Photo Gallery: Masanga Marimba kicks off Brand Library and Art Center concert series

Masanga Marimba claps to encourage audience participation at a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

A single audience member claps with the band Masanga Marimba as they kick off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

Masanga Marimba kicks off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

The lead singer with Masanga Marimba Ric Alviso performs with the band to kick off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

One of the musicians with Masanga Marimba, the band that kicks off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

Masanga Marimba claps to encourage audience participation at a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

Masanga Marimba kicks off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

Masanga Marimba kicks off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

Masanga Marimba kicks off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.

Masanga Marimba kicks off the a summer concert series at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale on Friday, June 3, 2016. The band plays traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America using instruments like Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, percussion, saxophone and trumpet. The summer concert series will be Fridays, starting at 7:00, through August 26. Ric Aliviso, an African music, dance and world music professor at Cal State Northridge University, with students from his class, perform in the band.