Dr. William Chapman Nyaho (b. 1958)
is featured at AfriClassical.com.
His performance website is http://www.nyaho.com/
and he has a Facebook Page.
is featured at AfriClassical.com.
His performance website is http://www.nyaho.com/
and he has a Facebook Page.
Tucson News Now
Submitted by Sue Agnew, Director of Communications, St. Philip's In The Hills Episcopal Church
Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 8:30am
Friends of Music at St. Philip’s In The Hills Episcopal Church presents pianist William Chapman Nyaho on Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m.
in the Bloom Music Center. Entitled “Piano Music of Africa and the
African Diaspora,” his program will feature music primarily by composers
of African descent. He will cover piano music written by West African
composers such as Joshua Uzoigwe and Fred Onovwerosuoke using indigenous
musical practices and melding it with the western cultural musical
practices. He will also perform music by composers from the Caribbean,
such as Oswald Russell, and African American composer C. T. Perkinson.
The recital will end with a piece by an Argentinian composer whose music
exhibits close ties to African musical practices.
Chapman Nyaho, a
Ghanaian American and resident of Seattle, received his Bachelor of
Arts degree at the Honour School of Music at St. Peter’s College, Oxford
(UK). After continuing piano studies at the Conservatoire de Musique de
Geneve, Switzerland, he received his Master of Music degree from the
Eastman School of Music and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the
University of Texas at Austin. Chapman Nyaho is the recipient of prizes
from international piano competitions. For more information see www.nyaho.com.
While
in Tucson, Chapman Nyaho will make several appearances in addition to
the Friday recital at St. Philip’s. On Thursday, March 21, he and UA
Regents’ Professor Paula Fan will engage in a conversation entitled
“Classical and African: Spirituals and Beyond,” presented by the
University of Arizona ConfluencCenter for Creative Inquiry, at 7 p.m. at
the Student Union Bookstore. Chapman Nyaho will introduce and perform
repertoire with links to American slave songs. On Saturday, March 23,
Chapman Nyaho will present a workshop for teachers through the Tucson
Music Teachers Association, held at Pima Community College. On Sunday,
March 24, he will judge the annual Lois Trester Piano Competition at the
University of Arizona Crowder Hall at 3 p.m. For more information about
these appearances contact Paula Fan or Tannis Gibson at the University
of Arizona School of Music.
Admission to Friday’s recital is by
donation to St. Philip’s Friends of Music ($15 suggested). The mission
of Friends of Music is to enrich the musical experience of the parish
and community through events such as concerts, outreach, education,
scholarships, commissions, and support of special musical events.
St.
Philip’s is located at 4440 N. Campbell Avenue at River Road. Ample
parking is available in the north parking lot or under our new solar
parking structure on the east side. The office phone number is 299-6421.
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