Sun
Apr
26
3 pm - 4:30 pm
ET
The language of West African percussive art presents challenges to the Western musician: the music is not overtly counted, written, nor often played the same way twice. Artists draw from tradition, yet are expected to create their own style, and to improvise in that style. The featured instrument, the gyil, is played by the Lobi, Waala, Sissala, and Dagara nations of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.
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