Bonita Sunnyside County Library presents Claudia Lyra (director of Nós de Chita from Brazil) for an exciting hour of Brazilian folktales and rhythms. This fun, interactive program will take you on a journey through Brazil using song, dance, and folktales. Your heart will beat in rhythm with the traditions and culture of this diverse and vibrant South American country.

Clinton Davis will perform traditional American music from Appalachia and the Deep South on banjo, fiddle, guitar, and harmonica.

Join Bonita-Sunnyside County Library for a lively performance of folk music, stories, dance, and language from the Zulu and Xhosa peoples. Nomsa Burkhardt, world music artist and educator, will bring us on a musical journey of South Africa.

Join Bonita Sunnyside County Library for a free, family friendly, music performance of Pakaraguian (PAW-KAH_RAW_GIYON) Kulintang (Cool Lynn Tong) Ensemble. Using indigenous forms of instrumentation (gongs, kettles, and drums) the ensemble will fill the community room with rhythmic celebratory music and dances from the Muslim Societies of the Southern Philippines.  Following the performance, the Ensemble will offer interactive hands-on opportunities to play the instruments and learn basic dance movements.

The Center for World Music presents an intimate house concert of mbira music from Zimbabwe.

An evening of North Indian classical music with internationally acclaimed artist Rajeev Taranath, sarod,  accompanied by Abhiman Kaushal, tabla. A brilliant performer and award-winning composer, Taranath is today one of the world’s leading exponents of the sarod.

Advanced mbira players from around Southern California gather to celebrate and play this extraordinary instrument. Admission is free, but space is limited.

The Mariachi Women's Festival aims to recognize and empower mariachi women throughout the world. Don't miss out on the July 21 Festival!

As a sincere thank you to those who faithfully support the CWM's programs, our new president, Tim Rice, will host several instances of a special donor appreciation program for Center for World Music invited guests in October and November of 2017. Each session will feature an informal, illustrated talk titled the “Magical Mystery Tour of the World’s Music."

Join us for the Monthly Dance Recital of the Center for World Music's Odissi Dance School. Each month the school hosts a performance in which students present dance compositions that they have mastered under the instruction of our master teacher from India, Sri Rudraprasad Swain of the Orissa Dance Academy.

Join us for an Odissi dance workshop featuring master teacher, Rudraprasad Swain. Odissi is an exquisite classical dance form with ancient roots in northeast India. Rudraprasad, who comes to us from the Orissa Dance Academy, is currently resident instructor at the Center for World Music's Odissi Dance School.

Join us for a free lecture and short concert featuring the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Lewis Peterman, our guide, was director of musicology and ethnomusicology in the School of Music and Dance at San Diego State University. He performs and writes about traditional Shona mbira (thumb piano) music.

Join us for the Monthly Dance Recital of the Center for World Music's Odissi Dance School. This month's performance features dancers Sneha Panda, Mira Sur, and Meghana Bharadwaj.