The Global Music Showcase features The Afro-Caribbean Ensemble and Music of the Balkans Ensemble. This event is free and open to the public.

PROGRAM 

The Afro-Caribbean Ensemble
Dr. Sidra Lawrence, director

Whitey on the Moon; USA....................................Gil Scott-Heron, 1970

Africa Night; Benin...................................................Eyo’Nle Brass Band, 2014

Him Belly No Go Sweet; USA.............................Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, 2012

Ittus; Mali..........................................................................Tinariwen, 2017

Mama Don’t Want no Gun; USA......................Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra, 2004 

Mulatu; Ethiopia and Melbourne................Mulatu Astatke and Black Jesus Experience, 2020

Personnel
Caden Bateman, Michael Gracin, Jacob Hargrove, Rachel Krueger, Ellen Messner, Carl Ng, Ade Odiduro, Clayton Rosati, Will Schneider, Angela Schwartz,
Elijah Stewart, Kimberley Watson, Ian Weil
 

Music of the Balkans Ensemble
Dr. Megan Rancier, director

1.   Dobruzhanski Ruchenik 

2.   Ederlezi (“St. George Day”) 

3.   Underground Čoček – composed by Goran Bregovic

4.   Gelem, Gelem (“I Went, I Went”) – composed by Žarko Jovanović 

5.   Ako Umram (“When I Die”) 

6.   Kopanitsa 

Aaron Chung, alto saxophone 
Sotirios Kaimakamis, piano
Rachel Krueger, percussion 
Dr. Megan Rancier, violin