IMAD was borne out of a need to provide music literacy training to youth in disadvantaged communities.
IT was natural outflow of an ever evolving music project called The
Little Giants, established in 1999, which had a need for members with
good musical skills.
IMAD
has been developing since 2006 under the
care of The Little Giants mentor and music director George Werner, and
various individuals passionate about youth and arts development. It is
run by a Management Committee consisting of persons holding portfolios
such as
Education
Recruitment and Assessment
Logistics and Event Management
Operations
PR and Marketing
Finance
Planning and Archiving.
These
individuals are volunteers and come from a variety of professional
backgroundsincluding Geoffrey Goethem, Abdullah Amien, Paul Sedres,
Colin Isaacs, Ruwayda Mohamed and Ann Barr.
Little Giants achievements:
appearances at and on many of the country's prime jazz festivals and music stages
a CD Ungalibali (2006) and performances on various recordings, including Winter in Cape Town vol.1 and Summer in Cape Town
selection of several members to the National Schools and National Jazz Bands in Grahamstown
overseas study and travel (Norway, USA & Australia) for some of its members and professional success for other alumni
