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
