AfricaNashville’s Yeli Ensemble
Public Classes & Performances (black text)
Private Classes & Performances (white text)
ONGOING EVENTS:
Weekly Classes:
• Dance : Coleman Park Community Center Dance Classes / Mondays January - May 2025 / 6:45-8pm [w/ Ibro, Windship & guests] ($5)
Dance : Sevier Park Community Center Dance Classes / Wednesdays January - May 2025 / 11:15-12:15pm [w/ Ibro, Windship & guests] ($5)
• Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Percussion classes w/ Ibro @ AfricaNashville Studios, small group classes (Min. $15-$20 for beginners, $20-$25 donation for advanced classes, contact for details). Percussions: Tuesdays 6:30-7:45 pm and Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm.
Weekly training for intermediate-advanced dancers begins March 22 until April 12 frm 10:30-12, $32 for 4 sessions at Hadley Park Community Center. Conact us at africanashville@gmail.com for more information!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 2025
April 11 University of Evansville presentation
April 16 Maison KY Community College
April 17 Elizabethtown KY Community College
April 18-19 Dance & Drum Workshop with Ibrahima Dioubate, Micheal Moloi and guest artist Fode Sylla.
April 21 Harpeth Hall International Festival
April 23 Belmont performance TBC
May 2025
May 2 Maplewood Cluster International Day
May 15-17 OzArt Brave New Works featuring the Yeli Ensemble
June 2025
June 2-6 Nashville Ballet Summer Camp
PAST EVENTS:
March 2025
March 7 BHM at Cole Elementary
Creative Aging for adults at Hadley Community Center
Weekly training for intermediate-advanced dancers begins March 22 until April 12 frm 10:30-12, $32 for 4 sessions at Hadley Park Community Center. Conact us at africanashville@gmail.com for more information!
February 2025
February 5, -Dee’s Country Lounge, Madison, with Biko Casini
February 7 - Black History Month (BHM) at Gower Elementary & Creswell Middle Schools, Blairs Big Band featuring Jeff Coffin’s Yeli Gucchi at Ingram Hall, Vanderbilt University
February 19- BHM at University School of Nashville ( date TBC)
February 20 - BHM at Cane Ridge High School and Looby Theatre
February 21 - BHM at Harris Hillman Special Ed
February 22- BHM celebration at Edgehill Methodist Church
February 23- BHM at St Andrews Church
February 26 - BHM in Bowling Green Schools, Nashville School of the Arts and Educare
February 27- BHM at Tennesse State University and Apollo Middle School
February 28 - BHM at Mt View Elementary and AZ Kelley Elementary
October 2024
October 2-5 Earthfolk Drum & Dance Clinic in Summertown, TN ( at The Farm), https://www.facebook.com/earthfolkpresents/
October 5 - Celebrate Nashville Festival, Centennial Park. Yeli Ensemble performs at 3:30pm. https://celebratenashville.org/asurion-stage/
October 12 - Country Music Hall of Fame, Songwriting 101, featuring African Kora with the Yeli Ensemble 1-2pm.
https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/calendar/family-program-songwriting-101-featuring-africanashville?date=10/12/2024&time=1725541200%7C1725544800October 17 - MTSU Culturefest at 4:00PM
October 24 - Ruby Major Elementary School International Evening, 5pm, Hermitage, TN
October 24 - N.I.C.E (Nashville International Center for Empowerment) Fundraiser, Rocketown
601 4th Ave S. https://www.facebook.com/EmpowerNashville/October 26 - William Edmundson Festival, Yeli Ensemble at11am, https://edmondsonhome.org/wefest
October 27- Southern Festival of Books, Yeli Ensemble from 2:15-3pm. https://www.sofestofbooks.org/ Tennessee State Library and Archives Building, 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N,
September 2024
September 6 - Release date Ibrahima's album Lamania
September 9- 12- University Tour #1, University of Georgia in Athens ( UGA) and other colleges
September 16- Vanderbilt CURB Center Event , 5pm
September 20- Nashville Ballet Academy Masterclass
September 21- Country Music Hall of Fame - Exploring West African Strings, featuring the Yeli Ensemble, 10:30 am-noon. https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/calendar/family-program-explore-west-african-string-instruments?date=09/21/2024&time=1725445800%7C1725451200
Saturday September 21- National Day of Dance at the Nashville Ballet, Free class, 2-3pm. For more information: https://www.nashvilleballet.com/upcoming-events/2024/9/21/national-dance-day
Sunday, September 22- Nashville Ballet FREE Community Class, 2-3pm. Sign up here : ,https://www.nashvilleballet.com/upcoming-events/2024/9/22/free-community-class-with-africanashvilles-yeli-ensemble
September 24 - Presentation/ Lecture Demonstration at Harding Academy
September 25-27 - University Tour #2, University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH)
September 28- Bowling Green International Festival, afternoon presentation 1:40- 2:40 pm and 5-6pm. https://www.bginternationalfest.com/performances/
September 29- The Village Church, two workshops in dance and drum by the Yeli Ensemble. Sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/LM8vsjWXTTHv96Er/?mibextid=oFDknk
AUGUST 2024
August 9-11, Rhythm Rising Festival, Tarrapin Hill, Harrodsburg KY
August 11- Jeff Coffin’s new album release with the Yeli Ensemble at 3rd and Lindsley, 7pm. Buy tickets here: https://www.jeffcoffin.com/tour
August 14- Yeli Ensemble @ Nashville Musicians Union / 7-9 pm/ Donations at the door.
August 17- Cheekwood’s Black Arts Bash, 12pm, Nashville.
August 20- Elizabeth Senior Center and SE Community Center Senior Programs, Lecture Demonstrations.
August 22 -The Blue Room, Sofia Goodman Group, featuring the Yeli Ensemble, Nashville https://theblueroombar.com/
August 30 East Park Seniors Lecture Demonstration.
JULY 2024
July 13 - Plaza Mariachi, Yeli Ensemble, 6-7pm https://plazamariachi.com/event/the-yeli-ensemble/
July 19- Freedom School presentation after 5 weeks of training scholars in North Nashville and Edgehill
July 20- Folkmoot Festival, Waynesville, NC
July 21- Dance/ Drum workshops 11am-2pm, LEAF Cultural Center, Asheville, NC
July 21 - Yeli Ensemble in concert, Ayuprana Listening Room, Asheville, NC ( Produced by Reciprocity Music)
July 22 - Yeli Ensemble in concert at Madala Springs, NC
