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Laurel Sercombe concert recordings: Ephat Mujuru, 1982-11-20
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- Laurel Sercombe concert recordings: Ephat Mujuru
- Dates
- 1982-11-201982-11-201982-11-20
- Quantity
- 6 audiotapes : OT - 3 reels (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo); WT - 3 reels (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 10"); Duration: 2:00:53
- Collection Number
- 1982020
- Summary
- Concert recorded at the University of Washington, Music Auditorium, 11/20/82.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Laurel Sercombe has been the Archivist for the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington since 1982. She has co-produced a series of music recordings with Northwest Folklife, lectured for classes in Ethnomusicology, Library and Information Science, and American Indian Studies, and designed and taught a course on sound archiving. In 1998 she received a pre-doctoral Smithsonian Research Fellowship and in 2001 received her Ph.D. with the dissertation And Then It Rained: Power and Song in Western Washington Coast Salish Myth Narratives. She is a member of the Music Library Association, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and the Society for Ethnomusicology, for which she served as Current Discographer 1992–2000 and Treasurer 2000–2004. She serves on the boards of Jack Straw Productions and Northwest Heritage Resources. In 2013 she organized and hosted "Sounds of the World," a series of six programs for UWTV featuring film footage from the Robert Garfias Collection in the Ethnomusicology Archives.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Recorded by Maddie Terada and Laurel Sercombe for Archives.
Performers: Ephat Mujuru/mbira; Gwinyai Dance Ensemble; Langston Hughes Children's Marimba Ensemble; Sukutai Marimba Ensemble.
Additional documentation provided by Claire Jones 2/94.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Children'S Music
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Marimba music
- Mbira
- Mbira music
- Music--Zimbabwe
- Shona Music
- Shona--Africa--Southern Africa
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Africa
- Seattle (Wash.)
- Zimbabwe
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Mujuru, Ephat (performer)
Corporate Names
- Gwinyai Dance Ensemble (performer)
- Sukutai (Musical group) (performer)