On August 2, over 1,100 marimba players from South Africa and Zimbabwe will gather in Cape Town to attempt a Guinness World Record for the largest marimba ensemble, celebrating music, culture, and ...

Spread This NewsIOL In a landmark event set for Saturday, August 2, the Grand Arena at GrandWest in Cape Town will resonate with the harmonious sounds of marimbas as over 1 000 players from South ...

Founded and launched in July 2024 in Odonien, Cologne, Germany, the Moto Moto Festival is globally acclaimed and perceived as a pan African cultural showcase designed and programmed to empower ...

Zimfest, a three-day biennial Zimbabwean festival, will be held on the Central Washington University campus Aug. 7 through Aug. 10. The festival is intended to celebrate and recognize the power ...

The school’s 18 wooden Zimbabwe-style marimbas were built in 2006 by community members through a project led by a previous ... Generally, there’s no sheet music for Zimbabwe’s marimba music.

The Bahuru and Baduku Bands featured during the event are a Zimbabwean marimba band, comprised of middle and high school students and part of the Tri-Cities Steel Band Association, of Richland ...

Peter and Karyna Swing formed Polyphony Marimba in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2010, in the spirit of the original format transmitted to Peter from Zimbabwean musician Dumi Maraire.

SOUTH BEND — The Music Village presents “Concert & Conversation: A Cultural Music Pop-Up with Polyphony Marimba” at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at 333 S. Michigan St. Peter and Karyna Swing formed ...

Based on Chiweshe's combinations, the marimba and the mbira quite simply belong together. The marimba, a relatively recent invention in Zimbabwe, offers a warm wooden resonance to balance the ringing ...

First up, we’ll be joined by Jangano, a youth marimba band that specializes in the music of Zimbabwe and South Africa. The band consists of eight local middle and high schoolers. They’ll set up on the ...

Though the word “Africa” does little to describe the vast expanse of traditions, religions, languages and knowledge that reside within the continent’s many nations, one side of the multi ...