We are back again at the school where we had our first gig in 2001! This is a big event that the school puts on for the students, family, and community. There will be all kinds of entertainment and food and it's 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!
This will be a big anniversary party for the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. A big thanks to Maureen for inviting us. We will do a hands-on workshop and a concert. The concert will be one of the year's biggest with a full horn section and surprise guests (that even 90% the band don't know about). It's freeeeee!
Here's a link to the concert and the workshop: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/music-alive-in-the-archive-legacy-and-promise-65-years-of-the-ucla-ethnomusicology-archive/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1730781497998912 https://www.facebook.com/events/1089598784007110