Welcome to
Mrs. Mupfumbu's Music /Film Studies Studio
"Music expresses that which cannot be said, and on which is it is impossible to be silent." -Victor Hugo
Email: Lmupfumbu@ta.edu
LULU MWANGI MUPFUMBU currently serves as the Director of Music at Takoma Academy in Maryland, where she conducts the award winning Camerata, Chorale, Concert Band, and teaches Music
Technology and Film Studies. She holds a Master of Music in Conducting from the Ohio State University where she studied under the tutelage and mentorship of Dr. Hilary Apfeldstadt, Dr. Robert J. Ward, and Dr. Raymond Wise. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Atlantic Union College, and has studied abroad at the University of Eastern Africa in Kenya, where she later returned to serve as a lecturer in music education, conducting, performance courses, and private lessons.
Outside the classroom Mrs. Mupfumbu has been an invited guest conductor and clinician for festival choirs and choral workshops in Ohio, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Korea, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Trinidad, South Africa, and the Bahamas.
As a mezzo-soprano she performs as a soloist as well as several choirs including the Lloyd Mallory Singers, the Raymond Wise Chorale, the American Family Choir, and others. Some feature performances include singing for the First Family during the Christmas in Washington Telecast, Kennedy Center Honors, and sharing the stage with artists including Diana Ross, Jennifer Hudson, Hugh Jackman, Darius Rucker, Janelle Monet and others.
She has a strong passion for combining music ministry with excellence in music education at all levels of education. It is her desire that all young people who are involved in music will gain a deep love for the art, use it to serve humanity in one way or another, and to enhance their spiritual lives.
She is married to Tanyaradzwa Mupfumbu, and they have two beautiful children, Nakai and Itai. Together they enjoy spending time with family, in nature, hosting potlucks and game nights, traveling and many other activities.