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Music Professor Spending Summer At University Of Ghana, Edwin Smith Jun 2024

Music Professor Spending Summer At University Of Ghana, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi music professor George Walasi Kwasi Dor is spending his summer at the University of Ghana, thanks to a prestigious award from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.


Jtc 24: A Degree A Decade In The Making, Andrea Drummond May 2024

Jtc 24: A Degree A Decade In The Making, Andrea Drummond

University of Mississippi News

This story is part of the 2024 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate.


Experience And Opportunity Meet In The Music Department, Lynn Adams Wilkins Oct 2020

Experience And Opportunity Meet In The Music Department, Lynn Adams Wilkins

University of Mississippi News

Graduate assistants gain valuable professional skills while developing as musicians


Black History Month Concert Features Guest Soprano Carline Waugh, Lynn Adams Wilkins Feb 2020

Black History Month Concert Features Guest Soprano Carline Waugh, Lynn Adams Wilkins

University of Mississippi News

Free production includes choirs, symphony and African drum and dance


International Fellowship Takes Um Music Professor To Nigeria, Lynn Adams Wilkins Nov 2019

International Fellowship Takes Um Music Professor To Nigeria, Lynn Adams Wilkins

University of Mississippi News

George Dor conducts research, collaborates with Nigerian colleagues


Free Concert Celebrates Mississippi Composer, Lynn Wilkins Feb 2019

Free Concert Celebrates Mississippi Composer, Lynn Wilkins

University of Mississippi News

William Grant Still is known as the dean of African-American composers


Music Professor Receives Prestigious International Fellowship, Staff Report Dec 2018

Music Professor Receives Prestigious International Fellowship, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship supports George Dor's work with Nigerian university


Music Department Adding Graduate Degrees, Anna Herd May 2018

Music Department Adding Graduate Degrees, Anna Herd

University of Mississippi News

University to offer state's only graduate degree in ethnomusicology


Fisk University Singers Coming To Um For Black History Month Concert, Anna Herd Feb 2018

Fisk University Singers Coming To Um For Black History Month Concert, Anna Herd

University of Mississippi News

Thursday performance at Ford Center free to the public


Um Professor Lectures On African Music At University Of Georgia, Anna Herd Nov 2017

Um Professor Lectures On African Music At University Of Georgia, Anna Herd

University of Mississippi News

George Dor invited as fall speaker for the Institute for African Studies


Hill Country Music Focus Of Blues Symposium, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Apr 2015

Hill Country Music Focus Of Blues Symposium, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

April 9 event at UM library features lectures and film


Um Professor Publishes Book On African Drum And Dance Ensembles, Misty Cowherd Apr 2014

Um Professor Publishes Book On African Drum And Dance Ensembles, Misty Cowherd

University of Mississippi News

George Dor hopes to educate western audiences about West African music and dance traditions


Public Lecture 'Ghana And Pan-Africanism' By African Historian Scheduled March 20, Deborah Purnell Mar 2007

Public Lecture 'Ghana And Pan-Africanism' By African Historian Scheduled March 20, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An authority on African history visits the University of Mississippi Tuesday (March 20) to deliver the address "Ghana and Pan-Africanism."


Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble Presents 'Rhythms Of Liberation' March 6, Deborah Purnell Mar 2007

Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble Presents 'Rhythms Of Liberation' March 6, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi joins the world in commemorating Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence Tuesday (March 6) with a spring concert featuring the Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble.


Ole Miss African Drum And Dance Ensemble To Present Fall Concert Nov. 14, Deborah Purnell Nov 2006

Ole Miss African Drum And Dance Ensemble To Present Fall Concert Nov. 14, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

The Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble celebrates three years of cultural diversity Tuesday (Nov. 14) with its fall concert at the University of Mississippi.


Study In Ghana Yields Dialogue On Musical, Religious Roots Of African-Americans, Deborah Purnell Nov 2006

Study In Ghana Yields Dialogue On Musical, Religious Roots Of African-Americans, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

Reflecting on their unique two-week study in Ghana last summer, three University of Mississippi students and their professor share a deeper appreciation of the historic and cultural linkages in African Diaspora.


African Dance-Drum Ensemble In Concert At Ford Center April 18, Deborah Purnell Apr 2006

African Dance-Drum Ensemble In Concert At Ford Center April 18, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Tokoe, gahu, borborbor and other Ghanaian dances highlight the Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble's spring concert April 18.


Music Department, Honors College Present African Drum And Dance Ensemble Nov. 15, Deborah Purnell Nov 2005

Music Department, Honors College Present African Drum And Dance Ensemble Nov. 15, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - High-energy dance and electrifying drumming take the stage Tuesday (Nov. 15) at the University of Mississippi in a performance by the Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble.


African Dance And Drum Ensemble To Perform March 28 Concert, Deborah Purnell Mar 2005

African Dance And Drum Ensemble To Perform March 28 Concert, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble plans to show off its newly acquired Ghanaian dance costumes, as well as say thank you to supporters, during a March 28 concert.


Renowned Ghanaian-American Pianist To Be Featured In Concert Feb. 20, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Renowned Ghanaian-American Pianist To Be Featured In Concert Feb. 20, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ghanaian-American concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho performs a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the University of Mississippi.


Ghana Virtuoso Of Music, Dance To Visit Campus, Present Workshops, Deborah Purnell Oct 2004

Ghana Virtuoso Of Music, Dance To Visit Campus, Present Workshops, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students, faculty and community members can learn about traditional African drum music and dance Oct. 19-25, when one of Ghana's foremost virtuosos visits the University of Mississippi.


World Percussion Ensemble Hosts Concert Monday, Deidra Jackson Apr 2003

World Percussion Ensemble Hosts Concert Monday, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Student percussionists debut a set of hand-carved Ghana drums in a lively April 14 concert at the University of Mississippi.


Musicians To Perform Lyrical Indian Classical Music In April 1 Concert, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Musicians To Perform Lyrical Indian Classical Music In April 1 Concert, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Indian classical music -- an intensely spiritual and rhythmic art form gaining popularity in the West -- makes its debut April 1 at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Percussion Ensemble Performs 'World' Music Oct. 23, Deidra Jackson Oct 2001

Percussion Ensemble Performs 'World' Music Oct. 23, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) World Percussion Ensemble, a versatile group of 10 student musicians, performs an Oct. 23 concert featuring a repertoire of music from the American Revolution to contemporary jazz.