Wamidan World Music Ensemble
James Makubuya, Artistic Director
Wamidan is the Wabash College World Music Performance ensemble and focuses on the music and dance from various global folk music traditions. The group offers hands-on practice and performance experience in song, dance and a wide variety of musical instruments from different musical traditions of world cultures. The Initial instrumental playing focus is on the East African musical instruments including adungu (9-string bow harp), akogo (thumb piano), awal (gourd crackers), enkwanzi (panpipes), madinda (12 slab log xylophone), ndingidi (single string tube fiddle), ndongo (8-string bowl lyre), ngoma (various drums), endere (vertical reed flute), and ensaasi (gourd rattles). Whereas active members are required to specialize and perform in depth on one instrument of their choice, they are also expected to acquire reasonable performance familiarity and efficiency in two other instruments as well as singing and dancing.
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"The Wamidan performance ensemble is for those who want to explore the artistic and scientific myths and mysteries of folk music and dances from world cultures." |
-James Makubuya, Founder
Adungu Ensemble Players
Wamidan ensemble practices take place on Wednesday 5-6:30 p.m. and Friday 5-6:30 p.m.
Wamidan Director playing the Oryemo (Bow harp)
Tube Fiddle and Bowl Lyre Ensemble Players
Madinda Ensemble Players
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Bowl Lyre, Xylophone and Ndingidi Players
Dance Drumming Accompanists
Dizi (Chinese Transversem Flute) Player
Irish Fiddle and Bodhran Drum Players
Irish Fiddle Player
Min Adungu (Bass Bow Harp) Player
Oryemo Adungu (Medium Bow Harp) Players
Tube Fiddle and Thumb Piano Players
Sabina with Audience Tongue Twister Participant
Aije (Ugandan Harvest Dance) Dancers
Asian Indian Dancers
Asian Indian Dancing Expression
South African Gumboot Dancers
Ugandan Olukhun Dancers and Drummers
Olukhun Japadhola Male Dancer
