William Chapman Nyaho
Musician, Musical Artist
1958 –
Who is William Chapman Nyaho?
William H. Chapman Nyaho is a Ghanaian American concert pianist specializing in solo piano music by composers from Africa and the African diaspora.
He graduated from the Achimota School in Achimota, where he studied piano with John Barham. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in music from St Peter's College, Oxford University, an M.M. from the Eastman School of Music, and a D.M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He has also studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. He has taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Colby College and Willamette University. He currently teaches privately and performs nationally and internationally giving recitals, masterclasses and workshops.
His repertoire includes music by Gamal Abdel-Rahim, Margaret Bonds, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Halim El-Dabh, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Gyimah Labi, and Joshua Uzoigwe. He has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as in China.
He has compiled and edited a ground-breaking five-volume anthology Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora published by Oxford University Press.
He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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- Born
- 1958
Washington, D.C. - Ethnicity
- Ghanaian American
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Eastman School of Music
- University of Texas at Austin
- St Peter's College, Oxford
- Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
- Achimota School
- Employment
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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