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.

Agbadza: Songs, Drum Language of the Ewes (Book & CD combo)

G. Foli Alorwoyie

David Locke

African Music Publishers

All 12 Studies in the first volume could be performed together as an item in a concert (about 25 minutes, total). Study I, Okoye, fuses a commonality I found in some Edo (Nigeria) and Baganda (Uganda) polyrhythms. Study II, Edo, is an old Bini (Nigeria) folk melody sandwiched by two layers of balafon (wooden xylophone) ostinato pattern for an ancient Wollof (Senegal) royal dance. Study III, Udje, is based on an Urhobo (Nigeria) dance with the same name; actually, the dance sketches for a later composition, Ayevwiomo (Birth) for flute & piano. Study IV, Tunis, is based on an old tune I fell in love with among the Tuaregs in Tunisia and Burkina Faso, but which I later notated when I heard it again in northern Ghana by a Dagomba gonje (1-string fiddle) player. Study V, Jali, was fashioned from my years hanging out with kora playing griot friends from West Africa and kraar-playing friends from the Abyssinian subregion of northeastern Africa. It's from my first sketch for a later composition, the 3rd movement of Five Sketches for Flute, Violin and Piano. Study VI, Iroro, draws from the 'trance-like' dances of the "River-goddess" cults I observed across the West African coast; it's from the first sketches for a later composition, with the same title, for flute and piano. Study VII, Herero Wedding Dance, is a cross between my travels in Namibia and Ethiopia. Among the Herero and Tigre peoples the day after the first nuptial night is particularly significant. The 'events' of that 'first night' often call for communal dance and more celebration! Studies VIII, IX and XI echo Study III, Ayevwiomo.Their mastery will sensitize the pianist to appreciating a wide variety of African dance music. Study 10, Barka, brings us back to Arabia and Foula regions of Africa. It's extracted from my Five Sketches for Flute, Violin and Piano. Study 12, Agbadza, draws from the royal and funeral dances of Ghana and Dahomey regions of West Africa.

Twenty-four Studies in African Rhythms: Volume I

Fred Onovwerosuoke

<p>Perhaps composer Fred Onovwerosuoke's definitive contribution in the quest to demystify African rhythms. This second volume, a followup of 12 more kinetic etudes that immediately engages the intermediate to advanced piano student.</p>

Twenty-four Studies in African Rhythms, Volume II

<p>With this collection, once again Fred Onovwerosuoke is reaching out to the public desirous of sharing in the musical experience that Africa has to offer. I commend the publication not only to singers but also to music educators and concert repertoire</p>

Twelve African Songs for Solo Voice and Piano

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Agbadza: Songs, Drum Language of the Ewes (Book & CD combo)

Twenty-four Studies in African Rhythms: Volume I

Twenty-four Studies in African Rhythms, Volume II

Twelve African Songs for Solo Voice and Piano