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Jenbe & Dunun Work­shops with

Bolokada Condé

 

9-day Fort Wayne res­i­dency starts Octo­ber 22, 2011

 

TRIAAC is excited to wel­come mas­ter drum­mer and folk­lorist Bolokada Condé for his pre­miere appear­ance in Fort Wayne, IN. Don’t miss this excit­ing event! Bolokada’s res­i­dency is through TRIAAC’s Vis­it­ing Artist Forum, a project of con­tin­u­ing short and long-term res­i­den­cies for Afrikan and Dias­pora artists who con­duct work­shops and per­for­mances for TRIAAC and the community-at-large.

Moussa Bolokada Condé is inter­na­tion­ally rec­og­nized as a mas­ter of Malinké jenbé and dunun music and folk­lore. Steeped in the rich cul­tural tra­di­tions of Malinké music, he has trav­eled the globe teach­ing and per­form­ing. A world class musi­cian, who has per­formed with Elvin Jones,

Joan Baez, and Mickey Hart, Bolokada per­fected his skills at tra­di­tional vil­lage cel­e­bra­tions through­out the Sankaran region of Guinea for more than 30 years before becom­ing the lead soloist for Les Per­cus­sions de Guinée, Guinea, West Afrika’s pre­miere national ballet.Bolokada Visiting Artist Blog

Begin­ning Octo­ber 22 through 31, Bolokada will bring his unique gifts to Fort Wayne as a guest of the TRIAAC’s Vis­it­ing Artist Forum. In col­lab­o­ra­tion with IPFW’s Col­lege of Visual and Per­form­ing Arts, and Office of Diver­sity and Mul­ti­cul­tural Ser­vices, Bolokada will teach classes at IPFW, in pub­lic and pri­vate schools, and at TRIAAC where work­shops and pri­vate instruc­tion are open to the public.

The high­light of the res­i­dency is a free com­mu­nity con­cert Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 29, at 7:30PM, at IPFW’s Rhine­hart Music Center’s Auer Per­for­mance Hall.

Click the link to find out where you can meet and learn from Bolokada Conde.

Mande Music Wkshop

 

 

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Have jenbé drum will travel

Posted by on Nov 25, 2011 in Frontline, News & Events, Visiting Artist Blog | 0 comments

Have jenbé drum will travel

Moussa Bolokada Condé

Unpar­al­leled jenbé genius set for residencies

Moussa Bolokada Condé teaches the jenbé and dunun drum­ming tra­di­tion of his peo­ple. An acclaimed mas­ter of his instru­ments and the cul­ture from which they emerge, Bolokada is well-versed in impart­ing his knowl­edge to stu­dents at all lev­els, from ele­men­tary to college.

In the video above Bolokada worked with World Music stu­dents at IPFW, in Fort Wayne, IN. Below, his work with Tai­wanese stu­dents is evident. 

TRIAAC wants to dis­cuss how we can bring this genius of the jenbé to your stu­dents to enhance their music and world cul­ture edu­ca­tion while bring­ing them the great joy of the tra­di­tional Malinké per­cus­sion. Con­tact us.

Visiting Artist’s October Schedule

Posted by on Oct 11, 2011 in Featured, Visiting Artist Blog | 0 comments

Visiting Artist’s October Schedule

Res­i­dency sched­ule open to the community

Moussa Bolokada Conde will arrive in Fort Wayne on Octo­ber 22, 2011. For five of the nine days he’ll be teach­ing and per­form­ing in Fort Wayne, he will be acces­si­ble to the pub­lic. One of the world’s most mas­ter­ful teach­ers and play­ers, Bolokada has trav­eled the world bring­ing his unique tal­ents and insights to wel­com­ing stu­dents worldwide.

Lis­ten to Bolokada Conde’s jenbe mastery.

 

Bolokada Res­i­dency Schedule

  • Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 22, 5-7PM, Potluck com­mu­nity ban­quet, at TRIAAC, 501 E. Brack­en­ridge Street
  • Thurs­day, Octo­ber 27, 4:30–6:30PM, Con­duct a work­shop for the Office of Diver­sity and Mul­ti­cul­tural Affairs, at IPFW’s Walb Union
  • Fri­day, Octo­ber 28, 6:30-9PM, Con­duct the first day of a two-day Drum Work­shop, at TRIAAC
  • Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 29, 7:30PM, FREE con­cert per­for­mance with the Sum­mit City AfroPop Sex­tet, Rhine­hart Music Center/Auer Per­for­mance Hall, IPFW
  • Sun­day, after­noon, Octo­ber 30, 1–3:30PM, Bolokada will con­duct the sec­ond day of his Drum Work­shop, at TRIAAC

Join TRIAAC in wel­com­ing and learn­ing from this West Afrikan artist and folklorist.

 

To reg­is­ter for Bolokada’s Mandé Music Work­shop on Fri­day and Sun­day, with a $90.00 cost for the two-day, 5-hour ses­sion, call TRIAAC, 260 969‑9442, or get the reg­is­tra­tion form on line at http://triaac.org/blog-4/visiting-artist-blog/