Sean Gaskell and the Music of the 
West African Kora come to East Meadow 
Sunday, October 13 at 2 p.m. 
Registration opens on Monday, September 30 at 9 a.m. 
Sean Gaskell features songs on the Kora- a 21 stringed West African harp. He studied under the instruction of Moriba Kuyateh and the late Malamini Jobarteh at their home in Brikama, Gambia, over three extensive visits between 2008-2018. In 2023, he made his first visit to Senegal to study with Youssoupha Cissokho and  his son Mamadou Cissokho in the town of Saly. The Kora is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many songs  featured on the kora preserve an 800-year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire.