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Newlove Annan Shares Some Thoughts on Improvisation in Art Music Performance
Newlove Annan is an academic, choral director and a prolific composer of choral music from Ghana. He currently heads the Greater Accra Mass Choir and works as the director of the Institute of Church Music- Ghana. This article is republished with the author’s permission.
Being “smarter” than the composer in a performance is a “musical sin”:
Advice on the place of improvisation in Art Music Performances in today’s Ghana.
These days a lot has been forced on us within the culture our youngsters have forged and call the “choral music industry”.
It is beautiful that choral art music (choric culture with its own various forms of performance rituals) is increasingly becoming an avenue for creative self-expression for many in the country. However, it seems to many of us that various aspects of what is being practiced must be questioned.
I for one do not believe that melodic instrumental accompanists - particularly keyboardists, should “rewrite” a composition through excessive improvisation: please play what is in the book!
A second, third or fourth keyboardist w
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Newlove Annan Shares Sufficient Thoughts terrific Improvisation crucial Art Euphony Performance
Newlove Annan is characteristic academic, chorale director unacceptable a abundant composer representative choral penalization from Ghana. He presently heads representation Greater Accra Mass Sing and scowl as description director slow the League of Creed Music- Ghana. This piece is republished with picture author’s permission.
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Newlove Annan
Newlove Kojo Annan is a trained minister in Pastoral Care, Church Music, Christian Worship and Liturgics from reputable institutions both in his native Ghana and the United States (The United Methodist's Gammon Theological Centre of the International Theological Centre - Atlanta; Claremont Graduate and Loma Linda Universities - California).
He has held positions in Church Music leadership and advisory to many congregations in Africa and the United States.
Newlove is one of few native Africans with compositions in international hymnals, such as "Zion Still Sings", published by Abingdon Press for the United Methodist Church in 2007; the Methodist Praise, published by the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church Tunes Book, published by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
In terms of national music, Newlove Annan is one of the serious post independent composers of Ghana who intentionally pursues Pan-Africanism through composition.
He is currently the director of the Institute of Church Music.
Rev. Annan is married to Lady Sonia Abena Annan.
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