Celebrating 22 Years of the Youth Jazz Series at Artscape

MARKING the 22nd rendition of one of Artscape's annual flagship projects, the Youth Jazz Series will be presented over a two-day masterpiece showcase featuring the Youth Jazz soloists and School Jazz Bands.

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The latter were selected by Keith Tabisher of the Western Cape Education Department.

This year's project, directed by Head of Jazz Studies, UCT Associate Professor, vocalist and pianist Amanda Tiffin, encompassed Masterclass programmes where the young musicians learnt from those experienced in the industry.

This year's selected participants comprise 14 young musicians who were auditioned to be part of the 2025 programme. They are: Andrea Martinez (vocals), Caleb Meyer (vocals), Sarah Pengilly (vocals), Cole Krieling (guitar), Dillon Poggepoel (bass), Micaela Hannibal (bass), Caleb Dlamini (piano), Aviwe Macutwana (trombone), Franco Von Wieligh (tenor saxophone), Zakhiel Davids (trumpet), Daniel Roux (guitar), Bruce Basson (piano), Kyle Damons (piano) and Ezra Smuts (drums).

This year, the programme received a significantly higher number of applications - more than 50% - compared to 2024.