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PROGRAM SEVEN
About the Artists
You and your students will meet New York City–based artists who represent three different musical genres and cultural traditions; many have reinvented these deeply rooted traditions to make them their own. Together, you will learn songs and dances that you will perform along with the artists during the digital concert experience at the end of your semester.
Ilusha Tsinadze is a singer, guitarist, composer, and arranger born in Tbilisi,
Georgia. After studying jazz in college, his passion shifted to the music of
his homeland. In 2011, Ilusha ...
Ilusha Tsinadze is a singer, guitarist, composer, and arranger born in Tbilisi,
Georgia. After studying jazz in college, his passion shifted to the music of
his homeland. In 2011, Ilusha released his debut album, Deda Ena (Mother
Tongue), which featured his own distinctly personal interpretations of
Georgian folk songs along with compositions of his own. The music
video for his song “Mokhevis Kalo Tinao” went viral in Georgia and has since
won him wide acclaim and national fame in the country. He has performed
with his Brooklyn-based band around the world, allowing audiences to
experience his emotional renditions of Georgia’s beautiful and little-known
musical traditions.
Martha Redbone is a leading singer-songwriter of American roots music, blending elements of funk and the blues with those from her Native American heritage. Her music is described as ...
Martha Redbone is a leading singer-songwriter of American roots music, blending elements of funk and the blues with those from her Native American heritage. Her music is described as “a brilliant collision of cultures” by The New Yorker and “Earth, Wind, and Fire on the rez” by Native Peoples Magazine. Her album Skintalk is part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian as an example of contemporary Native American music. She is currently developing a musical theater piece commissioned by Joe’s Pub and The Public Theater based on her ancestry and her childhood in the Appalachian hills of Black Mountain, Kentucky.
Singer, songwriter, choreographer, and dancer, Sbongiseni “Bongi”
Duma has been in the cast of The Lion King on Broadway for more than
a dozen years. He was nominated for a ...
Singer, songwriter, choreographer, and dancer, Sbongiseni “Bongi”
Duma has been in the cast of The Lion King on Broadway for more than
a dozen years. He was nominated for a 2014–2015 Drama Desk Award
for best music in a play (Generations). He has also worked as a composer,
musical director, and choreographer for The Mighty Zulu Nation and
Africa Africa. He performs his own music regularly with his band and
with Uzalo, a Brooklyn-based music collective.
Tshidi Manye, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, made her Broadway
debut in The Lion King in 2004 and continues to perform regularly in
the role of Rafiki. She has also starred in the ...
Tshidi Manye, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, made her Broadway
debut in The Lion King in 2004 and continues to perform regularly in
the role of Rafiki. She has also starred in the European and Japanese
tours of Sarafina! and has appeared onstage with Paul Simon, David
Byrne, and Hugh Masekela.
