TRJE is a performance ensemble with rhythmic and cultural roots in the West Afrikan Malinké Dunun/Jenbé tradition.

Do you or your child have natural talent, or a desire to play new rhythms and melodies? Stop beating on your desk and the family’s furniture. Audition for Three Rivers Jenbé membership. You’ll meet new people and learn new and challenging things. Download the open audition form, and submit it to:

Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble

437 E. Berry St.

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

For more information, or questions, please call Ketu Oladuwa at 260.413.4430 or the Fort Wayne Dance Collective at 260.424.6574.

Join us!

Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble seeks support for a cultural study tour to Guinea, West Afrika, and a three-month Fort Wayne residency for Malinké traditional artists, and a range of skill-building professional workshops, seminars and classes.

To support this important cultural work, contact Artistic Director Ketu Oladuwa at 260.413.4430 or FWDC Outreach Director Erin Stewart at 260.424.6574.

A cultural outreach forum with the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble receives local funding from the Foellinger Foundation, Paul Clarke Foundation, and the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation.

We look forward to discussing with you the possibility of your support. Like all arts groups, we cannot survive without your help. An online donation feature is coming soon, but in the meantime, we look forward to hearing from you!

We need your support

The Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble is an educational outreach forum. The Fort Wayne Dance Collective acts as its fiscal agent.

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