Music resonates throughout Africa; it’s the continent’s heartbeat. Marry that to South Africa’s need to develop and build entrepreneurs for economic growth, and Casterbridge Music Development Academy is an exciting and viable solution for South African youth. It’s a world-first, operating in a low opportunity space. Developing entrepreneurs who can operate comfortably in a dynamic, competitive and rapidly evolving space which is the hallmark of the music industry.
The CMDA provides the platform and the opportunity. The students must provide interest, responsibility and effort. But donors are the essential lifeblood of the Academy; without their continual support and sponsorship, the CMDA is not sustainable as most of our students are rural without the means to fund a fee based education. The vibrant combination of entrepreneurial skills, exploiting an intrinsically African musical ability and a cutting-edge delivery platform offer a means to turn despondency into promise, to offer our students the escape velocity into self-sufficiency.