Please add a comment to this post so that your name (and what you will do) may be added to the list of performers in a concert showcasing SEM members working in African music.
Performers
- Gideon Foli Alorwoyie with David Locke and members of Kiniwe (Tufts African Ensemble), “Husago” (traditional Ewe drumming).
- Julie Strand. Burkina Faso. Baan (xylophone) ensemble
- Jennifer Kyker. Zimbabwe. Mbira. solo or ensemble
- Everett Igobwa. Kenya. Thum nyatiti (lyre). solo or ensemble. Or benga ensemble
- Frank Gunderson and Damascus Kafumbe. Song from Tanzania.
- Damascus Kafumbe. Solo piece on a ndongo (an eight-stringed bowl lyre from Uganda).
- Michelle Kisliuk. C.A.R. BaAka song. Ensemble.
- Ryan Skinner. Mali. Kora.
- Dennis Rathnow. Guitar?
- Erica Azim. Zimbabwe. Mbira.
- Royal Hartigan. Ghana. Drumming.
- Kwesi Brown, drumming and dance
- Cullen Strawn. Mali. Wasulu hunters’ music (donso ngoni).
- Patricia Tang. Senegalese sabar drumming.
- Isaac Akrong and the African Dance Ensemble (ADE). “‘Tuketu-rere-tu’: Gome and Lolomashie performance of the Ga people of Ghana.”
- Gideon Ampeire. I play East African tradition instruments (adungu, endingidi, enanga, amadinda, engoma, endere/omukuri, akogo, oburereand poem reciting from western Uganda and various drums). I can play solo or I could bring my group Echo Uganda for an ensemble performance (or just a few members). I could also join other muscians if needed. You can listen and watch some of my music on http://www.echouganda.com and http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=143349
- Ashley Deekus. If the Ewe group needs any extra people to help perform, I’d be willing to help. I’ve also studied music of the Yeve.
- Gavin Webb. I would love to support any of the ensembles, particularly the Ghanaian ones.
- Christian Vincent. I would be happy to accompany any of the ensembles, I have prior experience in Ewe drumming and dance from Ghana.
Program note: The BaAka song will go along with the BaAka women’s dance, Elamba, with drum (from Central African Republic)