The Standard Bank National Schools' Big Band will show you the strides being made in the jazz education programmes in high schools around South Africa. The band brings together the best young school players in the country under the guidance of Fredrik Norén, who is the conductor and lead trumpet of the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra. He is one of Europe's leading jazz musicians and a jazz consultant for the Swedish Jazz Federation, but is also a conductor of a very successful high school Big Band and has extensive experience with young players. The irrepressible big band sound is the most popular genre in jazz and a wonderful vehicle for educating young players.