Don’t miss the last Mizik Ayiti! concert of the season! Join us for the first Thursday in March for TRANPE!

Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 6–10pm
6pm | Reception & DJ set by Serge Negri
7pm | Performance by TRANPE
9pm | Dance breakdown with DJ Serge Negri

TRANPE is the convergence of Sheila Anozier’s deep relationship with Haitian folk melodies and Vodou and Rufus Cappadocia’s mastery of modal music and polyrhythm. Together, they create a transcendent version of the “Mizik Rasin”. 

Get there early & stay after for a special DJ set by DJ Serge Negri!

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ABOUT THE MUSICIANS

TRANPE is the Brooklyn based group of vocalist Sheila Anozier and cellist Rufus Cappadocia. Together, they create a vibrant tribute to Vodou culture. Their debut album, Twa Fèy, Twa Rasin, was released in 2024 and also features Haitian master drummer, Bonga Jean Baptiste. 

In Haitian Kreyòl, tranpe (to soak) is the name of a powerful drink where medicinal leaves and roots are soaked and infused in an unrefined rum, called kleren. The power of the songs is in the roots and leaves while the cello is the catalyst. This healing alchemy infuses their repertoire, and the traditional Vodou songs carried by Anozier’s voice are embraced by the transcendent expression of the cello. Cappadocia juggles organic rhythms with virtuosity and velocity, and Anozier’s vocal melodies intertwine with the voice of the bow. Her moving vocals add a visceral and spiritual dimension to the music. It invites listeners on a journey through the cultural and spiritual landscape of Haiti, enhanced by the masterful playing of Cappadocia on five-string cello. Acting as both a melodic and rhythmic anchor, the cello offers a lush harmonic background and complex rhythmic textures that are one with Anozier’s vocals. 

 DJ Serge Negri’s sets bridge genres and places, meshing Haitian traditional and contemporary music, classic hip hop, and global sounds on backbreaking house beats.

Funding provided, in part, by Howard Gilman Foundation.