The Musicmakers Workshops
were made possible through a grant awarded by MMINO, a Norwegian Education and Music Programme. The grant of R100,000 (hundred thousand Rand) is to be used by Musicmakers to host 6 workshops throughout South Africa.

The Musicmakers Workshops are designed to be a series of interactive and outcome based workshops for educators and learners with the following aims:

• to develop a culture of music theatre in all South African high schools
• to promote and introduce 4 Musicals for Young People to educators and learners
• to train and develop educators on how to mount a high school musical production with their learners
• to distribute economy packs of the musicals and self-help manuals to disadvantaged and marginalised groups
• to inspire and motivate learner participation
• to introduce the concept of performance and musical story telling to learners
• to develop musical and theatre skills of learners

The Musicmakers Workshops will be hosted in one major centre and in one rural centre in all nine provinces in South Africa over a period of three years.

The Musicmakers Workshops will develop co-operation of educators from different socio- economic backgrounds to share resources.