StNobuntu will open the 2024-25 Cliffe College Performing Arts Series.

The female a cappella quartet from Zimbabwe mixes traditional Zimbabwean songs with Afro jazz and gospel. The voices are complemented by minimal percussion, traditional instruments such as the mbira (thumb piano) and organic dance movements.

The group is named for an African concept that values humbleness, love, unity and family from a woman’s perspective, and the ensemble represents a new generation of young African women singers who celebrate and preserve their culture, beauty and heritage through art.

Nobuntu has released three albums and performed in Canada, Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic and throughout the African continent.

The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Ford Family Recital Hall in DeYor Performing Arts Center, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for senior citizens and YSU faculty and staff and $10 for children ages 11 to 18. Tickets are available at the DeYor box office, online at experienceyourarts.org and by calling 330-259-9651.

Other concerts in the series include:

l Jan. 31 — Alla Boara’s “Sereta Italiana,” a night of Italian music and cuisine featuring Alla Boara, a six-piece Italian folk group founded by Dana School of Music alumnus Anthony Taddeo paired with a dinner catered by Chef Ottavio Musumeci of Station Square Ristorante, Liberty. It starts at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, Youngstown.

l Feb. 22, 2025 — Harlem Quartet, which made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2006 and has toured throughout the U.S., Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Panama, South Africa, Venezuela and the United Kingdom. The quartet will perform at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Youngstown.

l April 4, 2025 — Imani Winds, winners of the 2024 Grammy Award in the classical compendium category. It will perform at 7 p.m. at Youngstown State University’s’ Ford Theater.