AMP: “Fred Onovwerosuoke's 'Twelve African Songs for Solo Voice & Piano' now available”

[Fred Onovwerosuoke; Twelve African Songs for Solo Voice & Piano; African Music Publishers 2011]

Melanie Knolls of African Music Publishers sends us a press release on a sheet music publication graced with a Foreword by the renowned musicologist Prof. J.H. Kwabena Nketia, who turned 90 in June of this year:

Dear friends,

We are very pleased to announce Fred Onovwerosuoke's "Twelve African Songs for Solo Voice & Piano" now available in stores, Amazon or directly from African Music Publishers at 314-652-6800. Also order online at http://www.africarts.org/AMP

Twelve African Songs for Solo Voice & Piano

Author: Fred Onovwerosuoke

Publisher: African Music Publishers

ISBN 9781934621288

Web: http://www.africarts.org/AMP

Price: $16.95, plus S&H

Table of Contents

1. Aiszonge! ("Celebration" – Mokpe-Bakweri, Cameroon) / 2. Aleluya! ("Alleluia" - Shona, Zimbabwe) / 3. Duniya ("Mystic Universe" - Madinka, Gambia & Mali) / 4. Esato ("Eight" - Igbo, Nigeria) / 5. Herero Folktales (Otjiherero, Namibia) / 6. Kaleeba (Baganda, Uganda) / 7. Luwah ("Bitter Tears" - Mokpe-Bakweri, Cameroon) / 8. Mshila ("Guiding Spirits" - Pende, Congo) / 9. Ne Nkansu ("Healing Chant" - Banda, Central African Republic) / 10. Ngulu ("Moving Along" - Kamba, Kenya) / 11. L'Oluso Agutan Mi ("God is My Shepherd" - Yoruba, Nigeria) / 12. Wunya Amane A ("Faithful Friend" - Twi, Ghana)

Foreword by Prof. J.H. Kwabena Nketia

Sincerely,

Melanie Knolls

African Music Publishers

3547 Olive Street, Suite 110

St. Louis, MO 63103

Tel: 314-652-6800

Comment by email:
Thank you so much Bill. Your site is so, so resourceful as we're sure following your post yesterday orders for Fredo's book nudged up this morning ... Thanks. MK (Melanie Knolls)

'JUNETEENTH Worldwide Concert' of Denyce Graves, Mezzo-Soprano, & Laura Ward, Pianist, Long Beach June 19

DENYCE GRAVES

Mezzo-Soprano

Laura Ward
Piano

PROGRAM

Ombra mai fu
From Semele
Iris Hence Away
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)

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Chanson Perpetuelle

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

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From Samson et Dalila
Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)

From Carmen
Habanera
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

INTERMISSION

From Adriana Lecouvrer
Acerba voluttà
Francesco Cilèa (1866-1950)

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Siete Canciones populares Espanolas
El Pano Moruno
Seguidilla Murciana
Asturiana
Jota
Nana
Cancion
Polo
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

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The Man I Love
Music by George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1896 – 1983)

Don’t Blame Me
Music by Jimmy McHugh (1894 – 1969)
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields (1905 – 1974)

Guess Who I Saw Today
Music by Murray Grand (1919 – 2007)
Lyrics by Elisse Boyd

From Babes in Arms
I Wish I Were in Love Again
Music by Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979)

Lyrics by Lorenz Hart (1895 – 1943)

*****

Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Give Me Jesus
Git on Board
Spiritual

Violist Laura Klugherz & Pianist Steven Heyman in Music of Akin Euba at Colgate U. Dec. 5

[Akin Euba]

Dr. Akin Euba is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Nigerian composer and author who was born in Lagos, Nigeria on April 28, 1935. His theoretical work includes the Theory of African Pianism. Prof. Euba is a member of the Yoruba ethnic group. His biography is Akin Euba: An Introduction to the Life and Music of a Nigerian Composer by Joshua Uzoigwe. Akin Euba is the subject of a biographical web page at AfriClassical.com which includes a complete Works List compiled by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma of Lawrence University Conservatory. His music appears on a program at Colgate University on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010:

RomeSentinel.com

Free concert Sunday in Colgate Chapel

HAMILTON — “Colgate University professor Laura Klugherz, viola, and Artist in Residence Steven Heyman, piano will present the free, public 'Echoes' an innovative program of unusual repertoire for viola and piano by composers from Africa, Spain and the Americas at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Colgate Memorial Chapel.

Featured are works of Nigerian Akin Euba, Spaniard Jose Luis Turina, Panamaniam Roque Cordero, US composer Dexter Morrill, Peruvian composer Gabriela Frank, and US composer Laura Karpman. The works span a variety of styles and most were either written for Ms. Klugherz, and/or premiered by the Klugherz/Heyman Duo.

“Lauded by the NY Times as 'dramatic and evocative,' violinist/violist Laura Klugherz is an international recitalist who has garnered many prizes and awards, including three Fulbright grants.” “She is professor of Music and Africana/Latin American Studies at Colgate University.”

“Pianist Steven Heyman has premiered dozens of New Music pieces throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.” “Educated at Juilliard, he is co-chair of the Keyboard Department at Syracuse University and Artist-in-Residence at Colgate University.”

Gail Davis Barnes: African American Pianist

Gail Davis Barnes is an African American pianist and piano teacher in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is an ardent advocate of the works of composers of African descent. This has led her to make numerous lecture-recitals at schools and colleges on the piano music of Black composers. Her interest is also reflected in her CD Magnolias (53:28), containing works by the Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) and the African American composer R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943). The pianist released the CD independently in 2001; it is available from Nicola's Books in the Westgate Shopping Center in Ann Arbor.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is represented by pieces from Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet, Op. 74; Moorish Dance, Op. 55; The Angels Changed My Name, Op. 59, No. 9; Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10; Run Mary, Run, Op. 59, No. 21; and The Bamboula (African Dance), Op. 59, No. 8. R. Nathaniel Dett's share of the disc is Magnolia Suite, comprised of Magnolia, Deserted Cabin, My Lady Love, Mammy, and The Place Where The Rainbow Ends. Brief audio samples of the linked titles can be heard at www.AfriClassical.com

Excerpts from the pianist's resume explain her educational background and professional activities:

"Gail Davis Barnes is an independent private piano teacher and performer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she maintains a studio. She attended Ohio State University (OSU) where she received a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance and a double minor in music history and organ. During her years at OSU, she played in many recitals both as a soloist and accompanist; she also was a featured soloist with the OSU Symphony Orchestra. Upon graduation, she attended the University of Michigan where she received a Master of Music degree in piano performance with a minor concentration in music history."

"Ms. Davis Barnes has participated in piano master classes with Malcolm Frager, Theodore Lettvin, Dorothy Taubman, and Ralph Votapek. She has also conducted master classes in Ohio and Michigan.

She has served as Minister of Music at Glacier Way United Methodist Church, Church of the Good Shepherd, and as a substitute organist/pianist at Calvary United Methodist Church.

The last 24 of her 34 years of piano teaching have been dominated by the Suzuki Method. Her primary Suzuki training has been at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point with Mrs. Haruko Kataoka. In addition, she has spent many hours observing other Suzuki piano and violin teachers instruct their students.

One of the high points of Ms. Davis Barnes’ teaching career was when she had the opportunity to teach general music to grades 2-8, and music appreciation to grades 10-12 to an international group of children in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for two years, where she also did some private teaching and performing.

Ms. Davis Barnes’ lecture recitals concerning the classical music of Black Composers have been enthusiastically received at different universities around the country. Special presentations of these recitals have been warmly received by elementary and secondary students in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Pensacola, Florida, and Paradise Valley, Arizona."