I want to share with you some of the wonderful music events that I will be part of in the next couple of months. In March, I will be in residency at both the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh and the University of Michigan – AnnArbor. At the University of Wisconsin, I will be hosted by Alison Shaw and the UW Oshkosh Percussion Program for workshops on the East African embaire xylophone and a concert on the West African gyil xylophone. At the University of Michigan, my new trio will be hosted by Kwasi Ampene and the Center for World Performance Studies, presenting both classes and concerts. In AnnArbor, the Mark Stone Trio will be performing at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on March 13th and the Canterbury House on March 14th.
In April I will be hosting several incredible performances at Oakland University. During the first week of April, we will have the great Trinidadian jazz trumpeter and composer Etienne Charles in residence at OU. Etienne will perform on the annual world music concert on April 4thand with the OU big band and pan-jazz ensemble on April 5th. Later in April the virtuoso Indian musicians P. Ganesh and K.N. Shashikiran, known as the Carnatica Brothers, will be visiting our campus, culminating with a performance on April 19th.
