My Story
Marci Onsinyo
I am an ethnomusicologist, sound and archives consultant, cultural producer, and multidisciplinary artist working across East Africa and Canada.
My work sits at the intersection of sound, memory, culture, archives, and storytelling. I am interested in how communities remember, how histories are carried through music, voice, and media, and how audiovisual materials can become living archives for education, creativity, and cultural continuity.
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where my research explores podcasts, sound, and digital media as contemporary archival spaces. My work asks how sound can hold memory, how stories travel across platforms, and how communities use media to document, interpret, and share their own cultural worlds.
Before beginning my doctoral studies, I built a broad career across music, audiovisual production, cultural programming, gallery management, education, and community work. I have worked as a singer-songwriter, composer, sound designer, voice coach, audiovisual producer, curator, administrator, and cultural project lead. These experiences continue to shape the way I approach research: not only as academic inquiry, but also as creative practice, public engagement, and community service.
My professional background includes work in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Canada, with projects connected to music, film, radio, museums, children’s education, digital storytelling, and cultural heritage. I have contributed to audiovisual production for institutional and commercial clients, supported creative teams in sound and media production, managed gallery and exhibition spaces, and developed community-centred cultural programs.
At the heart of my work is a commitment to making culture accessible, meaningful, and alive. I believe archives are not only places where the past is stored. They are spaces where people encounter memory, identity, creativity, and possibility.
Through my consulting, research, workshops, and creative projects, I support individuals and organizations who want to document, preserve, interpret, and share culture in thoughtful and engaging ways.
I am drawn to work that helps people listen more deeply, remember more intentionally, and understand culture as something living, shared, and constantly unfolding.
