Thursday, February 7, 2008

Nyaho/Garcia Piano Duo at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, March 11, 2008


Dr. William H. Chapman Nyaho is a pianist and professor, profiled at AfriClassical.com, who has compiled and edited a landmark 5-volume sheet music anthology. Published by Oxford University Press, it is Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora. The first two volumes were issued in March 2007. The remaining three volumes will be published in February, March and June, 2008. On Dec. 27, 2007 AfriClassical published a post honoring Dr. Chapman Nyaho's birthday as well as the upcoming release of a new CD, ASA: William Chapman Nyaho, Piano Music by Composers of African Descent; MSR Classics (2008). Chapman Nyaho is also a longtime member of the Nyaho/Garcia PianoDuo with Susanna Garcia. The Duo has recorded Aaron Copland: Music for Two Pianos, Centaur 2405 (1998). William H. Chapman Nyaho and Susanna Garcia will perform on March 11, 2008 as part of the Grace Goudy Distinguished Artist Series at Willamette University in Salem,Oregon.






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