Cultural Experience with International School Moshi

36 students and staff from the International School Moshi (both Arusha and Moshi campuses) spent three days at the CAC from 10-12 April 2018. They camped on our beautiful new lawn, and made use of the facilities at CAC including showers, bathrooms and kitchen. 

The workshops were all oriented towards the performance on the last day, and included learning to dance and play drums, a drama through dance, making drums, costumes and a backdrop for the stage, and a stage crew who did lights and sound engineering. New talents were discovered and new friends made from the different campuses, and the students also had the opportunity to develop classroom skills such as their Swahili, while it was all tied into the theme of arts and the environment that we live in. We look forward to welcoming them back next year!

Sauti za Busara 2018

We attended Sauti za Busara  in Zanzibar for the second year in a row, this time with two performances! First was a traditional dancing and drumming performance outside in the courtyard on Thursday afternoon, and the second we were scheduled between Jagwa Musis and Sarabi on Friday evening on the main stage.

This was also an opportunity to release our CD, featuring six original songs from the CAC fusion band. It will be on sale in our gift shop for 10,000TZS, with all proceeds going to the development of the centre.

A great time was had by all, and we look forward to coming back next year!

Completed Construction!

We have finally completed construction on our beautiful buildings! 

After 3 years of planning and building we now have a performance hall to seat 435, complete with green rooms, a conference hall for 75 with catering facilities, a dance studio with a sprung dance floor, and our special drum building with our offices, a small conference room, video and sound editing space, a gift shop and exhibition space from Tanzanian instruments. 

We are finishing off the landscaping, and busy constructing our traditional village, which will have Maasai, Arusha, Meru and Chagga bomas for visitors to learn about the life of different Tanzanian ethnic groups. 

Our opening concert showcased the lecturers in the music department (with special guests) performing chamber music for students in the university. A busy programme is planned to try out the space with a range of other music styles from traditional ngoma, classical music, Tanzanian fusion music, and even Western indie music with the Danish band Total Hip Replacement on tour in Tanzania in November.

You are very welcome to visit, and please keep an eye on the website/social media for a full calendar of events.