Mbira Ensemble
Mbira EnsembleCO-DIRECTORS | Jennifer Kyker and Glenn West Theorist Martin Scherzinger started Eastman’s Mbira Ensemble in 2004. Played by Shona-speaking communities in Zimbabwe, the mbira is an instrument with 22 to 28 metal keys (lamellae) fixed to a wooden soundboard, which is then placed in a gourd resonator, used to amplify its resonance. Rattling pieces…