African Music and Dance Ensemble Spring Concert
The African Music and Dance Ensemble Spring Program will feature guest artists Kuumba (West African drum and dance ensemble) and Timbeleza (Brazilian samba and funk).
The African Music and Dance Ensemble Spring Program will feature guest artists Kuumba (West African drum and dance ensemble) and Timbeleza (Brazilian samba and funk).
Pitt's African Music and Dance Ensemble performs with special guests Timbeleza (Brazilian Samba and Funk), Aisha Rivers (Guinea dance and drum from New York), Camara Drum and Dance (Guinea dance and drum from Pittsburgh). Catering for the show will be provided by Keyla Cooks (Brazilian food).
Auditions and signups will be held for Department of Music student ensembles at the beginning of the fall term. Our choirs and instrumental ensembles are open to students throughout the University and you are encouraged to apply regardless of your major. Below, please find specific instructions for each of our ensembles.
Celebrate traditional and popular music of Africa with Pitt's African Music and Dance Ensemble and special guests.
Select events will be available via livestream on the Music at Pitt YouTube channel.
Saturday, January 13, 8:00 pm - counter)induction | Music On the Edge
Monday, January 22, 3:00 pm - Naomi André | Visiting Scholar Series
Tickets are available through the University of Pittsburgh Stages Box Office, by calling 412-624-7529, or visiting music.pitt.edu/tickets.
General admission is $8.50; non-Pitt students and seniors are $5.
At the door: general admission is $12; non-Pitt students and seniors are $8.
Pitt students: free with valid ID.
Pitt's African Music and Dance Ensemble will host guest artists from around the city and the world including Timbeleza (Brazilian percussion ensemble from Pittsburgh) performing on their own and with Yamoussa Camara, Congalese dance and drum group Bokulaka Iyende, Guinea West African group Camara Drum and Dance, and the Point Park University African Dance Ensemble.
Join Director Yamoussa Camara and Pitt’s African Music and Dance Ensemble for an evening of traditional and contemporary African performance. Pitt’s performers will be joined by leading African music groups Legacy Arts, Sankofa Village, and Camara Drum and Dance. The concert is free and open to the public.
UPDATE: The date of this event has been moved to April 8.
Explore traditional and popular music of Africa with Camara Drum and Dance Company, special guest Bokulaka Illongo from the Congo, Pitt African Music and Dance Ensemble, and Pitt's African Drumming Club.
Join the Pitt African Music and Dance Ensemble, University Gamelan, and Carpathian Music Ensemble for a celebration of World Music at Pitt with this free concert at the WPU.