CI Small Ensembles: Kouyaté Mandé West African Ensembles and CI for Non-Majors Ensemble
Three sets: 7pm, 8pm, and 9pm
Watch performer-produced livestream from Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
7pm- Mandé West African Ensemble
This group introduces students to West African history and culture through music.
Balla Kouyate, Coach
Changrong (Yannick) Yan, voice/piano
Lyra Montoya, sax/flute
Emma Blanc, tenor sax
Roman Barten-Sherman, voice/guitar/banjo
Skyler Lim, piano/fiddle
Avi Randall, bass
Noah Mark, percussion
8pm- Mandé West African Ensemble
This group introduces students to West African history and culture through music.
Balla Kouyate, Coach
Francesca Terberg, cello/voice
Yoona Kim, ajaeng
Cooper Malinowski, trombone/bass
Phillip Rawlinson, viola
Alvaro (Emiliano) Lopez, guitar
Haoyu Zheng, piano/voice
Jamie Elliot, bass
9pm - CI for Non-Majors Ensemble
This ensemble offers non-majors an opportunity to explore a broad range of compositional and improvisational practices and strategies that draw strongly on aural traditions from many cultures.
David Zoffer, coach/electric guitar
Huanhuan Xie, voice
Feiyi Liao, piano
Cooper Malinowski, electric bass
Moyu Zhang, drums