The Zimbabwean Music Festival is an annual celebration of Zimbabwean music and culture. A fun-filled three-day weekend of concerts, workshops, community conversations, a marketplace and more, Zimfest is the largest annual gathering in North America of students, teachers, performers, and fans of Zimbabwean music. More...
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Zimfest 2008 will be held July 4–6 on the beautiful campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Prefest will be held on Thursday, July 3.
We are excited to welcome new and returning Zimbabwean teachers to this year’s Zimfest as well as an amazing group of North American teachers. New to Zimfest this year are the members of Mawungira Enharira, an award-winning mbira ensemble based in Zimbabwe. They are vana gwenyambira (master mbira players) Wilfred Tichaona Mafrika, Edmond Micah Munhemo, Jacob Mafuleni, Tonderai Phiri, Tonderai Ndava, Peacheson Ngoshi, and Loebbe Tigere Gahamadze. Also visiting us for the first time are vana gwenyambira Ambuya Jenny Muchumi and Patience Chaitezvi, two very powerful women mbira players. Returning to Zimfest from Zimbabwe this year are Musekiwa Chingodza, an amazing mbira, ngoma, and hosho player with a voice to match; Ronnie Daliyo, currently on an artist-in-residence program in Oakland, California; and the members of Bongo Love (John Mambira, Mpho Mambira, Themba Mawoko, and Trymore Jombo), following their successful tour of the United States last summer. In addition, Sheasby Matiure and Tendai Muparutsa, both currently studying in the United States, will be returning to Zimfest as well as US-based Zimbabwean musicians Julia Tsitsi Chigamba, Lora Chiorah-Dye, Paul Mataruse, and Loveness Wesa. Lucky Moyo will also be joining us once again from the United Kingdom. More...
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Festival news & web site changes
May 2 We’ve made a few workshop changes, which are described in the May 2 Zimfest Update.
April 27 The workshop registration lottery was run yesterday and confirmations were sent to everyone who has registered. You can view or change your enrollment by logging into Online Registration. If you haven’t registered, you can still do so. For further details, see Registration Information.
April 12 A reminder that deadlines are approaching for entry into the workshop registration lottery. The randomized lottery ensures everyone an equal chance at receiving their first or second choices for workshops. To be included in the workshop lottery, mailed-in forms and payments must be postmarked by April 18, and online registrations and payments must be completed by April 23. For further details, see the Registration Information page.
April 3 For details about clock hours and academic credit for Teacher Track workshops, see the Teacher Track page.
March 16 Online Registration is now open. We’ve also made a few workshop changes, which are described in the March 16 Zimfest Update.
March 13 The complete Zimfest 2008 schedule is now available as web pages. And we’ve made minor changes to the Concert Schedule.
March 4 We’ve updated Zimfest 2008 Greetings and Festival Notes to mirror the first three pages of the Registration Guide (rather than a draft version).
March 2 The Zimfest 2008 Registration Guide (PDF) is now available. This is the complete schedule for this year’s festival. Within a week or so, the same information will be available as web pages and you will be able to register online.
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