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West African Music for the Marimba Soloist

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Valerie wins again!

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The 2011 Drum! Magazine Reader's Poll has elected Valerie winner of the "Drummies" award in the Mallet Category, and runner up in the Clinician category. This is her third Drummie…
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“Knock on Wood” lives on…

admin “Knock on Wood” lives on…2015-11-20T19:08:03+00:00
It was selected to screen as part of the recently concluded Humanity Explored Film Festival, which was seen by people from 220+ countries. Now, "Knock on Wood" is streaming on-line…
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Welcome to MandaraMusic.com, the website of Percussionist, vocalist, clinician and composer Valerie Naranjo; multi-instrumentalist/composer Barry Olsen; their group Mandara, and Mandara Music Publishing.


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