Batuki Music Society presents Okavango: An African Orchestra on Friday April 15, 2011 at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom located at 1214 Queen St. West, Toronto.
Fresh off their triumphant debut, Okavango: An African Orchestra returns for an encore performance!
Okavango: An African Orchestra is an ambitious new musical project that could happen only in a great multicultural city like Toronto. Batuki Music Society Artistic Director Nadine McNulty has assembled a cast of seven accomplished African-born musicians who now live in Toronto and Montreal; Daniel Nebiat (Eritrea-krar), Donné Roberts (Madagascar-guitar), Kooshin (Somalia-kaban), Pasipamire Gunguwo (Zimbabwe-marimba/mbira), Sadio Sissokho (Senegal-kora/tama), Waleed Abdulhamid and Walter Maclean (Ghana-percussion).
The orchestra takes its name from the Okavango Delta, a basin in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, where many different species come together to feed and find water. Predators and prey are forced to coexist and share the meager resources because of the harsh environment around them. Similarly, Okavango: An African Orchestra brings together the traditional music and instruments of several major African cultures that have historically have had little or no interaction. The musicians of Okavango have created a common meeting place for these disparate cultures, and a new musical language that harmonizes their different tuning systems, rhythms, and timbres. The multicultural spirit of modern-day Canada bridges ancient African solitudes.
Special guest dancer/choreographer Saba from Jaivah will be joining Okavango for this concert.
Ethiopian-born Saba is a versatile and innovative dancer, choreographer and instructor known for her uniqueness in many traditional and fusion dance styles. She has worked for many years with Arabesque Dance Co. and directs Jaivah Nouvel Exposé, a Toronto-based dance company specializing in traditional and contemporary dance from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Congo, Southern Africa and Egypt.
Okavango: An African Orchestra - 13 instruments, 10 languages, 7 countries…one special concert.
Event: Okavango: An African Orchestra
When: April 15, 2011
Venue: Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Time: Doors at 8 pm. Show at 9 pm.
Admission: Tickets $20 at the door / $15 in advance on sale at:
Soundscapes at 572 College St. W., African Art & Drum
Crafts at 618 Dundas St W.,
Rotate This at 801 Queen St. W., New Bilan Restaurant at
183 Dundas St. E.,
Play de Record at 357 Yonge St.
Information: info@batukimusic.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194794070552874
Batuki Music Society gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council and CIUT 89.5 FM.
Batuki Music Society
360A Bloor St. W.
P.O. Box 68585
Toronto, ON
M5S 1X0
nadine@batukimusic.com
www.batukimusic.com
"nurturing and strengthening cultural diversity through music and the arts."
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