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Spring 2022 MusicUnitesUS artist Sona Jobarteh will be featured on this Sunday’s episode of 60Minutes! Part of the segment was filmed during her time at Brandeis so keep an eye out for familiar faces and places. Arts at Brandeis and beyond!!

The Garifuna Collective has arrived on campus at Brandeis University! After years of planning, the band has landed safely from Belize. Their Fall 2022 residency kicks off today! Catch them all week in classes throughout the university, and then on Saturday night 10/29 at The Garifuna Collective: Afro-Indigenous Music from Belize & Honduras

Next week, Afro-Indigenous musicians from the Garifuna Collective come to campus for a full week of open classes and performances! Free lunchtime concert on Wednesday, October 26, noon-1 pm in Mandel Center for Humanities atrium and a culminating concert in Slosberg on Saturday, October 29 at 8 pm (preconcert talk at 7 pm). Curated by Interim MusicUnitesUS Director . Full schedule at brandeis.edu/musicunitesus. Tickets for the October 29 concert at brandeis.edu/tickets (free for students with Brandeis ID).

The Garifuna Collective

MusicUnitesUS presents: The Garifuna Collective | BrandeisNOW A collective that is preserving the sounds and culture of Afro-Indigenous people from Belize and Honduras will join the Brandeis community for a concert and residency this fall.

We are so excited to welcome The Garifuna Collective to Brandeis University October 24-29! Check out the link for more information and to see their full schedule for the week. Also, mark your calendar for their final concert on October 29 at 8 pm (talk @ 7) at the Slosberg Music Center / Brandeis University! Arts at Brandeis

Fall 2022 Garifuna culture was forged when a ship carrying captive Africans wrecked off the coast of St. Vincent in the 1600's. The survivors swam ashore, mixed with the island's native Arawak population, and created a unique, resilient society of free people that successfully resisted European enslavement si...

Don't miss this cultural crossover of traditional Korean samulnori/pansori and modern Jazz and Gospel music, presented by the Korean Cultural Society of Boston and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Boston, and directed by Brandeis PhD candidate in Musicology Mina Cho!

Samulnori Fantasy: Seasons | Sat, Sept. 10th 7:30 pm

We hope you'll join us for an exciting evening filled with cultural crossover of American/modern jazz and traditional Korean samulnori/pansori!

Co-hosted by 주보스턴총영사관 Korean Consulate General in Boston and featuring International Gugak Jazz Institute, with local Boston artists and musicians flying in from Korea!

FREE ADMISSION with registration required here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/samulnori-fantasy-seasons-tickets-399662741017

Happy International Women's Day! We couldn't be prouder to be hosting pioneering musical icon Sona Jobarteh this week, the first woman within the griot tradition to become a professional virtuoso on the kora! Arts at Brandeis Slosberg Music Center / Brandeis University

Sona Jobarteh - BBC What's New We meet Sona Jobarteh, the first and only female kora player educating the next generation about their West African traditions. She comes from a long line of...

Today is the day -- Sona Jobarteh's residency at Brandeis University begins! 🇬🇲