- Students learn marimba and how to play together as a group, but more importantly how to be a good teammate, and how to be a great community member.
- Each session, we revisit concepts over and over through time; together with our students, we deepen our knowledge and experience through this spiral learning.
- Once or twice each year, students have the opportunity to bring a friend during our Bring-a-Friend week and learn the #songoftheseason during our One Song, Once Community campaign.
- On the rare occasion, classes are invited to perform at our concert series concerts, but all student groups are invited to play at our annual Spring Student Festival in May.
The following are on-going groups for adults. If you are interested in becoming a member of one of them, please send us a message!
2026 Winter/Spring Session
20 weeks | $960
weeks of January 4-May 17
no classes Spring Break: March 15-28
Chiroto Marimba with Randy McIntosh
Wednesdays 5:45-7:15 pm
Chapungu Marimba with Amy Stewart McIntosh
Tuesdays 6:30-8 pm
What started many years ago as the ‘Screaming Purple Eagles’ has now become one of Kutandara’s longest-standing groups, and gives a nod to their roots by wearing purple when they perform.
Machikichori Marimba with Amy Stewart McIntosh and Randy McIntosh
Thursdays 6-7:30 pm
Machikichori is a fun-loving intermediate adult marimba class. Machikichori takes themselves lightly, but their music seriously!
Shanduko Marimba with Randy McIntosh
Tuesdays 6:30-8 pm
Zambuko reShamwari Marimba with Amy Stewart McIntosh
Wednesdays 6-7:30 pm
Newer adult students and long-standing intermediate adults play side-by-side in this class based on fun and friendship.
Our drumming classes are taught by instructor Scott Parker Mast. 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 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 our album “Ndotamba nani?” Scott also traveled with Kutandara in 2000 and 2001 to perform at the Zimbabwean Music Festival. Scott holds a B.A. in Psychology from Naropa University. For more information about Scott, visit his website spmast.com.
Cuban Drumming with Scott Parker Mast
2025 Winter
Thursday 6:30-8 pm
January 15-Mar 12
9 weeks | $315
2026 Spring
Thursday 7:15-8:45 pm
Apr 2-May 28
9 weeks | $315
(Venmo-Cash-Check payable to instructor)
