Samite Mulondo

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9/13/10

African Musician Samite Mulondo To Perform At SLU September 24

CANTON - African musician Samite Mulondo will perform in concert at St. Lawrence University on Friday, September 24, at 2 p.m. in the North Country Japanese Garden, in the courtyard of Sykes Residence Hall. The event, open to the public free of charge, will be held in the Common Room of Sykes in case of rain.

Mulondo, who is Ugandan by birth, is based in Ithaca, N.Y., and recently completed his eighth commercial album. He is trained in African and Western flute and is also an accomplished singer, composer and vocalist, as well as an instrumentalist of the kalimba (finger-piano), marimba (wooden xylophone) and litungu (seven-stringed Kenyan instrument). Mulondo will also conduct workshops and visit a variety of classes during his two-day residency at the University.

The concert is supported by the Hovey/Brown Endowment for the Arts. For more information, contact 315-229-5998.

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