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Sunday, July 21, 2002
Rolando Alexandre: Timbila from Mozambique
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Alexandre of the National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique introduces and performs several pieces on the mbila (timbila in plural), a type of xylophone
that is the definitive musical instrument for the Chopi people of southern
Mozambique. Plus recordings of timbila orchestras and timbila in combination with other instruments.
Rolando and other members of the National Song and Dance Company of
Mozambique recently appeared at the Lincoln
Center Festival in collaboration with the performance group Urban Bush
Women in a multimedia show called Shadow's Child They will be
joined by the full National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique and take the show on tour around the U.S. later this
year. There will be performances
at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Victoria
Theatre in Newark NJ, November 22-24, 2002. Click here for a bit of
information about the show and the national company.
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