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Guest Artist Lecture-Recital: William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts

    Guest Artist Lecture-Recital
    Topic: Piano Music by African Composers

    WILLIAM CHAPMAN NYAHO, a Ghanaian American and resident of Seattle, studied at St. Peter's College, Oxford University (UK), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Honour School of Music. He continued his piano studies at the Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, Switzerland, the Eastman School of Music where he graduated with his Master of Music degree, and at the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Chapman Nyaho is the recipient of prizes from international piano competitions.

    Following four years as a North Carolina Visiting Artist, Chapman Nyaho taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and was the recipient of the Distinguished Professor Award and held the Heymann Endowed Professorship. He was also the recipient of the Acadiana Arts Council Distinguished Artist Award. Chapman Nyaho has also recently served as Visiting Professor of Music at Colby College in Maine and Visiting Artist at Willamette University in Oregon. His summer teaching appointments include Interlochen Summer Arts Camp and Adamant Music School. 

    As a regular guest clinician, Chapman Nyaho gives lecture-recitals and workshops advocating music by composers of the African heritage. He has compiled and edited a five-volume graded anthology Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, published by Oxford University Press. A first of its kind, this is intended to expand the performing repertoire of students and concert pianists, and also to supplement college keyboard literature courses.

    Full bio available at nyaho.com
    Image: nyaho.com

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    Created By: Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts, Boyer College of Music and Dance
    Open To: Public
    Type: Performance
    Tags: Boyer // Music // Chamber Music // Piano

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