Wed, Feb 12, 3:00 PM
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa collaborates with UCSB students to perform The Dawn of the Rooster, an opera that she composed to tell the story of her family during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle. Tanyaradzwa is a Ph.D. student at the University of Kentucky and an award-winning performer on the African mbira, piano and cello. She sings in African, African American, and Western classical traditions including opera.
