SEM 2008 at Wesleyan

We thank all who volunteered to perform. The listing of performers is below. We are currently working on a program order. Please confirm your participation and update the details of your performance with David Locke (david.locke@tufts.edu) so that we may work on a printed program. Please note that we plan to video record all of the SEM concerts (including this one) for later podcast. Permission forms will be handed out at the concert. We will turn off the cameras for anyone who would not like to be recorded.

Drumming
1.    Husago (Ewe, Ghana-Togo) Gideon Foli Alorwoyie (lead drum) and ensemble
2.    Sikyi (Akan, Ghana) Abraham Adzenyah (lead drum) and ensemble
3.    “Damba” (Dagomba, Ghana). Sulley (lead dance) and ensemble
4.    ?? (?? drumming and dance) Kwesi Brown
5.    ?? (Sabar drumming, Senegal) Patricia Tang (lead drum) and ensemble
6.    Tuketu-rere-tu, Gome and Lolomashie (Ga, Ghana) Isaac Akrong and the African Dance Ensemble (ADE)
7.    Gahu (Ewe, Ghana-Togo) Everyone

Other “Percussion” (pace Nzewi)
1.    Xylophone piece (??, Burkina Faso). Julie Strand (baan) and ensemble
2.    ?? (??, Uganda) Gideon Ampeire (adungu, endingidi, enanga, amadinda, engoma, endere/omukuri, akogo, oburere, various drums and poem reciting) and ensemble

Light Sound
1.    Mbira piece (??, Zimbabwe) Jennifer Kyker
2.    Thum nyatiti piece (??, Kenya) Everett Igobwa
3.    Song (??, Tanzania) Frank Gunderson and Damascus Kafumbe
4.    Ndongo piece (??, Uganda) Damascus Kafumbe
5.    Song (BaAka, Central African Republic) Michelle Kisliuk
6.    Kora piece (??, Mali) Ryan Skinner
7.    Wasulu hunters’ music (??, Mali) Cullen Strawn (donso ngoni)
8.    ?? (??,??) Dennis Rathnow (guitar)
9.    Mbira piece (??, Zimbabwe), Erica Azim

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Preliminary signup list

1. Gideon Foli Alorwoyie with David Locke and members of Kiniwe (Tufts African Ensemble), “Husago” (traditional Ewe drumming).
2. Julie Strand. Burkina Faso. Baan (xylophone) ensemble
3. Jennifer Kyker. Zimbabwe. Mbira. solo or ensemble
4. Everett Igobwa. Kenya. Thum nyatiti (lyre). solo or ensemble. Or benga ensemble
5. Frank Gunderson and Damascus Kafumbe. Song from Tanzania.
6. Damascus Kafumbe. Solo piece on a ndongo (an eight-stringed bowl lyre from Uganda).
7. Michelle Kisliuk. C.A.R. Elamba: BaAka women’s song and dance. Ensemble.
8. Ryan Skinner. Mali. Kora.
9. Dennis Rathnow. Guitar?
10. Erica Azim. Zimbabwe. Mbira.
11. Royal Hartigan. Ghana. Drumming.
12. Kwesi Brown, drumming and dance
13. Cullen Strawn. Mali. Wasulu hunters’ music (donso ngoni).
14. Patricia Tang. Senegalese sabar drumming.
15. Isaac Akrong and the African Dance Ensemble (ADE). “‘Tuketu-rere-tu’: Gome and Lolomashie performance of the Ga people of Ghana.”
16. 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
17. 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.
18. Gavin Webb. I would love to support any of the ensembles, particularly the Ghanaian ones.
19. Christian Vincent. I would be happy to accompany any of the ensembles, I have prior experience in Ewe drumming and dance from Ghana.