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Kutandara Center
Current Staff
Randy McIntosh, Music Director & Instructor 1999-present
Randy is Kutandara’s music director. Randy graduated from Colorado State
University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in music, and from the University of
Colorado in 1996 with a master’s degree in music composition. Randy’s love of
Zimbabwean music inspires him to write and arrange his own Shona-style
compositions. Randy is Kutandara’s in-house composer and musical visionary.
Randy’s focus in teaching at Kutandara is group marimba classes for teens and
adults, primarily with intermediate – advanced level students and performing
bands. He also teaches private lessons in mbira, and incorporates mbira
concepts into his group marimba classes. In addition to Kutandara, Randy has
taught Zimbabwean music at the University of Colorado, Metropolitan State
University, Regis University, New Vista High School, the Colorado School of the
Arts, and Boulder Country Day School.
Amy Stewart McIntosh, Program Director & Instructor 1999-present
Amy is Kutandara’s program director. Amy began studying African music in 1994
with master instructors both from Zimbabwe and the United States. Amy is adept
at many African instruments, but especially loves marimba and hosho, and plays
both with style and grace.
Amy’s focus in teaching at Kutandara is group marimba classes for children,
teens, and adults at introductory – intermediate levels. She also teaches private
lessons in mbira, hosho, and singing, and incorporates these themes, along with
Shona culture and language, into her group marimba classes. Amy reminds us
that music is not only about notes and rhythms, but about relationships among
people working together toward a common goal.
Daniel Lockley, Instructor 2013-present
While he may be the latest addition to our staff, Daniel is no stranger to
Kutandara. Having grown up just 6 hours away in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Daniel
has traveled to Boulder many times to teach workshops and private lessons,
perform at local venues, and to help facilitate the teaching of Chris Berry’s
“Panjorchestra” project. Daniel began playing Zimbawean music at the age of
ten, learning first from local teachers Steven Golovnin, Peter Swing, and Dan
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Pauli, and later from other visiting artists including Chris Berry, Mike Cox,
Cosmas Magaya, Zivanai Masango, and Musekiwa Chingodza.
After several years of learning, Daniel was ready to perform, playing with every
group he could find and eventually touring the country with Jaka Marimba, Stella
Chiweshe, and the Andé Marimba Band. Finally, having spent the better part of a
decade performing and absorbing the music around him, Daniel was able to
develop an intuitive approach to Shona music, which he hopes will help other
aspiring marimba and mbira players excel. Daniel has taught at the Zimbabwean
Music Festival, Camp Nuandu, and at several special events through Kutandara.
He has also taught 7 weekly classes through Portland Public Schools and Ethos
Music Center, as well as private lessons on his own, all while continuing to
perform with Santa Fe’s Andé Marimba and Portland’s Boka Marimba.
Daniel helps his students dig deeper to find the boundless opportunities latent in
Shona music, focusing first on what really defines specific songs, and later by
finding the common threads that weave throughout the entire musical tradition.
Scott Parker Mast, Instructor 2006-present
Scott has been teaching and performing African rhythms of Cuba and Zimbabwe
professionally since 1997. Scott’s study of rhythms of Zimbabwe began with
several years in Albuquerque New Mexico, culminating with a three-month visit to
Zimbabwe. Scott has also studied in Puerto Rico and Cuba and is a long running
member of local Afro-Cuban ensemble, Bamboche. Scott plays accompaniment
for African dance classes at CU-Boulder and Naropa University, as well as
performing with numerous local bands. He is currently an adjunct faculty member
of Naropa University where he co-teaches African Drumming with Mawuenyega
Mensah (of Ghana) as well as co-teaching Afro-beat Ensemble with Dexter
Payne.
Scott has also taught drumming at New Vista High School, September School,
Eagle Rock School, Estes Park High School, Willow Creek Elementary School,
and Uni-Hill Elementary School, as well as at Camp Tumbuka and Zimfest. Scott
was Kutandara’s first drum set player and is featured on their album “Ndotamba
nani?” Scott also travelled with Kutandara in 2000 and 2001 to perform at the
Zimbabwean Music Festival. Scott holds a B.A. in Psychology from Naropa
University.
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