William Chapman Nyaho, piano

Description

In this program, pianist William Chapman Nyaho performs ?Dances in the Canebrakes? (Florence Price), ?Deep River?  from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, op. 59 No. 10 (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor), ?Troubled Water? (Margaret Bonds), ?Four Studies in African Rhythm? (Fred Onovwerosuoke), ?Flowers in Sand? (Bongani Ndodana-Breen), ?Three Jamaican Dances? (Oswald Russell), and Sonata no. 1, op. 22 (Alberto Ginastera).

William Chapman Nyaho studied at Saint Peter?s College, Oxford University, where he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree. He has compiled and edited Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, a five-volume graded anthology published by Oxford University Press. This concert was recorded at the National Gallery of Art on Wednesday, February 16, 2011.