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Bana Ba Kgotso is a gospel choir started in 1999 in Kayamandi. Translated from isiXhosa it means ‘children of peace’. The choir practises three times a week and performs once or twice a month around the Western Cape province. Bana Ba Kgotso’s music…

Bana Ba Kgotso performance at the Kayamandi Hall in 2015

A live recording of a Bana Ba Kgotso performance at Kayamandi Hall in 2015

A live recording of a Bana Ba Kgotso performance at Kayamandi Hall in 2015

This 10-year-old wonder began his music tuition in church at the tender age of six. He played the recorder and then moved on to master the trumpet at the age of eight. His father taught him by showing him YouTube video clips. Now, only two years…

Glynnes was taught by her boyfriend, and now husband, to play the recorder. She is actively involved in teaching children in the community to play the descant recorder and is also a Sunday school teacher. She plays the descant and treble recorder,…

Dylan learned to play the recorder in church. He has now joined the Jamestown Sounds community project at school.

Anastazia started playing the recorder in Sunday school and recently started playing the silver flute. She was taught by Glynnes and has recently joined the Jamestown Sounds community project at school.

Sixteen-year-old Gershwin Phillips started playing the recorder as a toddler in church. His father introduced him to the clarinet and they learned to play the instrument together. Gershwin joined the wind band of Paul Roos Gymnasium (PRG). He is…