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During the Global C.A.F.E. event, Cypher Academy participants, from left to right, Othannah Tomasina, Chachi Carvalho, Honey Sança, Ashanti Eva Davenport, Tina Leach and Joe Carroll took to the stage. Photos by Nick Dentamaro.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — When local hip-hop artist, producer and emcee Chachi Carvalho was invited to host an artistic innovators residency as part of a series to celebrate Brown’s new Lindemann Performing Arts Center, he immediately knew that he wanted to use the opportunity to uplift others.
And that’s just what he accomplished through a four-part residency that began in September 2023 and culminated this month with a free Saturday evening public concert for a sold-out audience at The Lindemann. The concert followed a three-day professional development workshop on Brown’s campus for 12 local musicians, led by Carvalho, who is from Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
“I’ve always been on a journey to try to find ways to connect my passions for education and music, and it’s meant a lot to able to do that here at Brown University and serve as a bridge to the community and to other community practitioners,” Carvalho said. “As someone who is from Rhode Island, to be elevated as an artist by the Brown Arts Institute feels great.”
