Facilitator
Sewa Beats North America
Grammy-nominated musician Atiba Rorie has been playing percussion instruments since he was a young child. He has performed at TEDx and two United States Presidential Inauguration Celebrations. Atiba has also studied with percussion greats such as Babatunde Olatunji, Fahali Igbo, Bradley Simmons, Chief Bey, and The National Dance Ensemble of Ghana in a one-month intensive in Accra, Ghana, and a one-month intensive study in Guinea, West Africa.
Atiba has been a guest artist at Duke University, High Point University, Agnes Scott College, Williams College, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, Black College Dance Exchange, North Carolina School of the Arts, CaldCluegh Community Center, and Radford University. He is the founder of the dynamic band Africa Unplugged and has taught at Winston-Salem State University and Guilford College. He holds a B.A. in Music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he serves as the Dance Music Coordinator.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
9:50 AM – 10:20 AM CST