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Seby Lubwama Ntege

Meet Seby Lubwama Ntege a young musician and dancer from Busoga, East Uganda.

This is what Seby has to say:

I got my musical inspiration from my grandparents and later my mum, who is still a singer up to now. My grandparents could hardly stay in the house when there was music playing in the neighbourhood! Ugandan traditional music still plays a very significant role in community celebrations, like weddings, national days, funerals, etc.

My performing art dates far back to my early school days where I liked so much druming and being a lead vocal more than anything.

I later on joined the famous Nile Beat Artists in which I have served as a key member performing dances from all ethnic regions of the country and even across borders to other countries.

The instruments I play most include: thumb-piano, tube-fiddle, panpipes, xylophones, drums and many others."

Seby currently lives in London and while in the UK he has been part of high profile performances like leading the 21 key xylophone group in March 2007 which performed before her Majesty the Queen at the Westminster Abbey. He recently was on a national tour in a dance theatre production called Motherland by Sampad Arts in Birmingham where he played music along Indian music composer and director Praveen D Rao and self accomplished musician Dan Wilkins who play the Kora among other instruments.

Seby Offers:

• practical music,drum and dance workshops for all age groups from school, colleges, universities to community and festival workshops.
• individual needs from soft relaxing sounds of the thumbpiano(endongo) and tube fiddles (endingidi) to the highly energetic mesmerising sounds of the xylophones and groovy rhythms bound to tickle the audience.

Listen to Seby:

Katonda kya kuwa God provides
This song, composed by Seby, features the budongo thumbpiano with endingidi fiddles and enkwanzi panpipes.

More info on sebs works available on his personal page www.sebyntege.co.uk

Finally...

"Learning and interacting with the outer world is my life time musical ambition. I wish the best of luck to all those who have had my lessons"