Haruna Walusimbi & Mark Stone (sponsored event)
Start Time
March 20 at 1:00pm
Event Location
Haruna Walusimbi & Mark Stone:
Music of Uganda
with the Ohio University Percussion Ensemble
Presented by Ohio University School of Music and OU Percussion Studio
sponsored by OHIO Performing Arts
Friday, March 20, 2026, 1 PM
Glidden Hall - Room 101
Free and Open to the Public
Haruna Walusimbi is a royal musician, Grammy Award winning instrumentalist, vocalist, and dancer from Uganda. He is one of Uganda’s most celebrated artists, with extensive performance and teaching experience. Mark Stone is an acclaimed percussionist and music educator from Michigan. He was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at Makerere University in Uganda and is currently Professor of World Music at Oakland University in the U.S. (Please see complete bios below.) Walusimbi and Stone have performed together since 1997, presenting moving concerts and enlightening educational programs featuring ngoma repertoire of Uganda and new music rooted within the ngoma tradition. As an expert dancer, singer, and performer of the endingidi fiddle, akogo kalimba, enkwanzi panpipes, embaire xylophone, ntongooli harp, ebigwala trumpet, and many types of drums, Haruna Walusimbi truly embodies the holistic nature of traditional East African music. Mark Stone’s extensive background as a composer and performer of multiple African and American percussion instruments including the new array mbira brings a contemporary global dimension to the duo’s performances. Walusimbi and Stone have performed and taught together at concert venues and universities throughout the United States, Uganda, and South Africa.
More information: https://markstonepercussion.com/walusimbi-stone