African Pianism: Twelve Pedagogical Pieces for Piano

Description Delightfully multicultural music setting of the Kyrie, Gloria, Acclamation, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. Already being acclaimed as a must-have for choral groups in 2012!

Description New book & accompanying CD combo. Order now and save! G. Foli Alorwoyie is the founder and artistic director of the Afrikania Cultural Troupe of Ghana, West Africa, member of the Ethnomusicology Association, and member of the Council of Elders, Dance Africa Chicago. He has worked with notable scholars and composers such as David Locke, John Chernoff, and Steve Reich. He held positions at the State University of New York, College at Brockport, the American Conservatory of Music and the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago before joining the University of North Texas faculty. He is the founder and artistic director of the Chicago-based African-American Unity Ensemble and a member of the advisory council of the African Music Caucus and Percussive Arts Society. Today, he is most sought after as visiting professor, lecturer, or consultant on the subject for which his name has become synonymous. In this collection, Professor G. Foli Alorwoyie has collaborated with Dr. David Locke, professor of musicology at Tufts University, to lay down for intending practitioners to follow, a methodic revival of the "old school" style of Agbadza music tradition – one in which song and drum are intimately intertwined. They have designed this text to be deliberate, pedagogic and easy to follow by experienced music scholars and music enthusiasts, alike.

Twelve chants have been selected for this collection—pieces that are harmonically and rhythmically accessible, yet rich in spirit. Each one carries an atmosphere of peace, calm, and hope, qualities desperately needed in this moment of global pandemic, socioeconomic tension, and the urgent call for dialogue. The composer has often shared these chants in workshops as a way of inviting participants into the sanctum of Africa—its rhythmic vitality, its harmonic colors, its spiritual grounding. With this collection, it feels right to share these chants more widely, with the conviction that intercultural musical arts hold a profound capacity to heal and to unite. Special discount for choral groups! Call 314-652-6800 or email info@ampublishers.org to purchase 10 or more copies at $10/copy discount, with free shipping to any destination in the United States.