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1. 1. Zimbabwean Music Festival: 2003 Workshop Teachers

   www.zimfest.org/2003/teachers. - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/1/2003   Last Visited: 5/31/2008

   Carl Dean
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   Carl Dean makes his home in Portland, Oregon where he has been building marimbas for the past 6 years.He has taught his skills in local schools and shared his knowledge of building at previous Zimfests.
   
   Farai Gezi is a graduate of the Kwanongoma College of African Music and has taught both African and European music for 25 years.He is currently the Director of Music at Zimbabwe Academy of Arts Education For Development.He runs a backyard marimba workshop which is very popular with visiting marimba players.He also runs the Harare Marimba Ensemble.He has many years' experience in teaching both children and adults.Uncle Farai teaches the building and playing of marimbas, nyungwe nyungwe mbira, and helps new marimba groups take off.He also plays a wide range of musical instruments.Farai is a founding member of CHIPAWO (Children's Performing Arts Workshop) and a life-time board member of the institute.He is a cultural activist whose motto is HONESTY.
   
   Kite Giedraitis has been playing Shona music since 1987 and began teaching 13 years ago in Portland.He was an original member of Boka Marimba, playing with them for 3 years before traveling in Zimbabwe for a year and Ghana for 3 months.He founded Village Spirit in Portland in 1992.The following bands have evolved out of his marimba classes: Zuva, Dancing Trees, Kukuva, Flying Safari Ants, Chiremba, White Rhino, Zimba, Born on Tuesday, Duduluza, Bongozozo, Eurimba and Wood Vibrations.He founded Fools in Paradise in 2001.
   
   Marian Grebanier has been actively involved with Shona music since 1986 when, with the help of Dumi Maraire, she got the Boka Marimba project started in Portland.Since then, she has played marimba and studied and played mbira dzavadzimu since 1993.

2. 2. Zimbabwean Music Festival: 2003 Workshop Schedule

   www.zimfest.org/2003/workshops - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/1/2003   Last Visited: 5/31/2008

   Carl Dean