Author and Gospel Festival Manager, Pam Morris, is still smiling after "An Evening of Music" featuring Andrea and John Morris, held recently at Room 43 on the South Side. The concert was a benefit for the Old Testament Ministry Church in Kpando, Ghana. Pam Morris pre- sented her daughter-in-law and son singing standard Christmas carols, patriotic songs and hymns. In February, Pam visited Ghana for nearly 3 weeks. I hope to return and bless the peo- ple of Ghana and do some missionary work," she said. The WVON radio personality indicated the church stayed in her heart after meeting, "A very special family and a dear friend in Chicago. I feel it's what you do for others that count...that's what makes the difference in life. According to the choir's president, Dr. Ferenda Williams Nero, ...
Today, Thursday, April 28 The College of Wooster's Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert, 8 p.m., Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center, 525 E. University St., Wooster. The performance, which is free and open to the public, will feature solo and chamber percussion music from 20th century America, as well as traditional xylophone music from Ghana and Uganda.
Some of the students and their Ghanaian instructors had the chance to play together in the United States this week as part of the Berklee West African Drum and Dance Ensemble in the school's production, "Ghana: A Musical Landscape." Following a local performance Monday night at the Berklee Performance Center, on Tuesday the ensemble traveled to Austin, Texas, to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention's "Focus Day" evening concert. The trip marks the first time a Berklee student group has taken the stage at the four-day convention of percussion students, teachers and performers. [Joe Galeota] 's journey into Ghanaian music began when he was pursuing a master's degree at the University of Ghana in 1979. Every year since, he has traveled to the West African country...
In light of today's economic uncertainty, we know that investing our time, energy and financial resources into the education of our children is a secure investment with exponential returns," said Nathan A. Deal, Chapter President. "Tonight, we will provide scholarships and book stipends to seven deserving students. [Michael Cutrer] is a senior at Palos Verde's Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates. He maintains a 3.5 GPA while taking AP courses. He is the captain of the tennis team, and an accomplished singer with his school's choir, which placed 2nd at the Boston Music Festival. In 2006 he traveled to Ghana, West Africa, and delivered needed school supplies to schools. In 2007 he spent a week in New Orleans volunteering to build homes with Habitat for Humanity. In 2008 he vo...
It's not just people sitting around quietly; funerals, for those who are often 90 or 100 years old, are a time to celebrate life in Ghana," [Colter Harper] says. "You make music constantly for days. You can go to sleep, but the music is going 24/7. People die at funerals, people make babies at funerals - it's one of the main spiritual events. On his second visit, "I was living place to place with different people. I had random gigs I was playing every Monday night so people would take me in," says Harper. "Music is everything there - from taxi drivers honking in rhythm to making food and pounding a beat." The funerals really caught his ear: "I was studying with this violinist and we took a trip north. Waking up at 5 a.m. and following these guys from the village made me feel like I wa...
Having a daughter serving as a Young Adult Volunteer through the Presbyterian Church USA provided a unique opportunity to visit Ghana. My younger daughter, Leigh, is spending a year teaching music and French at the Ridge Church School in Ghana's capital city of Accra. She is living with a host family in the Labadi District, which allowed us to experience the country in a way not afforded to most tourists.
Oh la la la la." Femi Kuti sings out lustily from the cramped stage of the Fillmore at Irving Plaza. "There are some places where you have to give everything... like New York," he shouts. "Oh la la la la!" In turn, the thick-pressed, boisterous crowd in the smoke-filled venue heartily responds, "Oh la la la la! The original African Shrine was created in the 1970s by Femi's father, the legendary FeIa Anikulapo Kuti, the renowned innovator of the Afro-beat genre. A fusion of Nigeria's Yoruba music, Ameri- ca's jazz and funk, and Ghana's high life, Fela's Afro-beat is identified by its "moaning organs," frenetic polyrhythm and a wailing horn section rac- ing against each other. The genre is also associated with lengthy songs that employ Africa's traditional call and response, recurring re...
Dark fingers slide across the skin of a drum, the pads of finger tips singing out a song. Bum ba bada bum. Bum ba bada bum. The drummers bounce forward and back as the rhythm quickens. Two female dancers dressed in bright orange tops and skirts streaked with reds and greens pivot heel to toe, left and right, swinging their arms above their heads to grab for good spirits and sweeping down their bodies to get rid of bad ones.
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