Assistant Professor Austin Okigbo and the World Music Ensemble.
The storied all-male South African group performs Zulu music in the tradition of 鈥渋sicathamiya.鈥� Joseph Shabalala founded Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1964 after hearing isicathamiya harmonies in a dream.听
The group has recorded more than 30 albums, including a collaboration with Paul Simon on his platinum-selling 1986 recording, 鈥淕raceland.鈥� Their most recent album, 鈥淪ongs from a Zulu Farm,鈥� earned the ensemble a fourth Grammy Award in the World Music category.
The ensemble of CU students will open the all-ages show, which is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.
鈥淭his is a rare opportunity for our students,鈥� says Austin Okigbo, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at CU-麻豆官网, who founded and directs the World Vocal Ensemble.听
The student ensemble, open to all CU-麻豆官网 students regardless of major, is the newest world-music ensemble at the College of Music, joining the West African Highlife, Japanese Traditional Music, Mexican Mariachi, and Balinese Gamelan ensembles.听
鈥淭hese ensembles are particularly beneficial to music students who wish to expand their musical repertoire to include vocal traditions of the non-Western canon,鈥� Okigbo says.听
Austin Okigbo trained as a choral conductor and music educator at Westminster Choir College and received his doctorate in ethnomusicology from Indiana University. He has conducted other world-music vocal ensembles at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Williams College, including for international tours. Okigbo studies music in global health and has worked with choirs in South Africa and Nigeria.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
With special guest, CU-麻豆官网's World Vocal Ensemble
When: 8 p.m. Sunday, March 9
Where: 麻豆官网 Theater, 2032 14th St., 麻豆官网
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