Music changes lives. We just make it happen faster.
Groovy Projects was founded in May 2025 in Soshanguve Township with a simple belief: music changes lives. What started as a mission to fill empty band chairs in local churches quickly grew into something bigger — a movement to rescue idle youth from the streets and give them purpose, rhythm, and belonging.
We don't just teach music. We build character, discipline, and community — one lesson, one rehearsal, one graduation concert at a time.
To equip, train, and deploy skilled music instrument players within local churches, while redirecting idle youth toward purpose, discipline, and drug-free living.
A future where every local church has a thriving band, and every young person chooses an instrument over addiction — transforming both worship and the community.
More than notes on a page.
Technical Skills
Instruments, music theory, production, and stage craft.
Life Skills
Punctuality, teamwork, responsibility, resilience.
Spiritual Growth
Worship leadership, service, and community-mindedness.
From body percussion to UNISA exams.
- Pre-notation activities — graphic scores, body percussion, iconic notation
- Staff notation — 5-line staff, treble clef, lines and spaces
- Rhythm symbols — quarter notes, quarter rests, and beyond
- Instrument training — keyboard, drums, guitar, bass, vocals
- Music production fundamentals
- Exam preparation — UNISA certification
Led by musicians who mentor.
- Itumeleng Msiza — Founder & Lead Instructor
- Sabela "Pockets" Madiba
Plus a growing team of instrumentalists and youth mentors — many of them our own graduates.