On
Saturday,
September
24
at
7:30
p.m.
in
Richardson
Auditorium,
the
Princeton
University
Glee
Club
collaborates
with
Mushandirapamwe
Singers
of
Zimbabwe
in
a
performance
that
weaves
together
personal
narratives
and
national
histories
from
the
perspective
of
Dr.
Tanyaradzwa
Tawengwa,
featuring
the
Mbira
instrument
of
Zimbabwe.
This
concert
is
the
first
of
the
current
season’s
“Glee
Club
Presents”
events,
in
which
the
students
of
the
Glee
Club
collaborate
with
and
learn
from
a
diversity
of
renowned
vocal
artists.
Created
and
directed
by
former
Glee
Club
President
Tawengwa
’14,
the
Mushandirapamwe
Singers
takes
its
name
from
the
hotel
of
the
same
name
in
Harare,
Zimbabwe,
which
served
as
a
beacon
for
the
artists
and
freedom
fighters
of
Zimbabwe
who
strove
to
define
and
assert
the
nation’s
cultural
identity
during
the
1970s,
in
resistance
to
British
colonial
rule.
The
hotel
holds
personal
significance
to
Tawengwa
because
it
was
built
by
her
grandfather,
George
Tawengwa.
The
members
of
the
Mushandirapamwe
Singers
were
first
brought
together
by
their
founder
at
the
University
of
Kentucky
in
2016,
and
include
many
of
the
leading
African
vocalists
based
in
the
USA.
Tawengwa
is
a
singer,
scholar
and
composer,
and
is
considered
one
of
the
leading
exponents
of
the
emblematic
instrument
of
Zimbabwe
—
the
Mbira.
The
Mushandirapmwe
Singers
will
sing
in
collaboration
with
the
students
of
the
Princeton
University
Glee
Club,
under
Tawengwa’s
direction.
Tickets
$5-$15.
Visit music.princeton.edu or
call
(609)
258-9220.