Free Zimbabwean Music Concert
When:
Saturday, Apr 29, 2023 7:00p -
9:00p
Saturday, Apr 29, 2023 7:00p -
9:00p
Where:
Killian Hall, MIT
160 Memorial Dr.
Cambridge, MA 02142
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Kid Friendly, Music, Shows
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/169176862690887
Come hear a free Zimbabwean mbira concert performed by visiting musicians Moyo Mutamba, Jennifer Kyker, and Memory Makuri! Don’t miss this chance to hear these three amazing musicians as they perform mbira, hosho, sing, and dance!
Please see event website or https://tim-tickets.atlas-apps.mit.edu/c6cNBrP3huQ3CFxS7 for a QR code ("TIM Ticket") to access MIT's campus for this event.
Dr. Moyo Mutamba is a professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada and is an expert on indigeneity and decolonization, as well as being well-versed in Shona music and culture. Dr. Jennifer Kyker is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Rochester and is one of the most experienced US mbira players, having performed and taught mbira for over 15 years. Memory Makuri is a world-renowned artist and one of few women who have forged careers in the Zimbabwean music industry. She has performed with numerous Zimbabwean groups, including the legendary band, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited.
(Funding by the Council for the Arts at MIT, the MIT Institute Community and Equity Office, and MIT Music & Theater Arts)
