible to give
everyone a chance to eat.
Breakfast 8.00 – 9.00 Lunch 12.30 – 14.00 Supper 17.45 – 19.00
Wednesday 27 June
14.00 Auditorium Registration of SBNYJF participants
16.00 Room 1 NSBB audition for George/KZN/Ght students – Marc de Kock, Kyle du Preez, Dean Flanagan
19.00 Room 8 & 9 NSBB audition preparation (running the audition charts) – Marc de Kock, Kyle du Preez
20.00
Music 27 National Band Audition panels – Brian Thusi, Nishlyn Ramanna, Marc de Kock, Amanda Tiffin,
Gordon Vernick, Terrence Scarr, Bruce Baker, Dean Flanagan, Duncan Combe, Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes,
Mike Skipper, Kyle du Preez, Justin Sasman, Sakhile Simani, Natalie Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie
Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette Petersen, Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
21.00 Hall First general meeting of SBNYJF
21.45 Hall Meeting – Teachers/chaperones
Thursday 28 June
8.00 Auditions for national bands (through to 16.00)
Auditorium Auditions for NYJB - Alan Webster, Brian Thusi, Nishlyn Ramanna, Marc de Kock
Library Auditions for NSBB – Rhythm section - Terrence Scarr, Bruce Baker
Room 1 Auditions for NSBB – Saxes - Dean Flanagan, Duncan Combe, Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes
Room 3 Auditions for NSBB – Trumpets & Trombones - Mike Skipper, Kyle du Preez, Justin Sasman, Sakhile
Simani
Accompanying rhythm sections – Graham Beyer, Alistair Andrews, Debbie Everard, Phuti Sephuru9.00
Vocal centre Jazz Vocals (First audition) – Natalie Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette
Petersen, Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
10:00
Room 7 Rehearsal Sydney Mavundla, Sisonke Xonti, Andreas Tschopp, Afrika Mkhize, Ariel Zamonsky, Peter
Auret
10.30 ELECTIVES
Music 27 Intro to jazz chords and harmony - Neteske Horton
Old 5 Introduction to improvisation - Ronel Nagfaal
Room 3 Intro to jazz drumming - Ayanda Sikade
Room 8 Introduction to jazz sax - Dan Shout
Room 12 Introduction to our music - Christoph Steiner, Marco Müller, Matthias Wenger, Benedikt Reising
12.00 ELECTIVES
Auditorium Final youth vocal students for Youth Band audition - Natalie Rungan
Library Auditions for NSBB – Gordon Vernick, Terrence Scarr, Bruce Baker, Dean Flanagan, Duncan Combe,
Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes, Mike Skipper, Kyle du Preez, Justin Sasman, Sakhile Simani
Final students in School Big Band audition given 2 charts to work on – Lynette Petersen
Old 3 Introduction to sound engineering - Christoph King-Utzinger
Room 3 Intro to jazz rhythms - Sphelelo Mazibuko
Room 4 Introduction to jazz bass - Alistair Andrews
Room 5 Introduction to jazz guitar - Nick Rumpelt
Room 8 Sound developments on the sax for beginners – Georgia Jones
Room 10 Introduction to jazz trombone - Graham Beyer
Room 12 This is what jazz sounds like - Christoph Steiner, Shane Cooper, Thandi Ntuli, Dan Shout
14.00 ELECTIVES
Hall Rehearsal - Victor Dey Jnr, Sisonke Xonti, Marcus Wyatt, Romy Brauteseth, Ayanda Sikade
Auditorium Final Auditions for NYJB – Alan Webster, Brian Thusi, Nishlyn Ramanna, Marc de Kock, Amanda Tiffin
Library Final Auditions for NSBB – Gordon Vernick, Terrence Scarr, Bruce Baker, Dean Flanagan, Duncan
Combe, Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes, Mike Skipper, Kyle du Preez, Justin Sasman, Sakhile Simani, Natalie
Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette Petersen, Nthabiseng Motsepe-
Notyesi
Music 27 Intro to jazz chords and harmony – Debbie Everard
Old 3 Interesting arrangements with your instrument/voice using a loop station and other effects - Alistair
Andrews
Old 5 Introduction to improvisation - Ronel Nagfaal
Room 7 Rehearsal - Matthias Wenger, Andreas Tschopp, Afrika Mkhize, Shane Cooper, Sphelelo Mazibuko
Room 12 Improvisation in action - Peter Auret, Marco Müller, Nick Rumpelt, Graham Beyer
15:00
Hall Sound Check - Victor Dey Jnr, Sisonke Xonti, Marcus Wyatt, Romy Brauteseth, Ayanda Sikade
Village Green Sydney Mavundla, Ariel Zamonsky
17.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Victor Dey Jnr - Welcome to South Africa
Victor Dey Jnr, Sisonke Xonti, Marcus Wyatt, Romy Brauteseth, Ayanda Sikade
18:00
Auditorium Sound Check - UCT Big Band
19.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium UCT Big Band – Mike Campbell19:00
Hall Sound Check: Tineke Postma, Marc van Roon, Clemens van der Feen, Tristan Renfrew
Room 7 Rehearsal - Benedikt Reising, Gordon Vernick, Bokani Dyer, Marco Müller, Marlon Witbooi
Room 12 Rehearsal - Thandi Ntuli, Mthunzi Mvubu, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Justin Sasman, Keenan
Ahrends, Benjamin Jephta, Sphelelo Mazibuko, Tlale Makhene
20.30 PERFORMANCE
Hall Bloom Quartet
Tineke Postma, Marc van Roon, Clemens van der Feen, Tristan Renfrew
21:30
Café Sound Check - Matthias Wenger, Andreas Tschopp, Afrika Mkhize, Shane Cooper, Sphelelo Mazibuko
22.30 PERFORMANCE
Café Matthias Wenger, Andreas Tschopp, Afrika Mkhize, Shane Cooper, Sphelelo Mazibuko
Friday 29 June
9.00
NYJB Room Amanda Tiffin
Library Gordon Vernick
Vocal Centre Vocal Warm Up, Techniques/Masterclass - Natalie Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie Fahrer, Lisette
Spinnler, Lynette Petersen, Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
Room 1 Terrence Scarr
Room 3 Kyle du Preez
Room 4 Debbie Everard
Room 5 Graham Beyer
Room 6 Vocals
Room 8 Justin Sasman
Room 9 Marc de Kock
Room 10 Duncan Combe
Room 11 Brian Thusi
10:00
Hall Sound Check - Sydney Mavundla, Sisonke Xonti, Andreas Tschopp, Afrika Mkhize, Ariel Zamonsky,
Peter Auret
Music 27 Rehearsal: The Sounding Image - Asko Schönberg Ensemble (Amsterdam)
Room 7 Rehearsal - Andile Yenana, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Kyle du Preez, Christoph King-Utzinger,
Michi Stulz
10.30 ELECTIVES
Auditorium Internal performance: Keenan Ahrends Trio - Keenan Ahrends, Sphelelo Mazibuko, Romy Brauteseth
Old 3 Apps for Smartphones and Tablets/iPads that every musician should have - Alistair Andrews
Vocal Centre Afro Jazz Small Group (10-15 singers) - Zenzi Makeba Lee, Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
Room 1 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Bokani Dyer, Benjamin Jephta, Matthias Wenger
Room 4 Composition using techniques from electronic and acoustic music - Shane Cooper
Room 6 Choir - Natalie Rungan, Lynette Petersen
Room 8 My approach to jazz sax - Marc de Kock, Benedikt Reising
Room 9 Soul is Rhythm (When the Music Dances) - Tlale Makhene
Room 10 “Investigating Diminished Chords” (all instruments I/A) - Dan Shout
Room 11 Improvisation workshop (B) - Brian Thusi
Room 12 Teacher Big Band workshop - Mike Campbell
11:30
Room 12 Rehearsal - Zenzi Makeba Lee, Amanda Tiffin, Romy Brauteseth, Marlon Witbooi, Tlale Makhene12.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Sydney Mavundla – Luhambo
Sydney Mavundla, Sisonke Xonti, Andreas Tschopp, Afrika Mkhize, Ariel Zamonsky, Peter Auret
12.00 ELECTIVES
Music 27 Workshop - The Sounding Image - Asko Schönberg Ensemble (Amsterdam)
Old 3 Using your loop station as a teaching tool - Alistair Andrews
Old 5 Vocal individual lessons - Lynette Petersen
Vocal Centre Vocal individual lessons - Natalie Rungan
Room 1 Rehearsal - Petter Wettre, Hans Mathisen, Jørn Øien, Daniel Franck, Hermund Nygaard
Room 3 Drum workshop - Ayanda Sikade
Room 4 Bass workshop - Shane Cooper
Room 5 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Marco Müller, Dan Shout
Room 6 Small Vocal Group (8-10 singers) - Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler
Room 8 Rhythm reading made EASY - Terrence Scarr
Room 9 Not a women's issue: why we need to tackle gender in music education and the music industry - Ceri
Moelwyn-Hughes
Room 10 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Christoph Steiner, Benjamin Jephta, Marc de Kock
Room 11 Trumpet workshop - Sakhile Simani
12.30
Village Green Keenan Ahrends, Mthunzi Mvubu
13.30 SBNYJF 2018 Photographs (DSG Quad, near fountain - all to attend) + National Band photographs
14.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Schools/Youth I - Bergvliet, St. Mary’s
14.00 ELECTIVES
Hall Rehearsal - Thandi Ntuli, Mthunzi Mvubu, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Justin Sasman, Keenan
Ahrends, Benjamin Jephta, Sphelelo Mazibuko, Tlale Makhene
Music 27 Piano workshop - Bokani Dyer
Old 3 Building blocks to create killer synthesiser sounds and effect on any instrument - Alistair Andrews
Old 5 Sight reading for drummers - Bruce Baker
Vocal Centre Jazz improvising with the voice - Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler
Room 1 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Andile Yenana, Matthias Wenger
Room 4 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Ayanda Sikade, Victor Dey Jnr, Benedikt Reising
Room 5 Improvisation workshop (B/I) - Graham Beyer
Room 7 Rehearsal - Petter Wettre, Hans Mathisen, Jørn Øien, Daniel Franck, Hermund Nygaard
Room 8 Improvisation workshop (B) - Ronel Nagfaal
Room 9 The basics of live engineering - Christoph King-Utzinger
Room 10 Trombone workshop - Kyle du Preez
Room 11 Trumpet workshop - Brian Thusi
Room 12 Rehearsal - Zenzi Makeba Lee, Amanda Tiffin, Afrika Mkhize, Romy Brauteseth, Marlon Witbooi
15:00
Hall Sound Check - Thandi Ntuli, Mthunzi Mvubu, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Justin Sasman,
Keenan Ahrends, Benjamin Jephta, Sphelelo Mazibuko, Tlale Makhene
Village Green Sisonke Xonti, Shane Cooper
15.15
Auditorium Internal performance - Sole Individuals (Garden Route), CAFCA Matlosana
17.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz I – Thandi Ntuli
Thandi Ntuli, Mthunzi Mvubu, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Justin Sasman, Keenan Ahrends,
Benjamin Jephta, Sphelelo Mazibuko, Tlale Makhene18:00
Auditorium Sound Check - Petter Wettre, Hans Mathisen, Jørn Øien, Daniel Franck, Hermund Nygaard
19.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Petter Wettre Petter Wettre, Hans Mathisen, Jørn Øien, Daniel Franck, Hermund Nygaard
Hall Sound Check - Aaron Goldberg, Matt Penman, Leon Parker
Room 7 Rehearsal - Sisonke Xonti, Keenan Ahrends, Bokani Dyer, Shane Cooper, Marlon Witbooi, Spha
Mdladlose
20.00
Old 5 Student jam session - Alistair Andrews
20.30 PERFORMANCE
Hall Aaron Goldberg Trio
Aaron Goldberg, Matt Penman, Leon Parker
Auditorium Sound Check - Tineke Postma, Marc van Roon, Clemens van der Feen, Tristan Renfrew
21:30
Café Sound Check - Benedikt Reising, Gordon Vernick, Bokani Dyer, Marco Müller, Marlon Witbooi
22.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Bloom Quartet
Tineke Postma, Marc van Roon, Clemens van der Feen, Tristan Renfrew
22.30 PERFORMANCE
Café Benedikt Reising, Gordon Vernick, Bokani Dyer, Marco Müller, Marlon Witbooi
Saturday 30 June
9.00
Band venues as for Wednesday - Gordon Vernick, Terrence Scarr, Kyle du Preez, Debbie Everard, Graham Beyer,
Justin Sasman, Marc de Kock, Duncan Combe, Brian Thusi
Vocal Centre Vocal Warm Up, Techniques/Masterclass - Natalie Rungan, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette Petersen
Library Sectional rehearsals with NSBB: Matthias Wenger, Marcus Wyatt, Andreas Tschopp, Mike Campbell
Room 12 Playing as a rhythm section - Peter Auret, Ariel Zamonsky, Sebastian Hirsig
9:00
Hall Rehearsal - Zenzi Makeba Lee, Amanda Tiffin, Afrika Mkhize, Romy Brauteseth, Marlon Witbooi,
Tlale Makhene
Room 7 Rehearsal - Percy Mabandu, Sisonke Xonti, Linda Sikhakhane, Andile Yenana, Shane Cooper, Ayanda
Sikade
10.30 ELECTIVES
Hall Sound Check - Zenzi Makeba Lee, Amanda Tiffin, Afrika Mkhize, Romy Brauteseth, Marlon Witbooi,
Tlale Makhene
Auditorium Workshop – Leon Parker, Matt Penman, Aaron Goldberg
Music 27 My music – SBYA 2018 Thandi Ntuli
Old 3 Teaching music with new media (Loopstation, Computer, iPad, Smart phone) - Alistair Andrews
Old 5 Playing with a musician from a different background - Mthunzi Mvubu, Benedikt Reising
Vocal Centre "I've graduated: What now?" How to book gigs, build a career and release your own music - Spha
Mdladlose
Room 1 Improvisation workshop (B) - Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo
Room 3 Drum workshop - Christoph SteinerRoom 4 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Ariel Zamonsky, Dan Shout
Room 5 Live engineering: some more advanced concepts - Christoph King-Utzinger
Room 6 Extended Vocal Sounds & Impro Skills, Rhythmical exercises, Mouthpercussion, artificial languages,
how to approach the voice in a more instrumental way (A) - Andreas Schaerer
Room 7 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Marcus Wyatt, Victor Dey Jnr
Room 8 Sax workshop - Matthias Wenger
Room 9 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Peter Auret, Justin Sasman
Room 10 Improvisation workshop (B) - Brian Thusi
Room 11 Trumpet Workshop - Sydney Mavundla
Room 12 Teacher Big Band workshop - Terrence Scarr
12.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Zenzi Makeba Lee & Amanda Tiffin
Zenzi Makeba Lee, Amanda Tiffin, Afrika Mkhize, Romy Brauteseth, Marlon Witbooi, Tlale Makhene
12.00 ELECTIVES
Auditorium Workshop - Tineke Postma, Marc van Roon, Clemens van der Feen, Tristan Renfrew
Music 27 Piano workshop - Jørn Øien
Room 1 Solo Transcription: Jazz Styles and Analysis - Dan Shout
Old 3 Turning a studio performance into a professional recording – Alistair Andrews, Bokani Dyer
Old 5 Clarinet workshop - Duncan Combe
Room 3 Drum workshop - Hermund Nygaard
Room 4 Bass workshop - Daniel Franck
Room 5 Guitar workshop - Hans Mathisen
Room 7 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Marco Müller, Mthunzi Mvubu
Room 8 Sax workshop – Petter Wettre
Room 9 Beginning jazz performance: a Primer for Teachers & Learners - Mike Campbell
Room 10 Trombone workshop – Hendri Liebenberg
Room 11 Improvisation workshop (B/I) - Sydney Mavundla, Sphelelo Mazibuko
Room 12 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Victor Dey Jnr, Kyle du Preez, Andreas Tschopp
12.30
Village Green Thandi Ntuli, Benjamin Jephta
13:00
Auditorium Sound Check - Percy Mabandu, Sisonke Xonti, Linda Sikhakhane, Andile Yenana, Shane Cooper,
Ayanda Sikade
14.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Tribute to Mankunku’s Yakhal'inkomo
Percy Mabandu, Sisonke Xonti, Linda Sikhakhane, Andile Yenana, Shane Cooper, Ayanda Sikade
14.00 ELECTIVES
Hall Piano duo - Afrika Mkhize, Victor Dey Jnr
Music 27 Piano workshop - Marc van Roon
Old 3 Improving the sounds on your notation software (Sibelius, Final, Dorico, Notation etc.) - Alistair
Andrews
Old 5 Choir Sectional – Lynette Petersen
Vocal Centre Vocal technique and Belting – the do’s and dont’s - Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
Room 1 Improvisation workshop (B/I) - Graham Beyer, Nick Rumpelt
Room 3 Drum workshop - Tristan Renfrew
Room 4 Bass workshop - Clemens van der Feen
Room 5 Guitar workshop - Keenan Ahrends
Room 6 Choir Sectional – Natalie Rungan
Room 7 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Kyle du Preez, Sakhile Simani
Room 8 Sax workshop – Tineke Postma
Room 9 Sight reading - Ronel NagfaalRoom 10 Trombone workshop - Justin Sasman
Room 11 Trumpet workshop - Gordon Vernick
Room 12 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Michi Stulz, Sebastian Hirsig
15:00
Hall Sound Check - Petter Wettre, Hans Mathisen, Jørn Øien, Daniel Franck, Hermund Nygaard
Room 7 Rehearsal - Mthunzi Mvubu, Benedikt Reising, Sydney Mavundla, Afrika Mkhize, Romy Brauteseth,
Peter Auret
Room 12 Rehearsal - Thandi Ntuli, Linda Sikhakhane, Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo, Benjamin Jephta,
Sphelelo Mazibuko, DJKenzhero
Village Green Bokani Dyer, Marcus Wyatt
15.15
Auditorium Internal performance – Terrence Scarr, Kyle du Preez, Debbie Everard, Graham Beyer, Justin Sasman,
Marc de Kock, Duncan Combe, Brian Thusi
17.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall "Don’t try this at home" - A Tribute to Michael Brecker
Petter Wettre, Hans Mathisen, Jørn Øien, Daniel Franck, Hermund Nygaard
18:00
Auditorium Sound Check - Andreas Schaerer, Matthias Wenger, Benedikt Reising, Andreas Tschopp, Marco
Müller, Christoph Steiner, Christoph King-Utzinger
19.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Andreas Schaerer & Hildegard Lernt Fliegen
Andreas Schaerer, Matthias Wenger, Benedikt Reising, Andreas Tschopp, Marco Müller, Christoph
Steiner, Christoph King-Utzinger
Room 7 Rehearsal - Sisonke Xonti, Keenan Ahrends, Bokani Dyer, Shane Cooper, Marlon Witbooi, Spha
Mdladlose
19:30
Hall Sound Check - Aaron Goldberg, Matt Penman, Leon Parker
20.00
Old 5 Student jam session - Duncan Combe
20.30 PERFORMANCE
Hall Aaron Goldberg
Aaron Goldberg, Matt Penman, Leon Parker
20:30
Auditorium Sound Check - Sisonke Xonti, Keenan Ahrends, Bokani Dyer, Shane Cooper, Marlon Witbooi, Spha
Mdladlose
21:30
Café Sound Check - Mthunzi Mvubu, Benedikt Reising, Sydney Mavundla, Afrika Mkhize, Romy
Brauteseth, Peter Auret
22.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Sisonke Xonti
Sisonke Xonti, Keenan Ahrends, Bokani Dyer, Shane Cooper, Marlon Witbooi, Spha Mdladlose
Hall Sound Check - Thandi Ntuli, Linda Sikhakhane, Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo, Benjamin Jephta,
Sphelelo Mazibuko, DJKenzhero22.30 PERFORMANCE
Café Mthunzi Mvubu, Benedikt Reising, Sydney Mavundla, Afrika Mkhize, Romy Brauteseth, Peter Auret
23:00
Hall SBYA II Thandi Ntuli – Rebirth of Cool
Thandi Ntuli, Linda Sikhakhane, Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo, Benjamin Jephta, Sphelelo
Mazibuko, DJKenzhero
Sunday 1 July
9.00
Band venues as for Wednesday - Amanda Tiffin, Gordon Vernick, Terrence Scarr, Kyle du Preez, Debbie Everard,
Graham Beyer, Justin Sasman, Marc de Kock, Duncan Combe, Brian Thusi
Vocal Centre Vocal Warm Up, Techniques/Masterclass – Zenzi Makeba Lee, Lisette Spinnler, Nthabiseng Motsepe-
Notyesi
Room 12 Playing as a rhythm section - Christoph Steiner, Marco Müller, Victor Dey Jnr
10:00
Hall Sound Check - Andile Yenana, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Kyle du Preez, Christoph King-
Utzinger, Michi Stulz
10.30 ELECTIVES
Auditorium Scat Lab - Andreas Schaerer
Library Sectional rehearsal with NSBB: Bruce Baker, Shane Cooper, Keenan Ahrends
Music 27 Jazz harmony (B) - Debbie Everard
Music practice Individual vocal lessons – Natalie Rungan
Old 3 If the jazz doesn’t work out, maybe the didgeridoo will! - Duncan Combe
Old 5 Improvisation workshop (B/I) – Sakhile Simani
Vocal Centre Choir - Lynette Petersen
Room 1 Advantages and dangers of playing multiple instruments - Graham Beyer
Room 3 Different perspectives on drumming- Marlon Witbooi, Peter Auret, Ayanda Sikade, Christoph Steiner
Room 4 Bass workshop - Marco Müller
Room 5 Sight reading for guitar - Nick Rumpelt
Room 6 Small Vocal Ensemble - Lisette Spinnler, Julie Fahrer
Room 7 Sectional rehearsal with NSBB saxes - Marc de Kock
Room 8 Taking Care of Business (I/A) - Dan Shout
Room 9 Trombone workshop - Andreas Tschopp
Room 10 Stories from my jazz life - Brian Thusi
Room 11 Sectional rehearsal with NSBB trumpets – Gordon Vernick
Room 12 Sectional rehearsal with NSBB trombones - Justin Sasman
12.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Andile Yenana: Umnqgunqgo wabantu
Andile Yenana, Linda Sikhakhane, Marcus Wyatt, Kyle du Preez, Christoph King-Utzinger, Michi Stulz
12.00 ELECTIVES
Auditorium Group Improvisation - Andreas Schaerer
Music 27 Piano workshop - Sebastian Hirsig
Old 3 Choosing DAW Software for recording/producing: Protools, Logic, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live,
Reason etc. - Alistair Andrews
Old 5 Life after high school - careers in the music industry - Dean Flanagan
Vocal Centre Vocal technique-pitch/blend and harmonization. How I do what I do!! - Titi Luzipo
Room 1 Jazz sight reading - Duncan Combe
Room 3 Drum workshop - Bruce Baker
Room 4 Bass workshop - Benjamin Jephta
Room 5 Improvisation workshop (B/I) - Brian Thusi, Mthunzi MvubuRoom 7 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Romy Brauteseth, Matthias Wenger
Room 8 Sax workshop - Benedikt Reising
Room 9 Improvisation workshop (B) - Terrence Scarr
Room 10 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Senzo Ngcobo, Ayanda Sikade
Room 11 Trumpet workshop (B) - Sthembiso Bhengu
12.30
Village Green Sisonke Xonti, Keenan Ahrends
13:30
Auditorium Sound Check: SACS, Stirling
14.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Schools/Youth II
14.00 ELECTIVES
Music 27 Music therapy, jazz, tell me more! – Danni McKinnon
Vocal Centre Afro Jazz Small Group - Zenzi Makeba Lee, Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi
Room 1 Rehearsal - Linda Sikhakhane, Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo, Victor Dey Jnr, Benjamin Jephta,
Sphelelo Mazibuko
Room 3 Drum workshop - Marlon Witbooi
Room 5 Improvisation workshop (B) - Dean Flanagan
Room 6 Choir - Lynette Petersen, Natalie Rungan
Room 7 Rehearsal - Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Thandi Ntuli, Shane Cooper, Peter Auret
Room 9 Improvisation workshop (B) - Ronel Nagfaal
Room 10 Trombone workshop - Graham Beyer
Room 11 Sax workshop - Marc de Kock
Room 12 Rehearsal - Marcus Wyatt, Mthunzi Mvubu, Sisonke Xonti, Janus van der Merwe, Kyle du Preez,
Andile Yenana, Romy Brauteseth, Ayanda Sikade, Titi Luzipo
15:00
Hall Sound Check - Andreas Schaerer, Matthias Wenger, Benedikt Reising, Andreas Tschopp, Marco
Müller, Christoph Steiner, Christoph King-Utzinger
Village Green Alistair Andrews, Brian Thusi
15.15
Auditorium Internal performance – Small vocal group (Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler), Afro Jazz small vocal
ensemble (Zenzi Makeba Lee, Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi), Jazz Choir (Lynette Petersen, Natalie
Rungan), NSBB – 2 numbers (Gordon Vernick), NYJB – 2 numbers (Amanda Tiffin)
17.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Andreas Schaerer & Hildegard Lernt Fliegen
Andreas Schaerer, Matthias Wenger, Benedikt Reising, Andreas Tschopp, Marco Müller, Christoph
Steiner, Christoph King-Utzinger
18:00
Auditorium Sound Check - Adrián Iaies, Federico Siksnys, Diana Arias, Facundo Guevara
19.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Adrián Iaies: The Colegiales Quartet
Adrián Iaies, Federico Siksnys, Diana Arias, Facundo Guevara
Hall Sound Check - Marcus Wyatt, Mthunzi Mvubu, Sisonke Xonti, Janus van der Merwe, Kyle du Preez,
Andile Yenana, Romy Brauteseth, Ayanda Sikade, Titi Luzipo
20.00
Old 5 Student jam session – Paul Sedres20.30 PERFORMANCE
Hall Blue Note Tribute Orkestra
Marcus Wyatt, Mthunzi Mvubu, Sisonke Xonti, Janus van der Merwe, Kyle du Preez, Andile Yenana,
Romy Brauteseth, Ayanda Sikade, Titi Luzipo
20:30
Auditorium Sound Check - Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Thandi Ntuli, Shane Cooper, Peter Auret
21:30
Café Sound Check: Linda Sikhakhane, Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo, Victor Dey Jnr, Benjamin Jephta,
Sphelelo Mazibuko
22.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Way of Dancing
Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Thandi Ntuli, Shane Cooper, Peter Auret
22.30 PERFORMANCE
Café Linda Sikhakhane, Sthembiso Bhengu, Senzo Ngcobo, Victor Dey Jnr, Benjamin Jephta, Sphelelo
Mazibuko
Monday 2 July
9.00
Band venues as for Wednesday - Amanda Tiffin, Gordon Vernick, Terrence Scarr, Kyle du Preez, Debbie Everard,
Graham Beyer, Justin Sasman, Marc de Kock, Duncan Combe, Brian Thusi
Auditorium Small Vocal Group - Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler
Vocal Centre Afro Jazz Small Group - Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi, Zenzi Makeba Lee
Room 6 Choir - Natalie Rungan, Lynette Petersen
10:00
Hall Sound Check - Natalie Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette Petersen,
Nthabiseng Motsepe-Notyesi + Bruce Baker
10.30 ELECTIVES
Auditorium Workshop – Adrián Iaies, Federico Siksnys, Diana Arias, Facundo Guevara
Library Sectional rehearsal with NSBB: Marlon Witbooi, Thandi Ntuli
Old 3 Turning a studio performance into a professional recording – Alistair Andrews, Nduduzo Makhathini
Room 1 Finally I’m going to try some improvisation - Duncan Combe
Room 3 Drum workshop - Sphelelo Mazibuko
Room 4 Playing trumpet and trombone in jazz and other music styles - Brian Thusi, Justin Sasman
Room 8 Sectional rehearsal with NSBB saxes - Dan Shout
Room 9 Improvisation workshop (I/A) - Linda Sikhakhane, Mthunzi Mvubu
Room 10 Sectional rehearsal with NSBB trombones - Graham Beyer
Room 11 Sectional rehearsal with NSBB trumpets – Gordon Vernick
12.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Youth Vocals
Natalie Rungan, Zenzi Makeba Lee, Julie Fahrer, Lisette Spinnler, Lynette Petersen, Nthabiseng
Motsepe-Notyesi + Bruce Baker
12.00 ELECTIVES
Music 27 Alternative ways of thinking about improvisation: towards a new language - Nduduzo Makhathini
Old 3 Registering and protecting your intellectual property - Thandi Ntuli
Room 1 Improv workshop (I/A) - Marlon Witbooi, Benjamin Jephta, Sisonke Xonti
Room 3 Improv workshop (I/A) - Sthembiso Bhengu, Ayanda SikadeRoom 4 Soloing concepts for the modern bass player - Alistair Andrews
Room 8 Sax workshop - Linda Sikhakhane
Room 9 Some business tips for young jazz musicians - Sphelelo Mazibuko
Room 10 Trombone workshop – Hendri Liebenberg
13:30
Auditorium Sound Check: Parel Vallei, Parklands
14.00 PERFORMANCE
Auditorium Schools/Youth III
15:00
Hall Sound Check: Gordon Vernick
15.15
Auditorium Internal performance – Duncan Combe, Brian Thusi, Debbie Everard, Graham Beyer, Justin Sasman,
Marc de Kock, Terrence Scarr, Kyle du Preez
17.00 PERFORMANCE
Hall Standard Bank National Schools Big Band
19:00
Hall Sound Check: Amanda Tiffin
20.30 PERFORMANCE
Hall Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band
21.45
Final meeting of NYJF
Summaries of gigs available to students attending the SBNYJF
Asko|Schönberg (NL) – workshop on Friday 29 June
This Grammy-nominated Dutch ensemble for new music is performing at the National Arts Festival and presents a
single workshop at the SBNYJF. The quartet features David Kweksilber (Sax/clarinet etc.), Pauline Post (piano), Fedor
Teunisse (percussion), James Oesi (bass) and worked with students in Jakarta in 2014 to perform In C by Terry Riley,
a composition that sent a shockwave through the (western) music world with a single page music in C Major: a major
scandal within the composed avant-garde music scene at the time. A single sheet of music that had major
consequences for the development of western music history and was a major threat to the then ruling composing
elite. The score was stripped of ‘unnecessary’ and ‘superfluous’ information and put communication, interaction and
improvisation centre stage. A score as a symbol for the ultimate democratisation and liberation of hierarchical
structures. Together with them we would like to challenge each other to ‘write’ a one page composition. The starting
point is not the traditional western scores: all forms of communication are possible to together create a new
soundlandscape. With what solutions or creative ideas will people come up? And how will the musicians ‘translate’
these ‘one page scores’? In this session and challenge the art of communication and composing is the focus of
attention. A dialogue based on equality that enables for new collaborations to develop.
Sydney Mavundla - Luhambo
Trumpeter Sydney Mavundla exemplifies the diversity of South African musical heritage, drawing from his roots in
Emjindini (outside Barberton) and layering it with experiences as diverse as stints with the KZN and Joburg
Philharmonics, numerous big bands and small jazz ensembles, and years touring with Mango Groove. After decades
as a professional musician it was only recently that he released his first album, and it’s been worth the wait! His
recording - Luhambo (Journey in Siswati) – charts some of the complexity of his typically South African identity and,
while in places the music is haunting and evocative, it leaves the listener in no doubt that Sydney seriously swings!!
Luhambo is an expression of Sydney’s musical, spiritual and personal voyage…and it’s a real pleasure to listen to!Bloom Quartet Tineke Postma was just a kid when she decided that she wanted to play jazz and, since honing her craft on the saxophone in Amsterdam and New York she has developed into one of the most applauded and successful jazz players in The Netherlands. Her time at the Manhattan School of Music resulted in performances and recordings with stars like Terri Lyne Carrington, Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding, and the albums of Dianne Reeves and Teri Lyne Carrington featuring Tineke received Grammy Awards. In 2015 she was honoured with the Boy Edgar Prize, the most prestigious Dutch jazz award. Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz I – Thandi Ntuli Thandi Ntuli is this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz. Born in Soshanguve, with an education in Johannesburg and at UCT Jazz School, Ntuli is an increasingly powerful young voice threading together multiple musical heritages and genres. Since the release of her debut album, The Offering, she has been recognised as one of the pioneering voices of modern South African Jazz and the release of her latest album, "Exiled", this year once again solidified her standing as an artist of significant cultural and musical importance. True to her eclectic musical influences, her music goes beyond the confines of genre with references from Mali and Ethiopia, as well as an inclusion of spoken word, jazz and soul. "Her lyrics – on the subject of love, fellowship and postcolonial reckoning – spring from a similar insistence on inquiry," said the New York Times. Even cooler was Spike Lee hand-picking her to compose for his TV series remake of “She’s Gotta Have It”. Petter Wettre (NO/SE) Petter Wettre has, since the early 90s, made his mark as one of the most important musicians on the Norwegian jazz scene, and is arguably one of the most virtuoso saxophonists in the world today. Wettre is known for playing contemporary jazz and has 2 Norwegian Grammys (and 4 nominations) spread over his illustriously-decorated career. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied with Dave Liebman and George Garzone, he has 18 recordings as a band leader and has featured as a sideman or guest soloist on over 50 albums in all styles, ranging through jazz, gospel, pop and world music and has performed the world over with the likes of Shirley Bassey, Jason Rebello, Kenny Wheeler and Manu Katche. Aaron Goldberg Trio (US) Hailed by DownBeat magazine for his “quick-witted harmonic reflexes, fluid command of line and cut-to-the-chase sense of narrative logic,” Aaron Goldberg has made his name as one of jazz’s most compelling pianists, both as a bandleader and frequent collaborator with Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Guillermo Klein and many more. Described by The New York Times as a "post-bop pianist of exemplary taste and range," Goldberg displays a central truth about the art of playing jazz: that no two performances will be the same because the music is created, in Goldberg’s words, “in the dynamic plane of the present.” Goldberg is based in New York and has performed with, among many others, Betty Carter, Nicholas Payton, Al Foster, Freddie Hubbard, and Stefon Harris, performing worldwide as a member of the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra. Zenzi Makeba Lee & Amanda Tiffin These two magnificent singers have spoken for years about working together, and Grahamstown is the natural environment for their first collaboration. Zenzi Makeba Lee was born in New York, the granddaughter of South Africa’s most iconic singer, Miriam Makeba, and she learnt the trade as backing vocalist for the likes of her grandmother, Hugh Masekela and Dizzy Gillespie. After studies at the Manhattan School of Music she has gone on to receive multiple awards, including a KORA Award for “Most Promising Female Artist”, and contributed as a composer towards several international projects, such as her co-written songs for Miriam Makeba’s Grammy-Award- nominated album “Homeland”. Amanda Tiffin is Head of Jazz Singing, and Acting Head of Jazz Studies at UCT, with a Master's Degree in Jazz Composition and Vocal Performance. Her performance credits include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and she tours regularly as a vocalist-pianist in Japan, Taiwan and Europe. She is also a respected musical director/arranger, orchestrator and composer. Tribute to Mankunku’s Yakhal'inkomo Percy Mabandu is an award-winning journalist, writer and artist and his book, Yakhal'inkomo: Portrait of a Jazz Classic, explores the significance of jazz in South Africa's history and politics through the years. The title, taken from the 1968 album by saxophonist and composer Winston Mankunku Ngozi, captures the struggle of black people living in apartheid South Africa. To celebrate Mankunku’s iconic body of work Mabandu creates a multi-disciplinary performance 50 years since Yakhal'inkomo’s release, bringing together a team of fine musicians who've been touched by Mankunku’s life and music. The result is a creative ritual that converges music and literature, spoken
word and jazz improvisation, and a project that becomes as deeply commemorative as it is imaginative and searching. "Don’t try this at home" - A Tribute to Michael Brecker It’s already over 10 years since the passing of Michael Brecker and a fitting time to celebrate the memory of this iconic musician. Brecker was one of the most influential musicians of his generation, independent of genre and instrument and is considered to be the most important saxophonist since John Coltrane. Despite his early death at 57, Brecker left a huge musical legacy across jazz, rock and fusion in small jazz combos through to guest soloist on over 900 studio recordings. "Michael Brecker is the sole reason why I play saxophone!" says celebrated Norwegian saxophonist Petter Wettre and he presents a tribute concert to this musical giant with a band of musicians who represent the finest of contemporary European jazz. Andreas Schaerer & Hildegard Lernt Fliegen (CH) Hildegard Lernt Fliegen is an ambitious and daring sextet that features some of Europe's top jazz musicians. The group formed in 2005 under the leadership of Andreas Schaerer, the Swiss vocalist and musical magician who can deploy a range of sounds from steam punk lyrics to mimics of other instruments to a repertoire of unusual sound effects. Hildegard’s sound is often superficially anarchic but the arrangements, sliding from interlocking rhythms to free jazz and back again, call for total control and discipline. The band is committed to responding to Schaerer’s demands with full immersion, whether performing straight-ahead swing or traversing into a Stravinsky-visits- vaudeville passage of fearsome complexity. Hildegard Lernt Fliegen is on a quest for musical ingenuity and walks a continuous tightrope between jazzy exuberance and quirky humour. Sisonke Xonti Sisonke Xonti, one of our most prolific young talents on the tenor sax, straddles multiple South African worlds. He received a full formal musical education at SACS and UCT, being selected thrice for the Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band and twice for the Youth Band. But, while growing up in Khayelitsha, Xonti spent weekends in the culturally-rich communities of kwaLanga and Gugulethu, where bands would be rehearsing, gumboot dancers would be stomping away, and church choirs would sing. These are the pictures and sounds that have influenced his playing, presented with the wide range, dexterity, and technical prowess accrued over a decade of performance with the country’s leading jazz musicians. He presents the new face of South African jazz – urban, erudite, international and skilled, but rooted no less in his culture. SBYA II Thandi Ntuli – Rebirth of Cool When you open Apple Music and are greeted by “Our Favourite Artist This Month: Thandi Ntuli”, with a cool, comtemplative pic of this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist, you know the world is starting to take notice! Ntuli has an impressively eclectic taste in music, moving seamlessly though a wide range of influences to display an internationalism increasingly visible in our best young musicians. In this project she teams up with DJKenzhero on the decks and a powerful young band to create a reinterpretation of Miles Davis’ seminal 1957 album, Birth of the Cool. That historic album sought to combine classical music and post-bebop jazz and “Rebirth of Cool” seeks to connect two other significant musical styles - jazz and hip-hop. This, mixed with the sounds and styles of current South Africa, results in a merging of three generations of music - 1960s jazz, 1990s hip-hop and contemporary South African jazz fusion. Andile Yenana: Umnqgunqgo wabantu Originally from King William’s Town, pianist Andile Yenana studied at the University of Natal and has performed extensively with a range of the stars of South African jazz, including Zim Ngqawana, Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi and Sibongile Khumalo. Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz in 2005, his music is notable for its evocative, soulful power and the sensitivity of his touch and ensemble playing. Here he presents his latest compositions, which also mark the celebrations and contemplations of his 50th birthday. The project features arrangements of traditional Xhosa initiation songs worked into jazz-inspired sensibilities and pulses, all the while celebrating free and boundless improvisation. Adrián Iaies: The Colegiales Quartet (AR) Adrian Iaies is an Argentinian pianist with a touch reminiscent of Bill Evans and a career stretching back more than 30 years, with 25 albums as a band leader and more than 300 concerts all over the world. DownBeat named him in a 2017 list of Best Jazz Composers; he has been nominated four times for the Latin Grammy awards; and he has been awarded the Konex de Platino for Best Jazz Musician of the decade 1995-2005 and the Clarín award for Best Jazz
Musician. Alongside his prolific musical career, he has since 2008 held the position of Artistic Director of the Buenos
Aires Jazz Festival, and is now also the director of La Usina del Arte, one of the top cultural centres in Buenos
Aires. This new quartet shows his appreciation for certain forms of Argentinian folkloric music and Tango, but still
within the jazz universe of one of Argentina's top pianists.
Blue Note Tribute Orkestra
The Blue Notes - Chris McGregor, Mongezi Feza, Dudu Pukwana, Nikele Moyake, Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo-
Moholo – went into exile in 1964 and had probably the greatest impact in Europe of any South African jazz band,
fusing African styles like kwela with free jazz and other progressive international jazz approaches. Unfortunately,
because of the politics of the day, most of these great musicians lived and died outside their own country. The Blue
Note Tribute Orkestra, led by Marcus Wyatt, endeavors to bring this music back to South African audiences, and to
keep the traditions of the more free approach to South African Jazz alive. Like the Blue Notes, most of the Orkestra
are products of the Eastern Cape, sustaining a national cultural identity with music that still sounds fresh and
innovative 50 years later.
Way of Dancing
Two of Switzerland’s most interesting young vocalists are spending time in South Africa on a ProHelvetia residency,
sharing their music with South Africans. In the spirit of collaboration that underlies Jazz in Grahamstown, Lisette
Spinnler and Julie Fahrer tonight work with an excellent South African rhythm section, blending the sound of jazz
from two continents. Spinnler lectures at the Music Academy of Basel and Fahrer completed her Master Of Arts in
Music, Jazz Vocal and Musical Education in 2014 and organised and was part of the One Voice Vocal Ensemble for
the recording of Nduduzo Makhathini‘s ‘Inner Dimensions‘ album, which won a SAMA in 2017. Their music
collectively draws attention to the modern and progressive approaches to jazz that the new generation of music
makers represents, weaving a tapestry of sound ever intriguing and beautiful.
Standard Bank National Schools Big Band
The Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band consists of the top young school jazz musicians in the country. This
year the band is under the musical direction of Dr Gordon Vernick, Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz
Studies at Georgia State University. As a jazz educator he is the Director of the Rialto Youth Jazz Orchestra, the past
president of the Georgia Association of Jazz Educators, and the past chair of the International Association of Jazz
Educators Curriculum Committee. He is also a celebrated jazz trumpeter. The band performs material worked on
over the five days of the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival.
Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band
The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band presents a selection of the top young jazz musicians in the country
between the ages of 19 and 25 years. This year the band is under the musical direction of renowned South African
pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger and educator Amanda Tiffin, who is Head of Jazz Singing and Acting Head of Jazz
Studies at the University of Cape Town. She performs regularly at national and international jazz festivals and will
have five days in Grahamstown to prepare a programme that showcases the talent of today’s youth.
UCT Big Band
Prof Mike Campbell has become an institution in South African jazz and jazz education. He is completing 30 years as
founding head of the UCT Jazz School, which has produced the lion’s share of young professional jazz musicians all
the way from its first intake that included Marcus Wyatt and Buddy Wells. Campbell is an excellent bass player and
one of the country’s leading jazz composers and arrangers, especially of big band music. He retires at the end of this
year after leading the UCT Big Band for the duration of his tenure, and this performance acknowledges his impact on
South African jazz.
PERFORMERS AND TEACHERS 2018
SOUTH AFRICAN
Keenan Ahrends (Guitar) studied jazz guitar at the University of Cape Town and the Norwegian Academy of Music.
He was selected for the National Youth Jazz Band in 2006 and has collaborated with established musicians such as
Andile Yenana, Afrika Mkhize, Buddy Wells and Kevin Gibson amongst others. Ahrends is a regular performer on theCape Town music scene and has been commissioned to compose works for the Goema Orchestra and regularly performs original compositions with his own Trio and Quartet. www.soundcloud.com/keenan-ahrends Alistair Andrews (Bass) lectured Music Technology at UCT, and is involved in the Music Education and Apple Mac and Music Technology department at Paul Bothner Music. As a Warwick-endorsed bass player, he has been a regular on the Cape Town and South African jazz scene for almost 30 years, performing with many of South Africa’s top musicians in numerous settings. www.myspace.com/alistairandrews Peter Auret (Drums) grew up in Johannesburg as a largely self-taught drummer. After school he studied fine arts and design before transferring to the National School of Arts where he studied drums with Garth Farrant. The SAMA- nominated artist has been a key member of well-known South African groups such as Watershed, Tsunami and the Peter Auret Trio. He also works as a producer, recording engineer and occasional composer at his Sumo Sound recording facility, and also runs his own record label, Afrisonic Records. Bruce Baker (Drums) has been playing drums since the age of eleven and has performed and toured with a wide range of musicians and bands in various styles, spending seven years in the band Landscape Prayers and three in the rock band Squeal, with a series of SAMA nominations for recordings he was part of. He has a degree in Accounting but has much experience in teaching music in the Durban area, including compiling the drum syllabus for the UNISA exams. He has taught drums at UKZN for years and also teaches at Durban Boys’ High School. Graham Beyer (Trombone, Bass) started music at age 4 on piano and guitar and his most formative years were spent at the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School. He started violin and trombone in high school and studied Jazz at UCT on trombone and bass. He has 25 years of experience teaching everything from trombone to trumpet, sax to drums, bass to piano and in 2005 conducted the Standard Bank National Schools Big Band. Sthembiso Bhengu (Trumpet) was born in Soweto, Johannesburg and later attended music classes under the tutelage of the legendary Dr Brian Thusi at Siyakhula community center in Umlazi, thereafter studying Music at UKZN Howard College. He has played with many respected South African Artists such as Caiphus Semenya, Thandiswa Mazwai, McCoy Mrubata and Bra Hugh Masekela, as well being part of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz orchestra that performed with Gregory Porter. Romy Brauteseth (Bass) was selected for the National Schools’ Jazz Band in 2005 and National Youth Jazz Band in 2010. She studied upright bass at NMMU and UCT, and currently works professionally as one of South Africa’s most in demand bass players both nationally and internationally with a variety of different groups, including Bombshelter Beast and the Bokani Dyer Trio. Mike Campbell (Bass) is Associate Professor and Head of Jazz Studies at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town. He holds degrees from the Universities of North Texas and Cape Town, and has had a long career in the music industry as a performer, musical director, conductor, composer and arranger locally and internationally. He performs on the electric bass and his many compositions and arrangements for stage band, particularly in South African style, may be heard played by school and college bands around the country and overseas. He has conducted the Standard Bank National Youth Big Band on two occasions, as well as the Standard Bank National Schools’ Big Band, Youth Jazz Band and “Awesome Big Band” at the Festival. Duncan Combe (Clarinet) has a B Mus in clarinet from Stellenbosch University and runs a Music School in Somerset West offering tuition in Drums, Guitar and Sax. He also teaches music at Parel Vallei High School, developing ensembles which focus on Rock and Jazz and Drumline. He also offers corporate team-building with djembe drums and instrument building workshops, allowing businessmen and woman a taste of the wonderful world of music. Shane Cooper (Bass) was selected for the National Schools’ Big Band in 2003. He moved to Cape Town to study jazz at UCT and was selected for the National Youth Big Band in 2004. Since graduating in 2008 has rapidly found acclaim on electric and upright bass in bands with the likes of Zim Ngqawana, Louis Moholo, Babu, Restless Natives, and Closet Snare. He has performed around Africa and in Europe, India, and the USA and is increasingly occupied with composing, including for stage production and film. His album, Oscillations, was nominated for a SAMA under Best Jazz Album 2014 and his latest album, Mabuta - Welcome to this World, has been received to critical acclaim. He was also the Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz in 2013. www.shanecoopermusic.com
Marc de Kock (Sax) has been one of the top session musicians and jazz saxophonists in Cape Town for almost two decades. He graduated from UCT in 2000 with an Honours degree in jazz performance. He was selected for the National Youth Jazz Band and has toured around Europe, Asia and America. Marc is often a first-call session saxophonist on live shows and studio sessions and has performed with top local and international artists such as Gavin Minter, Amanda Tiffin, The Awesome Big Band, Marcus Wyatt and Breakfast Included. He is currently the senior saxophone teacher at Rondebosch Boys’ High School in Cape Town. Kyle du Preez (Trombone) is a performer, teacher and composer from Port Elizabeth. He was a member of the National Schools’ Big Band and was three times selected for the National Youth Jazz Band. He has performed in Oslo and around South Africa and plays regularly in local theatre productions in Port Elizabeth. He has taught brass full- time at Greenwood Primary School for 8 years. Bokani Dyer (Piano) grew up in Botswana and studied jazz at UCT, where he was selected for the National Youth Jazz Band. He has performed across Europe, Britain and America and performed with top South African and international artists. He has released four of his own albums, the third of which was SAMA nominated for Best Jazz Album 2016. He was the Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2011 and took 1st place in the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship Competition in 2013. www.bokanidyer.com Debbie Everard (Piano) is a pianist, teacher and arranger from Port Elizabeth. She played in the National Schools Big Band in 2001 and 2002 and currently teaches at Alexander Road High School where she runs the big band programme and performs regularly in local music productions. Neteske Horton (Sax) is a saxophonist and teacher who studied Jazz Performance at the University of Cape Town. She also spent time abroad studying Jazz Composition and Arrangement at York University in Toronto, Canada. She is currently based in East London where she teaches woodwind at Stirling High School and is involved in the local entertainment industry and music education. Benjamin Jephta (Bass) studied jazz at the University of Cape Town and has performed with various orchestras and small ensembles in France, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, China and Tanzania. He played bass for the NYJB in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and spearheads two projects that play his original material. Jephta has performed with a range of local and international musicians including the late Robbie Jansen, Jimmy Dludlu, Simphiwe Dana, McCoy Mrubata, MiCasa and others. His debut album, entitled Homecoming, was nominated by Metro FM and SAMA for Best Jazz Album 2015. He has completed residencies at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, USA, and at the Orbit Jazz Club in Johannesburg. www.benjaminjephta.com Georgia Jones (Sax) is in her final year at UCT studying BMus in Jazz Studies and Education. She teaches at Herschel Preparatory School, St Joseph’s Marist College and Lotus River High School. Georgia has toured to Swaziland with the Nu Notes Jazz Orchestra as well as to Mozambique with Ivan Mazuze and Botswana with the Bokani Dyer trio. DJ KenzHero (DJ) is a DJ, promoter, booking agent and event and music producer, born in Soweto. He began his career in 1998 with performances at poetry sessions in Johannesburg, but made his name deejaying alongside the likes of Tumi & The Volume and Simphiwe Dana. Having moved to Cape Town in 2001, he became a resident DJ at many clubs and lounge bars and played as headline DJ for bands like Freshlyground and Max Normal. Since his return to Gauteng in 2004, he has continued to be a regular feature on YFM, Tuks FM, Mutherfm.com as a DJ, co-producer or co-host. He is also co-owner of the double-storey restaurant-bar Untitled/TheArtivist in Braamfontein. Hendri Liebenberg (Trombone) graduated from the University of the Free State, where he completed a BMus in trombone performance, composition, jazz improvisation and arranging. He has taught around South Africa and the UK and is currently Head of Brass at St. John’s College in Johannesburg. He has performed with most of South Africa’s professional orchestras and was principal trombonist with the Free State Symphony Orchestra and now, aside from his teaching commitments, he divides his time between being a freelance trombonist, arranger and skydiving instructor. Titi Luzipo (Vocals) grew up in Port Elizabeth and started singing from a young age. She did a BMus in Jazz Performance at UCT, as well as Performing Arts at UWC. She has since worked with the likes of George Benson, Judith Sephuma, Gloria Bosman, Feya Faku and Zwai Bala, and is based in Johannesburg. Her two recent projects - #SongsMyMotherTaughtMe” and “Being Woman” - have been well received.
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