Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center is a music center located in Eugene

Eugene, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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, dedicated to the music and people of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. Kutsinhira offers classes in Zimbabwean marimba

Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...

, mbira

Mbira

In African music, the mbira is a musical instrument that consists of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a resonator...

, drumming, singing

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, and dancing. The center also tries to bring Zimbabwean teachers to Oregon. Kutsinhira members have been active participants in ZimFest.

Bands

Kutsinhira has several marimba ensembles:

• Hokoyo

They are directed by Gary Spalter. In 2006 they released the CD Chipembere.

• Zambuko
• Jenaguru
• Shamwari
• Kutsinhira Youth Ensemble

External links

• Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center (official website)

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