Panjazz International

Panjazz International aims to establish and support communities through music. It comprises The South Africa Panjazz Project and The Panjazz Project India, crucial components in a unique partnership, bringing together existing and aspiring musicians from communities in the Western Cape and Grahamstown in South Africa, Calcutta and Goa in India and Hampshire in the United Kingdom.
This international partnership seeks to develop the talents and realize the ambitions expressed by young people. It opens eyes and minds to new skills, knowledge and ideas, instilling a deeper appreciation of cultural diversity, raising aspirations and identifying pathways to greater individual opportunity and accomplishment.
"The people who have initiated this project help to keep us off the streets and away from drug abuse. It is a means of uplifting our school and community."
Shane Beyers, ZA
"This trip has been a life-changing experience, that has not only given me new friends, but a new South African family."
Georgia Duke, UK
"Panjazz International develops and enhanced deprived communities through the power of music."
Vinod Desai MBE, Chief Executive Art Asia
Excerpts from performances by the South Africa Panjazz Project featuring Andile Siyo, the Brookfield Jazz Orchestra and Sounds Of Steel, at the Portchester Community Arts Festival, July 2007.
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