Zimbabwean drummers at Mberi Primary School in Harare
Dedicated to the music and people of Zimbabwe
kutsinhira… to follow one who has cut a path, tilled the soil, put forth a musical phrase. In Zimbabwean musical tradition, a melodic line that responds to the lead line of a mbira song.
Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center…a community of people in and near Eugene, Oregon, responding to the rich musical tradition of the people of Zimbabwe by creating a center for teaching and performing Zimbabwean music. Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1990. Kutsinhira offers classes in Zimbabwean marimba and mbira, and organizes lessons and workshops with visiting Zimbabwean master musicians.
At Kutsinhira, we seek to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive community that welcomes people to participate, whatever their race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, education, disability, or parental status. We strive to offer a place where all individuals feel valued and respected.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Fall 2022 – Musekiwa’s Back as are Marimba Classes
We are so pleased to have our teacher and friend Musekiwa Chingodza back after a three year hiatus as this year's artist-in-residence. After much delay in securing his visa, he arrived in the U.S. just in time for our mbira student's favorite gathering Camp paGungwa,...
Ndangariro
Artist: Cosmas Magaya and Beauler Dyoko
Contact Us
Executive Director
Gary Spalter
541.337.3281
gary[at]kutsinhira.org
Mailing Address
Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center
P.O. Box 50188
Eugene, OR 97405-0972