EVENTS
2022 EVENTS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
26 January at 7:30pm - Sofar Bristol, Temple Meads
27 January – Royal Holloway University, Egham
28 January at Festival for Culture – A Celebration of Blackness, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith London
29 January at 8pm Sofar London Charing Cross
30 January at 8pm Sofar, London, Bow
31 January – 01 April MMD&Me with English Touring Theatre (ETT) Brixton theatre, The round Scarborough, Stahl theatre Oundle, Playhouse Oxford, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, Brixton Theatre
05 February – Warwick University
7 Mar at 7p m Connecting Cultures with Anna Mudeka's African Choir of Norwich
22 May at 5pm Putney London
2021 EVENTS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
25 November - CSB Luchtime Concert 1pm at Symhony Hall
28 October - COP26 Repeat #SongOfNature streamed on Stream Theatre
23 August - 20 September MMD&Me at YorkTheatre Royal
23 June at 7pm - Sol Cafe, with Baobab Women's group & CSB Refugee Week 2021
15 July at 7:45 pm – Migration Matters Festival, Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield
8 August at 1pm – Millicent at Campkin By Shambala Festival
18 June at 6:30pm – CSB & Oikos Café, Erdington Evening of Creativity
30 May – Singing with Nightingales a Nest Collective event
28 April at 8pm – Impact Birmingham Present, EP Launch
22 April – Earth Day, Song of Nature, LDNClimateFestival broadcast on SkyArts & recorded at the Coliseum theatre
ONLINE PERFORMANCES
18 June at 6:30pm – CSB & Oikos Café, Erdington Evening of Creativity
17 June – at 10am with No5 Barristers
15th June Singing Workshops in Partnership with Birmingham Opera Company
14th June, 1pm, CSB Refugee Week Launch and Showcase of Featured Artists Commissions
13 May at 6.30pm - The Outerglobe on Resonance 104.4FM /DAB London and www.resonancefm.com
6 April – London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE Festival) Shaping The Post Covid World – A letter on Feminist Peace
08 March @1pm IWD21 #ChooseToChallenge Singing & Discussion a Birmingham Opera Company & CSB Partnership
CSB Bitesize, 6th March 7.00pm https://www.facebook.com/events/264302598543276/
PAST PERFORMANCES -2020
ONLINE PERFORMANCES
21 December - Winter Solstice, Town Hall Symphony Hall - THSHBirmingham & Culture Central partnership.
30 November, CSB Featured Artists - Pre-recorded perfomance
16 November @8pm - Afrika Eye https://fb.me/e/3c2XOxE49
26 September @7:30pm CSB Autumn LIveStream Series https://fb.me/e/4H5LbPe9V
Globally Virtual!// Konimusic - Migration Matters Online performance (19 June 20:00-hrs)
CSB Refugee Week 2020 Festival - Pre-recorded perfomance (19 June
Pre-Recorded Live performance @The Jm Jar, Bristol broadcast on Sat 04 July by The Kambe Foundation
LIVE PERFORMANCES
3 December - IGUANA STODIO/B Flat production - Mugabe, My Da & Me
21- 25 October - WOMEX'20 Budapest Hungary
29 Septembet - Singing with NIghtingales (Nest Collective) POSTPONED to 1 May 2021
17 August Carry On Kelmarsh - Kambe Foundation (Shambala Festival
Sat 22 August Campfire Club - The Nest Collective (London)
25 July - Norfolk World Music Festival - Southburgh, Burton Barns IP25 7SU
24 May - 6pm Staffs Fest, Lower Drayton Farm ST19 5RE Stafford
02 May - 7pm Singing With Nightingales Festival, Knowlands Farm BN85EF
31 March - 1-2pm Hidden Gems- Lunchtime Concerts @ St Paul, St Pauls Square B3 1QZ
14 March - Sofar Sounds London - Secret Location (TBA)
8 March - 6pm International Women's Day @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Rd B4 7XR
26 February - 12.30 @ Royal Geographical Society (Nest Collective) SW7 2 AR
22 February - 8pm Doctors Without Borders - MSF Norwick Charity event, Unthank Rd, Norwich NR2 2PA
15 February - 7pm RC Valentines Dinner @ Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore CV8 3FL
07 February - 9pm Ideas Of Noise and Celebrating Sanctuary Birmingham Festival @ The Edge, Digbeth
01 February - 9pm @Why Not Coffee, Bearwood Rd B66 4BW30 Novembe
PAST PERFORMANCES - 2019
13 September - 8pm @Expressions Coffee Shop, 73 Bridge St, Walsall WS1 1JQ
07 September - 2pm @Muzikstan Festival, Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley St B5 5RTU https://www.facebook.com/events/358955724799410/
25 August - 0100 @ Shambala Festival, Sankofa
?TURN YOUR SOUND ON! ? Proudly presenting our 57th act of Shambala Festival 2019: Mbira BluesMbira Blues trio are Henri Gaobi (Master Dummer from Ivory Coast), Millicent Chapanda (Zimbabwean mbira expert) and Kadialy Kouyate (Senegalese Kora player). They showcase ethereal sounds cultivated in the heart of Africa which speak to the soul. Delve deeper on our website, here: https://www.shambalafestival.org/2019/events/mbira-blues/ Music credit: *edit* Millicent Chapanda – ‘Instrumental’ Tune in again at 5pm on Wednesday as we announce our 58th act!
Gepostet von Shambala Festival am Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2019
16 August - Leicester Journeys Festival (ArtReach)
04 August - Heacham Carnival, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 7DB
03 August - 7:30 Pm 'Sisters in Mbira' @Cley Contemporary Arts, Cley Church, Holt NR25 6BB
27 July - 'Sisters in Mbira' at Norfolk World Music Festival Southburgh
13 July - 8pm @Expressions Coffee shop, Walsall WS1 1JQ
08 July - Remembering Srebrenica, St Philip's, Birmingham B3 2QB
04 July - Music Voyage IKON Galley Slow boat
03 July - IKON Galley Slow boat
22 June - Elmwood UR Church, Birmingham
21 June - Africa Calls Trio -Symphony Hall Foyer, Birmingham B1 2EA
21 June - Workshop 2-3.30pm - Symphony Hall Foyer, Birmingham B1 2EA
20 June - Refugee week at BMAG, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH
19 June - Sofar Sounds (Manchester)
15 June - Birmingham Library, Broad Street B1 2EA
21 May - Royal Society of Arts (RSA), 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ
17 April - Sheringham Library, New Rd, Sheringham NR26 8EB
17 April - Cromer Library, Prince of Wales Rd, Cromer NR27 9HS
15 March - Birmingham Ormiston Academy, 1 Grosvenor St, B4 7QD
08 March - IWD, "I Am Her” Exhibition - St Marys Guildhall, Muniment Room, Coventry CV1 5RN
08 March - International Women's Day (IWD) - BMAG, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH
28 February - Africa Calls (Gaobi, Kadialy & Millicent) RJJZ, Arch 24, 208 Livery Street, Birmingham B3 1EU
23 February - Sisters In Mbira (Anna & Millicent) The Narthex Centre, Unthank Road Norwich NR2 2PA (20:15 - 20:45hrs)
17 February - Birmingham Multicultural Festival @ The Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) Cannon Hill Park, Queen's Ride, Birmingham B12 9QH
17 February - (One day without Us) BMAG, Chamberlain Square B3 3DH Birmingham (15:30 - 1430hrs)
11 February - Refugee Week Conference Coventry Cathedral, CV1 5FB
07 February - Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath B14 7SA
16 January - MWMC) launch at Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, B'ham B5 5RT
13 January - Hootenanny Brixton, 95 Effra Rd, London SW2 1DF
09 January - Symphony Hall (Foyer) B1 2EA
04 January - Africa Mid-week Series at The Symphony Hall, Birmingham B1 2EA
PAST PERFORMANCES - 2018
08 March - International Women’s’ Day (Birmingham Museum & Arts Gallery
(Sisters in Mbira with Anna Mudeka
14 April - Big Launch Event (University of Bristol) - duo with Chartwell Dutiro
21 April - Surge in Spring Festival (MAC – duo with Chartwell Dutiro
21 April - Vitality Festival Bristol (The Malcolm X building, duo with Chartwell Dutiro)
19 May Ort Gallery - duo with Chartwell Dutiro
17 June - Rehearsals (Spirit Talk mbira in London)
20 June - Loop the Loop Social Event (Ikon Gallery Slow boat) Solo
20 June - Sanctuary Stories (Birmingham Museum & Arts Gallery) Solo
21 June - Refugee Week ((Birmingham Museum & Arts Gallery
(Sisters in Mbira with Anna Mudeka)
23 June - Refugee Week (MAC – trio with Anna Mudeka & Chartwell Dutiro
02 July - Ideas of Noise Rehearsal (The Lamp Tavern)
08 July - Afrika Festival Hertme, Netherlands (Spirit Talk Mbira)
14 July - Peace Event (Birmingham) Solo
16 -19 July - Ikon Gallery Slow Boart Residency
20 July - St John’s & St Peter’s Church Ladywood (Performance)
28 July - Norfolk World Musc Festival Southburgh with Chartwell Dutiro & Spirit Talk Mbira
31 July - Ideas of Noise Rehearsal (The Lamp Tavern)
04 August - Ideas of Noise Festival (The Edge) collaboration with Andrew Woodhead, Didier and Aaron Diaz
11 August - Smallburgh Festival (Sisters in Mbira–Anna Mudeka & Holly Harrington)
23 August - RAF Lakenheath Diversity Festival - Solo
26 August - Journeys International Festival Leicester (ArtReach)
01 September - Moseley Folk Festival (Kitchen Garden Stage) Solo performance
29 September – African & Caribbean Community Event (Near Neighbours Birmingham)
13 October - Sisters in Mbira (Peterborough)
24 October – Cromer Library (Norfolk Council)
24 October – Sheringham Library (Norfolk Council)
28 October - Journeys International Festival Portsmouth (ArtReach)
29 October - African & Caribbean Community Event (Near Neighbours Birmingham)
24 November - African & Caribbean Community Event (Near Neighbours Birmingham)
14 December - Centrala (Minerva works B5 5RT)
19 December - Stone Centre ( Birmingham)
CONTACT
Available for: Solo or Small Ensemble performance & workshops or to find out more please contact Millicent Chapanda on:
BY PHONE:
(UK) +44 (0)7401999211,
+44 (0)7456563812 or
+44 (0)1922 649443
BY EMAIL:
Email: chapanda@hotmail.com
For workshops Email: afrikanfusion@hotmail.com
