Music of the West African Kora with Sean Gaskell

Name: Music of the West African Kora with Sean Gaskell
Start: 2024-10-03T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Brightwood Branch Library

Schedule

Thu Oct 03 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Brightwood Branch Library | Springfield, MA

Sean Gaskell will present an educational performance on the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800 year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire. Gaskell studied under the extensive instruction of musicians in Gambia and Senegal and has performed for all ages in hundreds of shows throughout the United States and Canada. All ages are welcome to this performance at our East Forest Park Branch.
This performance is made possible by a grant from the Springfield Library Foundation’s Rose M. Smith Music Fund.