Sun
May
11
3 pm - 4:30 pm
ET
The language of West African percussive art presents many challenges to the Western musician: the music is not overtly counted, written, nor often played the same way twice! Artists draw strictly from tradition, yet are expected to create their own style, and to improvise in that style. The feature instrument of the AGPE, the gyil, is played by the Lobi, Waala, Sissala, and Dagara nations, of the upper west of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. We are on the quest to understand the beauty, passion and intellect of West African musical art toward the unification of the world’s people.
Admission is free. Registration is required.
NYU provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Please submit your request for accommodations for events and services at least two weeks before the date of your accommodation need. Although we can't guarantee accommodation requests received less than two weeks before the event, you should still contact us and we will do our best to meet your accommodation need. Please email
mpap-percussion-studies@nyu.edu for assistance.
