THYG 585 Music in Ghana, West Africa
This course involves an engagement of select traditional and contemporary musics created in Ghana, West Africa. The course addresses reading, writing, drumming, singing and analyzing music from different perspectives. In particular, students will learn various ways that theorists have sought to describe the music of Africa and the controversies that surround that work. In addition to learning some traditional forms, we will explore the music of a select number of contemporary Ghanaian composers who integrate their Western art music training with their indigenous culture.