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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20221021
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20221030
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URL:https://thcvs.org.uk/events/grand-unions-song-of-africa-programme/
SUMMARY:Grand Union's Song of Africa programme
DESCRIPTION:Friday 21 October / 7:00 pm to Saturday 29 October / 10:00 pm\
 nThis year’s BHM 2022 programme is being led by Grand Union artists born
  or brought up in musical traditions ranging from Angola and the Democrati
 c Republic of the Congo to Zimbabwe\, Sierra Leone and Somalia\, as well a
 s South Africa. Ghana and Nigeria.\nSome of the Grand Union Orchestra’s 
 long-term collaborators are artists who hail from across the vast and dive
 rse continent of Africa and have settled as professional performers in the
  UK. Many are first-generation migrants\, refugees or asylum seekers\, bri
 nging with them their deep knowledge and cultural perspectives on their Af
 rican musical heritage.\nSong of Africa brings together all generations to
  explore and honour the influence of African traditions on our society tod
 ay.\nSong of Africa begins with informal evenings of music and conversatio
 n where audiences are invited to bring along their own music and songs\, t
 alk about their own connections to Africa and learn more about its postcol
 onial history. Half term workshops for young people follow\, also explorin
 g African musical traditions. Participants in both these programmes will b
 e invited to join professional performers in a finale performance of Song 
 of Africa at St John on Bethnal Green Church at the end of October.\nThe p
 rogramme will be led by veteran South African trumpet-player) Claude Deppa
  (South Africa). Other Grand Union Orchestra musicians taking part in Song
  of Africa include:\nAbass Dodoo (Ghana – master-drummer)\, Desi Nakeni 
 (Angola - dikanza)\, Tawanda Mapumba (Zimbabwe - marimba)\, Jacqueline Lwa
 nzo (Democratic Republic of the Congo - voice)\, Francis Fuster (Sierra Le
 one) and Mohammed Maalow Nuur (Somalia)\nFIND OUT MORE\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Events in Tower Hamlets
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