NOW ON at THE MANNENBERG

Monday 24 May 2010, 8pm

 

WoCALLING: SOLD OUT at HIFA: Missed the show?  This stunning collaboration of 8 outstanding women vocalists and 7 gifted musicians from Zimbabwe and Norway, took Harare by storm during the recent HIFA, with both performances sold out, leaving many fans disappointed, and the lucky ones hungry for more.

 

By popular demand, WoCalling will perform at The Mannenberg in Fife Ave on Monday 24 May from 8pm, with original WoCalling compositions born from this unique collaboration, together with dance and poetry, and the divas will also draw from a repertoire of famous Jazz standards which have inspired them all.

 

’Wocalling Regional’ is a local version of an extended international collaboration project, coordinated by Norwegian singer and musician Cecilie Giskemo who is currently attached to the Zimbabwe College of Music.  The production comprises the following amazing Zimbabwean and Norwegian singers and musicians, poets and dancers:

 

 

Instrumentalists: Tor Åge Schunemann (tuba), Filbert Marova (piano), Andrew Mamvura, Hope Masike and Cecilie Giskemo (mbira), Fenton Zimba (marimba) and  Rumbidzai Tapfuma (congas); for this show joined also by Vee Mukarati (sax) and Enoch Piroro (bass).

 

 

 

Pamberi Trust’s gender programme FLAME (Female Literary, Arts and Music Enterprise) proudly supported some of the group’s rehearsals, and welcomed WoCalling to The Book Cafe stage in April, as a sneak preview for the HIFA show.  The performance was of the highest quality, featured some of Zimbabwe’s best-loved women artists, and helped the strong network of professional women artists in Harare onto a new level of cooperation and collaboration.

 

The Mannenberg show on Mon 24 May is a special event to accommodate all those who missed the HIFA performances.  The intimate venue offers music-lovers the opportunity to get up close to the stage action and participate fully in the music of a unique collaboration of gifted artists.