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Buunni Inwood: Lamine World Music

Join us for an evening of traditional West African music, blues, funk and jazz hosted by Lamine World Music Afrofusion trio

Our repertoire comprises new compositions based on traditional West African music, blues, funk and jazz. In this ensemble we’re centered around the djembe as the lead instrument. In addition, Lamine has his own approach to tuning the djembe that allows for a greater range of overtones. Together with voice, bass and guitar, this creates a vibe that’s both unique and hypnotic.

Lamine Thiam is a percussionist, singer, dancer, choreographer, actor and educator based in New York City. Originally from Senegal, he has worked and performed internationally and is currently on the dance faculty at SUNY Purchase. While his mastery of the art form is unquestionable, Lamine views himself as a lifelong student and holds humility as being essential to the development of artistic excellence.

Al Castro is an electric bassist and guitarist who is interested in the music of the African diaspora. He has performed in a variety of rock and Latin music ensembles.

Sid Whelan is an experienced and versatile guitarist who gears his playing towards the songs and the ensemble of the moment. In this context that typically means percussive West African funk guitar ostinatos alternating with Lamine’s melodic phrases; punchy ensemble breaks and improvised blues solos.

7:30 PM Doors Open — 8:00 PM Start

Our Saviour’s Atonement: Ekmeles vocal ensemble Valentines Day “Stimmung”

Ekmeles vocal ensemble gives their annual Valentine’s Day performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s landmark 1968 work Stimmung. The work is a touchstone of 20th century composition, a meditative concert-length work wholly based around a single tone and its acoustically tuned overtones. The spirit of the 60s is present not only in the work’s experimental striving, but also its personal eroticism, which inspired Ekmeles’s Valentine’s Day tradition and the title and motto for the event: Stimmung is for lovers.

Stimmung translates literally to “tuning”, and also can refer to “atmosphere” or “harmony”, encompassing both the theoretical focus of the work, and its meditative aspects. Composed while Stockhausen was living on Long Island Sound in Connecticut, Stimmung is a captivating balance between intellectual rigor and spiritual exploration. The pitch material of the work is derived from a single low Bb, overtones of which the singers articulate on pulsing rhythmic patterns of vowels. Treating each of the overtones of this fundamental Bb as new fundamentals on which to produce overtones, Stockhausen multiplies the timbral possibilities of the work into the hypnotic and rich textures it is known for.

Director and baritone Jeffrey Gavett will be joined by sopranos Charlotte Mundy and Amber Evans, countertenor Timothy Parsons, tenor Tomás Cruz, and bass Steven Hrycelak.

Music at Our Saviour’s Atonement: Katarina String Quartet

Join us for our first concert of MOSA’s new 2026 season! The Katarina Quartet presents a thrilling, wide-ranging classical program.

Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Fischoff Competition, and currently in residence at The Juilliard School, the Katarina String Quartet has quickly distinguished itself as one of North America’s most compelling young ensembles. The tightly-knit and community focused quartet presents a dynamic program of old favorites and contemporary masterpieces in MOSA’s first concert of the 2026 season.

Program to include:

Joseph Haydn—String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50 No. 2 (1787)

Vivian Fung—String Quartet no. 5 “Spiraling” (2021)

Québecois folk selections (to be announced)

Benjamin Britten—String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 (1945