Friday, 3/31 - 8pm OU Percussion Ensemble/ World Percussion Ensemble -Journey to Latin America @ Oakland University Varner Recital Hall
Saturday, 4/1 - 6pm Bhakthi, a Musical Journey with Mystics featuring Chitra Srikrishna @ Oakland University Varner Recital Hall
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Jan 19 2017
Soul Food & Spirits Rising
Sunday, 1/22 - 3pm Soul Food Gathering with Spirits Rising, South Indian Classical Quartet, Oakland Jazz Sextet, Biakuye Percussion Group, George Stoffan, and Men of Grace @ Pontiac Creative Arts Center
Saturday, 1/28 - 1pm Spirits Rising Workshop @ Oakland
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Nov 1 2016
November Events: OU World Music Concerts featuring Paschal Younge, PASIC with Bernard Woma and Bill
Friday, 11/4 - 8pm World Music Concert with Paschal Yao Younge @ Oakland University Varner Recital Hall
Saturday, 11/5 - 2pm Workshop and 4pm Concert with Paschal Younge @ Pontiac Creative Art Center
Thursday, 11/10 - Noon, Percussive Arts …
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Sep 7 2016
Regina Carter and the Oakland Jazz Quartet
Saturday, Sept 10th at 8pm: Regina Carter and the Oakland Jazz Quartet @ Oakland University, Varner Recital Hall
This weekend I’ll be kicking off the new school year with a special concert at Oakland University featuring Regina Carter and…
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Jul 6 2016
Wings of the Spirit, Southpaw Isle Steelband, Ecuador Percussion Festival
Sunday, July 10th at 2pm: Wings of the Spirit - Interfaith Gathering @ House Concert in Bloomfield Hills
Wednesday, July 13th at 8pm: Southpaw Isle Steelband - Summer Music Series @ Nardin Park United Methodist Church in Farmington
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Apr 5 2016
OU World Music Concert, OU Percussion Ensembles with Roger Braun, Vibrations Ensemble in New Jersey
Friday, April 8th at 8pm - Oakland University World Music Concert featuring Akwaaba and the Pan-Jumbies @ Oakland University's Varner Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 13th at 7:30pm - Oakland University Percussion Ensemble Concert, featuring Roger Braun @ Oakland University's Varner
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Feb 25 2016
Afternoon of Carnatic Music, Southpaw Isle Steelband, Oakland Jazz Quartet, Thyagaraja Festival
A big thank you to everyone who came out to support our Chennai fundraiser! Thanks to your generous support we were able to raise $1371 to aid musicians affected by the recent floods in Chennai, India.
The next few months…
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Jan 28 2016
Chennai Benefit Reminder
It was great to see everyone earlier this month for Percussion Day at OU and at the Martin Luther King Day Celebration in A2. I just want to remind you that tomorrow night (Saturday 1/30) is our special…
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Jan 5 2016
Percussion Day, I Can! Benefit, MLK Day, Chennai Benefit
Wishing you a joyous and blessed New Year! Year-end concerts with Bernard Woma, Doc Holladay, my trio, Joe Reilly, and the OJQ were a blast and I am most grateful to the many people who took home a copy of…
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Oct 31 2015
OU World Music Ensembles' 40th Anniversary Concerts, Mark Stone Trio at PASIC
Thanks to everyone who came out to support my CD release concerts last month! We had a great time playing and sharing the music. If you have not yet picked up a copy of my new album it is now …
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Oct 3 2015
Mark Stone - CD Release Concerts
As the weather cools and we enter fall, I am thankful for a joyful summer of travel, music making, and time with family. My trips to South Africa and Uganda were awesome. I had the honor of being an adjudicator…
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May 17 2015
African Premiere of Gyil Concerti, Sarovar Festival 2015, Mark Stone Trio
After an incredible three months of performing, teaching, and recording together, I dropped off Haruna Walusimbi at the airport last week to head back to Uganda. During his time in the U.S. we visited ten states, gave 25 performances, had…
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