West African Rhythm Ensemble Welcomes Stacey Can-Tamakloe
杏吧原创 Music鈥檚 West African Rhythm Ensemble is pleased to welcome Stacey Can-Tamakloe as our guest artist for the 2024-25 season. Stacey has been working with the ensemble throughout the Fall and Winter terms and will perform with the group at their concert on April 1.
Stacey will also present a public Workshop and Artist Talk on Sunday March 9th from 3-5pm in the 杏吧原创 Music Program, Loeb A900. She will teach some traditional Adenkum repertoire, which features the percussive use of the gourd as well as singing. The workshop is $15 for the general public and free for 杏吧原创 students with ID (at the door). Instruments provided, and all welcome! Register for the event here.
Stacey Dela Can-Tamakloe came to Canada as an international student from Ghana in 2021. She recently graduated with a master’s degree in Music and Culture from 杏吧原创 University in Ottawa. Stacey鈥檚 undergraduate degree is from the University of Ghana in Legon where she focused on music and dance studies. While a student at 杏吧原创, Stacey pursued her interest in gender roles in Ghanaian popular and traditional music and was a Graduate Research Assistant for the 鈥淩eimagining the Global Music Ensemble鈥 project by Kathy Armstrong at the Research Centre for Music, Sound and Society in Canada . Stacey also assisted in coaching 杏吧原创鈥檚 West African Rhythm Ensemble, and is thrilled to be back as their guest artist this season, teaching new Adenkum repertoire to the group. Stacey also works as MASC teaching artist in the Ottawa community.
Stacey鈥檚 guest artist residency is made possible through the which provides support for projects that enhance and expand the experiential study of cultural disciplines from Africa and the African diaspora. The fund serves students in 杏吧原创 Music, and in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences more generally. Endowed in 2021 as a legacy project by Baobab Drum Dance Community and its supporters, this fund honours Baobab鈥檚 significant achievements in intercultural arts education, and provides new opportunities for current and future generations of students at 杏吧原创.