BIG TIME! will debut at Artscape’s Youth Day celebrations on 16 June 2012, preceded by a series of public workshops and rehearsals in the week leading up to the concert.
BIG TIME! is a cross-cultural music exchange between five professional musicians from France and South Africa and eleven youth musicians from townships around Cape Town. The result is the BIG TIME! Orchestra, that will perform across Cape Town and nationally from June.
Star jazz man Marcus Wyatt will be BIG TIME!’s special guest. The project is anchored by the renowned youth jazz group the Little Giants directed by George Werner. They will collaborate with Braka’s Elephants Quartet from Paris to form the BIG TIME! Orchestra. The group will feature in three performances at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, where its ranks will be swelled by the inclusion of township youth musicians from the festival city. The mass orchestra will lead the closing procession of this year’s festival.
BIG TIME! forms part of the Seasons of exchange between South African and France signed by Presidents Zuma and Sarkozy in early 2011. French Season in South Africa is a series of multi-disciplinary collaborations and exchanges and will take place later this year. The reciprocal South African Season in France will take place next year(2013).
The BIG TIME! Youth Day concert starts at 15:00 at the Artscape Opera House featuring Brakka with The Elephants, George Werner, Errol Dyers, Marcus Wyatt together with young local musicians. Tickets cost R70 - Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-A-Seat 0214217695.
All music students and learners are invited to attend the free open rehearsals daily from 11 to 14 June from 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm
and master-classes
Voice and Saxophone: Friday 15 June @ 2pm
Rhythm and Brass: Sat 16 June @ 09:30 am
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