This fair is always a great time with many students sharing their culture and food. We let students play our instruments during our breaks and sometimes they make some pretty impressive music! The event is free!
MASANGA MARIMBA
NEWS- On October 25th, Masanga opened for Neil Young, Beck, and Lana Del Rey at the Harvest Moon Gathering. On Christmas Eve, we closed out the 65th Annual LA County Holiday Celebration on PBS SoCal. Click HERE to watch!
Our 9-piece band plays at festivals, community events, private parties, and school assemblies. We play Latin, Pan African, and American music on 7 Zimbabwean-style marimbas, mbiras, drums, trombone and trumpet. There is no other band quite like us!
Our song list includes The Lion Sleeps Tonight, La Bamba, Waka Waka, Guantanamera, Grazing in the Grass, Knock on Wood, Kids, Safe and Sound, and traditional music from Africa and Latin America.
We also do performances of Guatemalan marimba and Shona mbira music when requested.
See photos of our band HERE
See a live performance of our Latin Cumbia medley HERE
Go to our bio HERE See our full website HERE
Contact for booking and pricing:
Ric Alviso 310-486-2189 ric.alviso@csun.edu.
For our EPK click HERE
MASANGA MEMBERS:
Ric Alviso: vocals, marimbas, MBIRAs
Monica Bowser: vocals, marimbas
Steve Hernandez: vocals, drum set, percussion, marimbas
Risa Isogawa: vocals, marimbas
Joel Mankey: vocals, marimbas, trumpet
Nick Schutz: vocals, drum set, marimbas
Alex Smith: vocals, drum set, marimbas
Stefani Thomas: vocals, marimbas
Wyatt Garrett: vocals, marimbas, trombone
This is our LATEST VIDEO!
Upcoming Shows!
Upbeat Joy World Music Festival
California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA. 91330
Featuring 6 groups from 1:30-8:30pm in the Cypress Music Building: Moroccan, Mariachi, Persian, Steel Drum, and Masanga closing out the show with dance music from Africa and Latin America. More info to come. Sponsored by Inspired Sound Initiative.