West Virginia University music alumnus Mark Stone will present a guest artist workshop on Ugandan music Saturday (Feb. 23).

The workshop will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 200B of the Creative Arts Center and is free and open to the public.

As a performer and educator, Stone has an extensive knowledge of global percussion traditions.

He has performed with the foremost musicians of Uganda, Ghana, Trinidad, South Africa, India and the United States and his research in Ugandan music has been published in the Journal of the International Library of African Music in South Africa. Stone was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at Makerere University, where he researched traditional Ugandan music and performed with the Nakibembe Xylophone Group.

More information here:http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2013/02/20/alumnus-to-present-ugandan-music-workshop-feb-23