Princeton Glee Club Presents: Mushandirapamwe Singers

Saturday September 24th, 2022

7:30pm
Richardson auditorium

We loved collaborating with the pan-African vocal ensemble the ‘Mushandirapamwe Singers’ in an intimate performance weaving together personal narratives and national histories from Dr. Tawengwa's perspective of Zimbabwean vocal traditions. Created and directed by renowned vocal artist and former Glee Club President Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa ’14, the Mushandirapamwe Singers takes its name from the hotel of the same name in Harare, Zimbabwe. This hotel, built by Dr. Tawengwa’s grandfather, served as a beacon for the artists and freedom fighters of Zimbabwe who strove to define and assert the nation’s cultural identity during the 1970s in resistance to British colonial rule. The members of the Mushandirapamwe Singers were first united by their founder at the University of Kentucky in 2016, and include many of the leading African vocalists based in the USA. Tawengwa herself is a renowned singer, scholar and composer, and is considered one of the leading exponents of the emblematic instrument of Zimbabwe - the Mbira.

PROGRAM

CHIKAMU I: INVOCATION

Penya Penya - Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club
Text by Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa & Munashe J. Kachidza

CHIKAMU II: ZIVA KWAWAKABVA, SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

Anchulele - Arr. Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club

Sarura Wako - Arr. Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa

CHIKAMU III: CHIMURENGA CHEPFUNGWA, FROM “THE DAWN OF THE ROOSTER”

Muka Iwe - Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa

Zimbabwe Takaiwana NeHondo - Arr. Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club

CHIKAMU IV: MWOYO MUTI, LOVE IS LIKE A TREE

Rarisa Musoro Wako - Dr. Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa

Mwoyo Muti - Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club

CHIKAMU V: MINAMATO, PRAYERS

Zvichapera - Arr. Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club

Hurombo Gara Wega - Arr. Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club

Paipa - Arr. Dr. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa
with Princeton University Glee Club

ROSTER

Mushandirapamwe Singers
Dr. Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, director

Makeda Hampton, soprano

La’Shelle Allen, contralto

Sylvester Makobi, tenor

Phumzile Sojola, tenor

Tshegofatso Clement Baloyi, bass

Kanukai Chigamba, vocalist, percussion and choreographer

with Genevieve Allotey-Pappoe, percussion