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Friday, April 10th at 10am - Haruna Walusimbi @ Oakland University Varner Recital Hall Friday, April 10th at 8pm - Haruna Walusimbi @ Oakland University Varner Recital Hall Saturday, April 11th at 8pm - Haruna Walusimbi @ Oakland University Varner Recital Hall Wednesday, April 22nd at 6:30pm - Joe Reilly and the Community Gardeners @ Farmington Hills Earth Day Celebration Sunday, April 26th at 1pm - Haruna Walusimbi @ Ann Arbor Library - Downtown Branch Monday, May 4th at 7:30pm - Spring Percussion Ensemble Concert @ University of Wisconsin Oshkosh |
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It has been wonderful to host my Ugandan brother Haruna Walusimbi at Oakland University for the past two months. After not seeing one another for nearly 18 years, we have had a lot to catch up on. Together we've done plenty of traveling, performing, and teaching including: a Brooklyn Concert, New Jersey City and Manhattan School Performances, a West Virginia University residency, Eastern Michigan University masterclass, Michigan school performances, and a collaborative concert at Cleveland State University with friends from India and Michigan . Please come out this weekend to one of three concerts at Oakland University to experience Haruna Walusimbi's amazing work with my students. These shows are not to be missed and I am very proud of my OU students for their musicianship and dedication to learning Haruna's music. Here is a sneak peek of our program from an appearance yesterday morning on Fox 2 Detroit. Later in the month, I'll be performing with Joe Reilly and some of my favorite Michigan musicians to celebrate Earth Day. I also have additional performances scheduled with Haruna at the Ann Arbor Library and at the University of Wisconsin. I hope you can make it out to one or more of these programs. Thanks for supporting the music! Mark |