Event
Dr. Michael White, Mitchell Player, Sidiki Conde, & Mitchell Player
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Free. Free and open to the publicLocation: LAT/LONG: 29.961366, -90.057941
At New Orleans Jazz Museum - 400 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans - In the 3rd Floor Performance Space
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2:00 to 3:00 pm Central Time
Description
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
in partnership with
The New Orleans Jazz Museum
presents
Artists in Residence:
Sidiki Conde and Wowo Souakoli in performance with Dr. Michael White & Mitchell Player
Thursday, 4/2- at 2:00 pm
At the New Orleans Jazz Museum - 400 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans
In the 3rd Floor Theater
Join us for a performance by our Artists in Residence.
SidikiConde became a dance despite losing the use of his legs to polio as a child in Guinea. He is a soloist, a drummer, a composer, and a choreographer.
Wowo Souakoli is a master guitarist from the West African country of Guinea. Souakolis is a master of the traditional guitar which transposes the music of the balaphone, the lead instrument of the Malinke culture dating back to the 3rd century. Sauakoli’s guitar gives the traditional culture of Guinea a voice in the modern age. Souakoli was non-verbal as a child, but the guitar gave him a voice and with time, the confidence to speak.
Together the two founded Message D’Espoir, a music and dance ensemble composed of artists with disabilities.
This program takes place inside the third-floor Performance Center of the New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first come, first serve.
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