Eduardo Mendonça
Musician Corps Seattle ArtsParks
Each year, Seattle Center’s Festal Series engages talented musicians from diverse cultural and musical backgrounds. This year, Musician Corps fellow Eduardo Mendonça has identified civically-minded musicians from these festivals and engaged them in teaching their music to children. This project culminates in public performances at different park locations incorporating both teachers and students.
Pictures courtesy of Eduardo Mendonça
Eduardo Mendonça, multitalented Brazilian-American recording artist, producer, vocalist, composer and musical arranger, was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Mendonça traces his lineage to a royal African family bearing the hereditary title of Mama-Beka, prophet to the royal court. His grandfather, José Maria de Mendonça, who secretly maintained the Mama-Beka title, is pictured in a rare book, property of the Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia, which shows the elder Mendonça taking part in a crucial meeting discussing the need for freedom and established social rights for Afro-Brazilian former slaves.
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